Q3. Underline the adjective and write its type (2) (i) Perram had much patience. (1) The foolish man died of his Folly,
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(a) Read the following sentences :
1. Apporva is an intelligent boy. (What kind of boy?)
2. I don’t like that house. (Which house?)
3. I have five books. (How many books?)
4. There is little time left. (How much time?)
In sentence 1, ‘intelligent’ shows what kind of boy Apporva is.
In sentence 2, ‘that’ points out which house is meant.
In sentence 3, ‘five’ shows how many books I have.
In sentence 4, ‘little’ shows how much time is left.
Definition. A word used with a noun to describe it (kind, place, number,
The word ‘adjective’ means ‘added to’.
(b) Look at the following sentences :
1. The boy is hardworking.
2. The hardworking boy stood first.
In both these sentences, hardworking describes the boy. Hence it is ad¬jective in both the sentences.
In the first sentence ‘hardworking is used along with the verb ‘is’ and is a part of the predicate. It is therefore said to be used predicatively.
In the second sentence, ‘hardworking’ is used along with the noun ‘boy’ le., as an attribute of the boy. It is therefore said to be used attributively.
Kinds of Adjective
(c) Adjectives are of three kinds :
Adjective of Quality
Adjective of Quantity
Adjective of Number (also known as Numeral Adjective).
(d) Adjective of Quality :
It shows the quality of a person or thing.
Kolkata is a big city.
Dr. Singh is an honest man.
The foolish man died of his folly.
This book is of English language.
Adjectives of Quality answer the question : of what kind ?
(e) Adjective of Quantity :
It shows the quantity of the noun it describes.
He has some sense.
Ram had much patience.
He has little intelligence.
He has enough money.
He has no wisdom.
Adjective of Quantity answers the question : How much ?
(f) Adjective of Number :
It gives the number of persons or things.
There are Jive rooms in this house.
Few people can remain hungry.
There are no books in this room.
All men must die.
Most of these mangoes are ripe.
Adjective of Number answers the question : How many ?
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Demonstrative adjactive
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