What is an Adjectives in English grammar

Adjectives

🌟 Adjectives in English Grammar

Adjectives 

What is an Adjective?

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
It gives more information about a person, place, thing, or idea.

⭐ What Do Adjectives Tell Us?

✔ 1. Quality (What kind?)

• beautiful, tall, lazy, smart
  Example: She is a smart girl.

✔ 2. Size

• big, small, huge, tiny
  Example: They live in a big house.

✔ 3. Shape

• round, square, flat
  Example: I bought a round table.

✔ 4. Color

• red, blue, black
  Example: He wore a blue shirt.

✔ 5. Number (How many?)

• two, several, many, few
  Example: She has three dogs.

✔ 6. Origin (Where from?)

• Indian, American, French
  Example: I love Indian food.

✔ 7. Material (Made of?)

• wooden, plastic, cotton
  Example: This is a wooden chair.

✔ 8. Purpose (Used for?)

• sleeping (as in sleeping bag), running (as in running shoes)
  Example: I bought running shoes.

🌟 Types of Adjectives

1. Descriptive Adjectives

Describe quality
→ beautiful, angry, tall

2. Quantitative Adjectives

Show quantity
→ some, much, little, enough

3. Numerical Adjectives

Show exact numbers
→ one, two, first, second

4. Demonstrative Adjectives

Point out things
→ this, that, these, those
Example: These books are mine.

5. Possessive Adjectives

Show ownership
→ my, your, his, her, our, their
Example: This is my bag.

6. Interrogative Adjectives

Used in questions
→ which, what, whose
Example: Which book do you want?

7. Distributive Adjectives

Refer to individual items
→ each, every, either, neither
Example: Each student must submit the form.

🌟 Position of Adjectives

✔ Before a noun

• a beautiful flower

• a large room

✔ After a linking verb

• She is happy.

• The sky looks dark.

Linking verbs include: is, am, are, was, were, seem, look, feel.

🌟 Comparison of Adjectives

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

• tall → taller → tallest

• big → bigger → biggest

• beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful