M. KASHIF FARID, kasiffarid83@yahoo.

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Q. What function do the words in yellow colour perform with

the words in white?
A. They describe them, modify their meaning or explain them.

Q. What are the words like dirty, three, fat etc called in
English Grammar?
A. Adjectives

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Definition
- Examples
Kinds of Adjectives
- Examples
Activities

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Definition
An adjective is a word which
qualifies (comes before)
describes or
modifies (meaning)
a noun or a pronoun in a sentence.
Adjectives are called Noun-Helpers.
Adjectives are sometimes called determiners.

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EXAMPLES

Karachi is a large city.

He is an honest man.

I saw a fierce lion.

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How can we find adjective in a sentence?
Adjectives can be found in a sentence by asking the
following questions:
What kind?
Which one(s) ?
How much?
How many?

Strong, cheerful, red

This, that, these, those
Little, no, some
Few, some, three, several

He is an honest man.

What kind?

Honest

I saw two angels.

How many?

Two

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Find adjectives in the following sentences.
They live in a beautiful house.

beautiful

He writes meaningless letters.

meaningless

Many people like mangoes.

many

The polar bear is listed as endangered.

polar

This house is bigger than that one.

bigger, that

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KINDS OF ADJECTIVES

Quality
Quantity
Number
Interrogative
Demonstrative

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Adjectives of Quality
Adjectives of quality show the kind or quality of a person or
a thing.
Pink rose

Silver cap

Old man

Wonderful
place

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Adjectives of Quantity
Adjectives of quantity show how much of a thing is meant.

Enough flowers

Whole apple

Some rice

No money

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Adjectives of Number
The adjective that tells the number of persons, animals or
things we are referring to, is called an adjective of number.

Six horses
First man

Many boys

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Interrogative Adjectives
Interrogative Adjectives are used with nouns and pronouns
to ask questions.
Which horse is beautiful?

What is your plan?

Whose car is this?

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Demonstrative Adjectives
The adjectives that are used to point out something or
someone that is nearby or farther away are known as
demonstrative adjectives.
This table

These toys

That house

Those elephants

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Activity
Find adjectives in the following sentence.
There is a white suit in the wardrobe.

white

Arshad stood first in the semester.

first

Wild animals are always kept in cages.

wild

There is some rice in the pot.

some

Many people do not like it.

many

The shirt is green.

green

Whose pen is this?

whose

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Main Points

Adjectives

Quality

Number
Quantity

Demonstrative
Interrogative

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Questions/Answers
Q. What is an adjective?
A. An adjective is a word which modifies a noun or a
pronoun.
Q. What are the kinds of adjectives?
A. They are following:

Adjectives of Quality,
Quantity, Number,
Interrogative; and
Demonstrative Adjectives

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Questions/Answers
Q. What is the difference between adjective of quantity
and adjective of number?
A.
Adjectives of quantity show how much whereas
adjectives of number show how many persons or things are
meant.
Q. Why do we use demonstration adjectives?
A. We use demonstrative adjectives to point out persons
or things.

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Activity

Time : 02 Minutes

Write down at least two adjectives for each picture which

can best discribe them.

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Home Work
Dear students, write down at least three adjectives of each
of the following words by using them in sentences.
Boy
Suit
Pen

Water
Flowers

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NEXT

Gentlemen, today we discussed about adjectives and their

kinds. Tomorrow, Inshallah, we shall learn about the
position of adjectives and degrees of adjectives.