ADJECTIVES

The simplest definition of an adjective is that it is a word that describes or clarifies a noun. Adjectives describe nouns by giving some information about an object’s size, shape, age, color, origin or material.

• It's a big house. ( size)
• It's a rectangular house. ( Shape)
• It's an old house. ( age)
• It's a white house. ( colour)
• It's an English house. ( origin)
• It's a glass house. ( material)
• It's an awesome house. ( opinion)
• It's a renovated house. ( observation)
• It's a guest house. ( purpose)

What are the different kinds of adjectives ?

My two naughty daughters are here.

• My is a possessive adjective. 

This type of adjective shows possession or ownership. They always come before a noun.

Other examples are your, our, their, his, her and its.

• Their house is by the seashore.
• My pet dog loves to curl up on the carpet. That's its favourite place.

Two is an adjective of quantity.

As the name suggests, this type of adjective asks the question, "how much" or "how many"?

• I have invited around 50 people for the party.
• Indians speak many different languages.

Naughty is a descriptive adjective.

They simply say something about the quality or the kind of noun or pronoun they are referring to. Among all the different types of adjectives, these are probably the most widely used.

• She is an excellent orator.
• Today is a gloomy and dull day.

Here is a demonstrative adjective.

They point out to the pronoun and noun and always come before the words they are referring to.

• I simply love this ambience.
• That was the last movie I saw with my friends.
• These and those are the plural forms of this and that.
• Those people out there are fishermen.
• "These are a few of my favourite things", as the famous song from the movie 'Sound of music' goes.

Interrogative adjectives 

ask a question and are always followed by a noun.

• What movie are you going to ?
• Which books are you ordering online ?
• Whose house is that ?
• How many boys are there in class today ? 
• Where are you going this evening ?
• How are you feeling now ?
• What type of gun is that ?
• Which team won the match ?

What are the degrees of comparison of adjectives ?

There are three degrees of comparison., namely, positive, comparative and superlative. When you describe or speak about a single person, place or thing, you should always use the positive degree.

• Sara is a beautiful woman.
• This is a clean locality.
• He is very tall.
• My dog is very obedient.

If  on the other hand you are comparing two nouns, you need to use the comparative degree. normally you need to add "- er" to change the positive to comparative or add the word "more". The word "than" should be affixed after the adjective in the comparative degree.

With reference to the above examples :

• Pooja is more beautiful than Sara.
• That is a cleaner locality.
• I am taller than him.
• His dog is more obedient than mine.

When we compare three nouns at the same time we use superlatives. 

• Aishwarya is the most beautiful woman.
• Yours is the cleanest locality.
• My dad is the tallest.
• Yours is the most obedient dog.

Positives	Comparatives	Superlatives
Clever	cleverer	cleverest
Young	younger	youngest
Large	larger	largest
Great	greater	greatest
Tall	taller	tallest
Happy	happier	happiest

Difficult	More difficult	Most difficult
Beautiful	More beautiful	Most beautiful
Proper	More proper	Most proper
Good	better	best
Bad	worse	worst
Many	more	most
Little	less	least

Hope you found this lesson on adjectives easy and interesting. If you have understood this part of speech then you will surely be able to apply this concept to your compositions effectively and strengthen your writing.

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