Grammar Adjective By: - Nityanandesh Narayan Tripathi (PGT English) Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Baghmara

Mary is not simply a Lady Definition Adjective tells the attribute of a person, place or thing. This is a Big Car. This is a Golden Key. Mary is Beautiful Lady. This is not simply a car But A Big Car. This is not simply a key But A Golden Key. Mary is not simply a Lady But A Beautiful Lady So the words like Big, Golden and Beautiful are Adjectives which are Attributes of certain Nouns.

Uses of Adjectives. 1. Adjective is used to take out a specific Noun from a group of Nouns. 1 3 2 Which shirt do you like most? I like Green Shirt at Number one. 2. Adjective is also used to compare two or more then two Nouns. That is bigger ball. (In comparison with another ball)

Kinds of Adjective Interrogative Quality Quantity Demonstrative Number

Kinds of Adjectives (1) - Quality It tells us about the attributes like: - Behavior Colour Size Studious Girl Highest Tower Blue Shirt

Kinds of Adjectives (2) - Quantity It tells us – ‘How Much’: - e.g. Some, Much, Little, Enough, All, No, Any, Whole, etc. All Birds Some Rice Enough Food

Kinds of Adjectives (3) - Number It tells – ‘How many and In what order or position’ Numeral Adjective Definite Distributive ‘Exact Number’ Indefinite ‘Not Exact Number’ Cardinal Ordinal It tells how many It tells position One Fruit Two Fruits Second Position First Position Some Water Every Item

Kinds of Adjectives (4) - Demonstrative It points out a person, place or thing from a crowd or group e.g. this, That, These, Those, Such To Delhi --- Mr. Owl This name was given to me by my parents. That way you can go to Delhi.

Kinds of Adjectives (5) - Interrogative It puts a question to select a Specific Noun from a Group of Nouns e.g. Which, What, Whose Which book I want to read? What problem am I thinking? Whose umbrella is this? In such type of sentences a noun should come after the question making words

Formation of adjectives By Adding: - -ish -y -ful -some + Noun - Less + Verb Ha..Ha..Ha..Ha.. Boyish ish Boy A behavior like a Boy.

Degrees of Adjectives Degrees of Adjective Positive Comparative Comparison between Nouns / among Nouns is made by Degrees of Comparison. Degrees of Adjective Positive Comparative Superlative Used for Comparison between two Persons, places or things Used to compare one person, place or thing to more then two persons, places or things. Used for only one person, Place or Thing This is a tall building. Husband is taller than wife. Which is the tallest Building?

Formation of Comparative and Superlative (1) Adjectives with single syllable: - Positive Comparative Superlative Adjective Adjective + er Adjective + est Good Better Best Fast Faster Fastest Dark Darker Darkest Hippu is best football player among All. Hippu is good football player. Hippu is better football player than Mahesh.

Formation of Comparative and Superlative (2) Adjectives with more then one syllable: - Positive Comparative Superlative Adjective More + Adjective Most + Adjective Intelligent More Intelligent Most Intelligent Interested More Interested Most Interested Doubtful More doubtful Most Doubtful Gollum is intelligent student Gollum is more intelligent student than Bhodu. Gollum is most intelligent student in his class.

Position of Adjectives Attributive Predicative Used directly before Noun to describe it. Used after the Noun to describe it. Red Apple Apple is Red. Here, in this sentence the verb is acting as a LINKING Verb or a COPULA.

Let us do some Exercise!! Pant Boy Man Truck School Runner Give different Adjectives to the given Nouns and write some sentences also. Pant Boy Man Truck School Runner

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