Explain Adjectives types with examples
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An adjective describes or modifies noun/s and pronoun/s in a sentence. It normally indicates quality, size, shape, duration, feelings, contents, and more about a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives usually provide relevant information about the nouns/pronouns they modify/describe by answering the questions: What kind? How many? Which one? How much? Adjectives enrich your writing by adding precision and originality to it.
Example:
The team has a dangerous batsman. (What kind?)
I have ten candies in my pocket. (How many?)
I loved that red car. (Which one?)
I earn more money than he does. (How much?)
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However, there are also many adjectives which do not fit into these questions. Adjectives are the most used parts of speech in sentences. There are several types of adjectives according to their uses.
Types of Adjectives
Descriptive Adjectives
Quantitative Adjectives
Proper Adjectives
Demonstrative Adjectives
Possessive Adjectives
Interrogative Adjectives
Indefinite Adjectives
Articles
Compound Adjectives
Descriptive Adjectives:
A descriptive adjective is a word which describes nouns and pronouns. Most of the adjectives belong in this type. These adjectives provide information and attribute to the nouns/pronouns they modify or describe. Descriptive adjectives are also called qualitative adjectives.
Participles are also included in this type of adjective when they modify a noun.
Examples:
I have a fast car. (The word ‘fast’ is describing an attribute of the car)
I am hungry. (The word ‘hungry’ is providing information about the subject)
The hungry cats are crying.
I saw a flying Eagle.
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Quantitative Adjectives:
A quantitative adjective provides information about the quantity of the nouns/pronouns. This type belongs to the question category of ‘how much’ and ‘how many’.
Examples:
I have 20 bucks in my wallet. (How much)
They have three children. (How many)
You should have completed the whole task. (How much)
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Proper Adjectives:
Proper adjectives are the adjective form of proper nouns. When proper nouns modify or describe other nouns/pronouns, they become proper adjectives. ‘Proper’ means ‘specific’ rather than ‘formal’ or ‘polite.’
A proper adjective allows us to summarize a concept in just one word. Instead of writing/saying ‘a food cooked in Chinese recipe’ you can write/say ‘Chinese food’.
Proper adjectives are usually capitalized as proper nouns are.
Example:
American cars are very strong.
Chinese people are hard workers.
I love KFC burgers.
Marxist philosophers despise capitalism.
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Demonstrative Adjectives:
A demonstrative adjective directly refers to something or someone. Demonstrative adjectives include the words: this, that, these, those.
A demonstrative pronoun works alone and does not precede a noun, but a demonstrative adjective always comes before the word it modifies.
Examples:
That building is so gorgeously decorated. (‘That’ refers to a singular noun far from the speaker)
This car is mine. (‘This’ refers to a singular noun close to the speaker)
These cats are cute. (‘These’ refers to a plural noun close to the speaker)
Those flowers are heavenly. (‘Those’ refers to a plural noun far from the speaker)
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Possessive Adjectives:
A possessive adjective indicates possession or ownership. It suggests the belongingness of something to someone/something.
Some of the most used possessive adjectives are my, his, her, our, their, your.
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An adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun or pronoun.
Read these sentences.
1. The rose is a beautiful flower.
2. Saurabh is a rich man.
3. Rani is clever.
4. Monkeys have long tails.
The words beautiful, rich, clever and long in the above sentences at to the meaning of the nouns flower, man, Rani and tails respectively. so they are adjective.
Kinds of adjectives:-
Adjectives can be classified into eight kinds:
1. Adjective of quality
2. Adjective of quantity
3. Adjective of number
4. Demonstrative adjective
5. Distributive adjective
6. Interrogative adjective
7. Possessive adjective
8. Proper adjective
Adjective of quality:-
Adjective that Express the kind or quality of a person or a thing are called adjective of Quality. since they describe a person or they think it they are called descriptive adjective.
Read this sentences:-
1. Bhopal is a large city.
2. I like ripe mangoes.
Adjective of quality answer the question- of what kind?
Two ways to using adjective of quality
adjective of quality may be used in two different ways:-
1. Attributively
a. He lives in a small house.
b. I like ripe mangoes.
The adjective (Small, ripe) have been used prior to the words (house, Mongoose) whitch De qualify. They are, said to be used Attributively.
2. Predicatively
Read these sentences.
a. His house is small.
b. Those mongoes are ripe.
2. Adjective of quantity
adjective that tell us how much of a thing is intended are called "Adjective of quantity".
Read these sentences.
a. These is little milk in the kettle.
b. He ate all the pudding.
Adjective of quantity answer the question- How much?
Adjective of number or numeral adjectives
Adjective that tell us how many people or things are made in what order a person or thing is stands are called adjectives of number.
Read these sentences.
a. He is eighty years of age.
b. I have many friends.
adjectives on number answer the question- how many? or in what ways or order?
4. Demonstrative adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives point out which persons, thing or places are meant
Read these sentences.
a. This trunk is very heavy.
b. Those boys are my friends.
Demonstrative adjective answer the question- which?
5. Distributive adjectives
Distributive adjective show that persons or things are taken one at a time.
Read these sentences.
a. Each pen coasts ten rupees.
b. He gave me two rackets. Neither of the rackets was goods.
6. Interrogative adjectives
Words like what, which and whose when used with nouns to ask questions are called interrogative adjective.
Read these sentences.
a. Which fruit do you like most?
b. What time is it?
c. Whose bag did the thief steal?
the words what, which and whose are classed as Interrogative Adjectives when they are used with noun to ask questions.
Note: What is used in a General sense and which is used in a selective sense.
7. Possessive Adjectives
Possessive Adjectives show possesion or ownership.
Read these sentences.
a. My car needs repairs
b. The plant is losing its flowers.
Possessive adjective answer the question- Whose?
8. Proper Adjectives
Proper adjective are proper nouns used as adjective forms.
Read these sentences.
a. He is an Indian. (Proper Noun)
b. He is an Indian soilder.