Kinds of Adjectives
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A. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences. Write what kind of adipill int
each one is.
1. A kind boy helped me.
2. Prachi had enough food.
3. Few people had six fingers.
2. Ar
4. This car is mine but that is yours.
3. I
5. Whose pencil is this?
6. My horse runs faster than yours.
5. Si
6. C
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives.
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kind of animal is it?
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Answers
Correct Answer:
- A kind boy helped me. Here kind is a qualitative adjective showing the quality of a boy who helped me.
- Prachi had enough food. Here enough is a quantitative adjective showing Prachi had eaten too much.
- Few people had six fingers. Here few is a quantitative adjective and six is a numerical adjectives.
- This car is mine but that is yours. Here this and that are demonstrative adjectives.
- Whose pencil is this? Here whose is an interrogative adjective asking a question about the owner of a pencil.
- My horse runs faster than yours. Here faster is a qualitative adjective showing the quality of the horse in running.
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Answer:
- kind - adjective of quality
- enough - adjective of quantity
- Few - adjective of quantity, six - numerical adjective
- This & That - Demonstrative adjectives
- Whose - Interrogative adjective
- Faster - Adjective of quality
Explanation:
1. Adjectives of quality are words that describe the physical or other qualities of the respective noun. e.g. beautiful, cute, kind, tall, handsome, simple, disciplined etc.
2. Adjectives of quantity are used to describe the amount of a particular noun. e.g. few, enough, some, little, more, substantial etc.
3. Numerical adjectives are numbers which are used as adjectives to either compare age or describe some definite quantitative feature of the corresponding noun. e.g. Ramesh had one apple. Simran is three times younger than him.
4. Demonstrative adjectives are used to describe the position of the noun with respect to time and space. e.g. this, that, here, there, these, those etc.
5. Interrogative adjectives modify the noun by a question. e.g. what, where, whose etc.
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