English Spoken – Adjective

Def: Adj –

• An adjective qualifies a noun or a pronoun.
• A word used to add something to the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

e.g. 

• some
• all
• much
• red etc.

Types of Adj:

1. Adj of Quality
2. Adj of Quantity
3. Adj of Number
4. Demonstrative Adj
5. Possessive Adj
6. Distributive Adj
7. Interrogative Adj.
8. Proper Adj
9. Emphasizing Adj
10. Exclamatory Adj

Adj of Quality

Def: AoQ – Show the quality of a person or a thing. e.g good , bad, weak, strong, kind etc.

Adj of Quantity

Def: Aoq– Show how much of a thing is meant. e.g. some, much, little, whole, all etc.

• It is used for uncountable nouns.

Adj of Number

Def: AoN -Show how many persons or things. e.g.

• Few
• No
• Many
• Some
• Enough
• Several
• All
• One
• Two
• First
• Second

Note:

1. AoN is used for Countable Nouns.
2. Cardinals: One, Two, Three, etc.
3. Ordinals: First, Second, Third … etc.

Note:

1. Some Milk => AoQ
2. Some MAngoes => AoN
3. Some of them => Indefinite Pro

Demonstrative Adj

Def: Dems Adj – Used to point out some person or thing. e.g.

This

That

These

Those

Such

Possessive Adj

Def: PoA – Show possession/relation. e.g.

My

Our

Your

His

Her

Its

Their

Distributive Adjective

Def: Distributive Adj – Each, Every, Either & Neither.

Interrogative Adj

Def: Int Adj – What, Which & Whose.

Proper Adj

Def: Proper Adj– Adj made from proper nouns. e.g Indian, British, etc.

Emphasizing Adj

Def: Emp Adj – Used to convey emphasis on the nouns that follow them. e.g.

• Own
• Very
• same
• Very Same

Exclamatory Adj

Def: Ex Adj – ‘What’ is called an exclamator adj when it is used as an adj in an exclamatory sentence. e.g

• What folly!
• What an idea!
• What a piece of work is man!

To be continued……..