Grammar - Parts of Speech - Adjectives

 Parts Of Speech - Adjectives

1. What is an Adjective?

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. It provides more information about the noun’s size, shape, color, origin, material, etc.

Example:

She wore a beautiful dress.

They live in a small house.

2. Types of Adjectives

a. Descriptive Adjectives – Describe quality or kind.

Eg. happy, tall, blue, intelligent

b. Quantitative Adjectives – Indicate quantity.

Eg: some, much, many, little, few, all

c. Demonstrative Adjectives – Point out specific things.

Eg: his, that, these, those

This car is fast.

d. Possessive Adjectives – Show possession.

Eg: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Her book is on the table.

e. Interrogative Adjectives – Used in questions.

Eg: which, what, whose

Which movie are you watching?

f. Indefinite Adjectives – Refer to non-specific things.

Eg : any, each, few, many, several

g. Articles – a, an, the are also considered adjectives as they modify nouns.

3. Order of Adjectives

When multiple adjectives are used, they follow a specific order:

Opinion > Size > Age > Shape > Color > Origin > Material > Purpose + Noun

Example:

A lovely small old round red French wooden coffee table

4. Degrees of Comparison

Adjectives can show comparison:

Positive: tall

Comparative: taller (used for comparing two things)

Superlative: tallest (used for comparing more than two)

Rules for forming comparatives/superlatives:

Add -er/-est to short adjectives (1 syllable): cold – colder – coldest

Use more/most for longer adjectives: beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful

Irregular forms: 

good – better – best, 

bad – worse – worst

5. Position of Adjectives

Before the noun (attributive position): a red car

After linking verbs like be, seem, become (predicative position): The car is red.

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