Adjectives and its types

Adjectives and its types

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  Adjective and itsTypes Presented By: Kainat Asim
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  Adjectives • Adjectives arethose words which describe or modify a noun or pronoun. • They are used to add something to the meaning of noun or pronoun. • Adjectives are also called “describing word”. • Adjectives do not modify verbs or other adjectives.
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  Hammer is myawesome dog. He is a lovable dog. He loves to sit on the green plaid couch. Sometimes, Hammer runs around playing with his squeaky toys, and other times he lazily watches funny movies with me. Believe it or not, he loves to eat cold ice cubes. Hammer is a loyal dog and I love my cute dog.
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  Types Of Adjectives: •Qualitative Adjective • Quantitative Adjective • Adjective of Number • Demonstrative Adjective • Possessive Adjective • Interrogative Adjective • Distributive Adjective • Proper Adjective
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  Qualitative Adjectives • Wordswhich describe the quality of a noun or a pronoun are called Qualitative Adjectives. • Words like beautiful, cute, silly, tall, annoying, loud and nice are all Qualitative Adjectives. • For Example: “The beautiful flowers have a nice smell” “The cat is hungry,” or “The hungry cat.”
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  Quantitative Adjective: • Wordswhich describe the quantity of a noun or a pronoun are called Quantitative adjectives. • An adjective which answers for “how much” is quantitative Adjective. • Much, little, enough, half, sufficient etc. are used as Quantitative Adjectives. • (a) I have much work to do. • (b) A little knowledge is dangerous.
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  Demonstrative Adjective: • Ademonstrative adjective describes “which” noun or pronoun you’re referring to. • Demonstrative adjectives always come before the word they’re modifying • These adjectives include the words: This, That, These, Those. • For Example: This book is mine Those books belong to her.
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  Possessive Adjective: • Possessiveadjectives show possession. • They describe to whom a thing belongs. • Some of the most common possessive adjectives include: My, His, Her, Their, Your, Our, Mine, Hers, Ours, Yours. • For Example: This is my cat. I feel bad at his missing this opportunity.
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  Interrogative Adjective: • Theseadjectives are always followed by a noun or a pronoun and are used to form questions. • Other question words, like “who” or “how,” aren’t adjectives. • The interrogative adjectives are: Which, What, Whose • For Example:“ Which song will you play on your wedding day?” “What pet do you want to get?”
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  Proper Adjective: • Adjectivesthat come from the proper nouns are called proper adjectives. • For Example: Shakespearean sonnets are easy to comprehend. Japanese cars are wonderful. I love Chinese food.
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  Adjective of Numbers: •Adjective of Numbers tell us the exact number of something. • It is divided into two types: (a) Definite Numeral Adjectives (b) Indefinite Numeral Adjectives
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  A) Definite NumeralAdjective: • Definite numeral adjectives are used to denote exact number or position of the subject in the sentence. • They are subdivided into two types: • Cardinals: E.g. One, Two, Three etc. • Ordinals: E.g. First, Second, Third etc. For Example: There are thirty-six students in our class. (Cardinal) Zunaira is a 1st rank holder. (Ordinal)
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  B) Indefinite NumeralAdjective • The Adjectives which do not denote an exact number of a person or a thing are called Indefinite Numeral Adjective. • Words such as both, many, some, much, few, several, none etc. are used as Indefinite Numeral Adjectives. • For Example: Many people attended the class. Several children like dinosaurs.
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  Distributive Adjectives: • Distributiveadjectives describe specific members out of a group. • These adjectives are used to single out one or more individual items or people. • Some of the most common distributive adjectives include each, every, either, neither, any. • Examples: “Every rose has its thorn”. “Which of these two songs do you like?” “I don’t like either song.”
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  Activity: • Find theAdjectives in the following sentences: a) I have little interest in the topic. b) Iggy was a six feet tall and skinny young boy. c) Stop messing with my hair. d) Each participant was asked to complete a survey. e) Whose pen is this? f) This is my friend, Diana.
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  Activity: • Find theAdjectives in the following sentences: 1) I have little interest in the topic. (Quantitative) 2) Iggy was a six feet tall and skinny young boy. (Qualitative) 3) Stop messing with my hair. (Possessive Adjective) 4) Each participant was asked to complete a survey. (Distributive) 5) This is my friend, Diana. (Demonstrative Adjective) 6) Whose pen is this? (Interrogative Adjective)