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Exercise 1. Underline the adjectives in this story and say what kin,
When the Chinese philosopher Confucius was about to die be
called his favourite disciple and said, "Son, look into my mo
and check if I have my tongue inside."
The disciple looked into the mouth and said, "Master, your tongue is
there inside the mouth."
"Look again. Are any teeth there?"
"There isn't even one tooth."
"What lesson do you learn from this observation?" Confucius asked.
Then he said, "The tongue is soft. It is flexible. So it is still there. The teeth
hard. They were unbending. So they are gone although they appeared much aft
tongue. You should have an adjusting attitude in life. It will be in your intere
This is one of the greatest teaching of Confucius ​

Answer 1

Soft, flexible, and hard all are adjectives.

Explanation:

• The adjectives are those words that are used to describe the attribute of a noun.
• These are the main parts of a speech and it also modifies the noun or noun phrase to its reference with in the context. For example sweet, bitter, hard, red, and etc
• Sentences having adjectives:
• The tongue is soft.
• It is flexible.
• The teeth are hard.
• Soft, flexible, and hard all are adjectives.

Answer 2

Adjectives

When the Chinese philosopher Confucius was about to die he

called his favourite disciple and said, "Son, look into my mo uth

and check if I have my tongue inside."

The disciple looked into the mouth and said, "Master, your tongue is

there inside the mouth."

"Look again. Are any teeth there?"

"There isn't even one tooth."

"What lesson do you learn from this observation?" Confucius asked.

Then he said, "The tongue is soft. It is flexible. So it is still there. The teeth  are hard. They were unbending. So they are gone although they appeared much aft er tongue. You should have an adjusting attitude in life. It will be in your intere st.

This is one of the greatest teaching of Confucius ​

Explanation:

• An adjective is a part of speech. It is a describing word.

• An adjective usually modifies a  noun or a pronoun.

• There are eight types of adjectives- Proper adjective, Descriptive, qualitative or attributive adjective, Quantitative adjective,Numeral adjective, Demonstrative adjective, Distributive adjective, Interrogative adjective, Possessive adjective.

• Chinese  is a Proper Adjective. A proper adjective is an adjective that is derived from a proper noun.  Chinese is an adjective that is derived from the Proper Noun -China.
• Favourite is a Qualitative Adjective. It defines the quality 'favourite'.
• Any is a Quantitative adjective . A quantitative adjective is one that shows how much quantity of a thing is meant.
• One is a Numeral Adjective. Since it specifies a number it is a Cardinal Adjective.
• This is a Demonstrative Adjective. A demonstrative adjective demonstrates which person or thing is being specified.
• Soft ,flexible, hard and unbending, adjusting and greatest are qualitative adjectives. Greatest is an adjective in the superlative degree.

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