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Adjectives describe or give information about nouns or pronouns.

The good news is that the form of an adjective does not change. It does not matter if the noun being modified is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object. Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour etc (fact adjectives - can't be argued with). Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree). If you are asked questions with which, whose, what kind, or how many, you need an adjective to be able to answer. There are different types of adjectives in the English language: Numeric: six, one hundred and one Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more than enough Qualitative: colour, size, smell etc. Possessive: my, his, their, your Interrogative: which, whose, what Demonstrative: this, that, those, these

Qualitative:
Opinion:
Adjectives can be used to give your opinion about something. good, pretty, right, wrong, funny, light, happy, sad, full, soft, hard etc. For example: He was a silly boy.

Size
Adjectives can be used to describe size. big, small, little, long, tall, short, same as, etc. For example: "The big man." or "The big woman".

Age
Adjectives can be used to describe age. For example: "He was an old man." or "She was an old woman."

Shape
Adjectives can be used to describe shape. round, circular, triangular, rectangular, square, oval, etc.

For example: "It was a square box." or "They were square boxes."

Colour
Adjectives can be used to describe colour. blue, red, green, brown, yellow, black, white, etc. For example: "The blue bag." or "The blue bags".

Origin
Adjectives can be used to describe origin. For example:"It was a German flag." or "They were German flags."

Material
Adjectives can be used to describe material. "It was a cotton cushion." or "They were cotton cushions."

Distance
Adjectives can be used to describe distance. l -- o -- n -- g / short long, short, far, around, start, high, low, etc. For example: "She went for a long walk." or "She went for lots of long walks."

Temperature
Adjectives can be used to describe temperature. cold, warm, hot, cool, etc. For example: "The day was hot." or "The days were hot."

1. Possessive adjectives show ownership or belonging. They must go somewhere before a noun.
Possessive Adjectives Usage Possessive adjectives are used when the reference to which person or thing is understood. For example: Jack lives on this street. His house is over there. The possessive adjective 'his' refers to Jack because of the context. Remember that possessive adjectives come in front of the noun they modify. Here is a list of possessive adjectives: I - my car You - your dog He - his boat She - her family It - its fabric(NOT it's!) We - our class You - your jobs They - their toys

Demonstrative Adjectives

The demonstrative adjectives that, these, this, those, and what answer the question "Which?"
I'm going to open that present. Whose is this bag? These mangoes are very sweet.

A demonstrative adjective may look like a demonstrative pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Interrogative Adjectives

The interrogative adjectives are used with nouns to ask questions. Examples are what, which and whose.
What movie do you want to see? Which leaves turn color first? Whose son is he?

An interrogative adjective may look like an interrogative pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Indefinite Adjectives

An indefinite adjective gives indefinite, or general, information. Often, it answers the question "How much?" Some common indefinite adjectives are all, any, each, every, few, many, and some.
Many children like dinosaurs. Did you want some bananas?

Is there any water in the bottle?

An indefinite adjective may look like an indefinite pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.

Quantitative Adjectives indicate how much of a thing is meant.


He has much rice. He has little rice. He has no rice. He has some rice. He has not any rice. He has enough rice. He has sufficient rice. He sold all the rice.

Numeral Adjectives express number.


Numeral Adjectives are subdivided into (a) Definite and (b) Indefinite a) Definite Numeral Adjectives denote some exact number. Those which show how many things there are are called Cardinals; Those which show in what order things stand are called Ordinals. Cardinals : one, two three, etc. Ordinals : first, second, third, etc. b) Indefinite Numeral Adjectives do not denote any exact number. Examples : -All men are mortal. Some men died young No men were present. Many men are poor. Few men are rich. More men came today than yesterday. Most men must work for their living. Several men came. Sunday men went away.

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