1. Adjectives
What are adjectives?

2. Adjectives Q: What are Adjectives?
A: Adjectives are words which are used to describe nouns or pronouns.

3. Descriptive Adjectives
Types of Adjectives
Descriptive Adjectives
Q: What are Descriptive Adjectives?
A: Descriptive Adjectives are Adjectives which tell us about the kind or quality of , nouns/ pronouns.
Example: Betty is a clever girl.

4. Adjectives of Quantity
Q: What are Adjectives of Number/Quantity?
A: Adjectives of Number / Quantity are Adjectives which come before a noun showing how many or how much of the noun there is.
Example: Mary gave me five oranges.

5. Demonstrative Adjectives
Q: What are Demonstrative Adjectives?
A: Demonstrative Adjectives are Adjectives which point out nouns and are followed by the nouns which they point out.
Example : This house is bigger than that one.

6. Interrogative Adjectives
Q: What are Interrogative Adjectives?
A: Interrogative Adjectives are Adjectives which ask questions and come before a noun.
Example: Which way shall we go?

7. Possessive Adjectives
Q: What are Possessive Adjectives?
A: Possesses Adjectives are Adjectives which are used to show possession.
Example: I have given my book to your brother.

8. Comparison of Adjectives
Q: What are the 3 Degrees of Comparison ?
A: The 3 Degree of Comparison are
(1) the Positive Degree.
(2) the Comparative Degree.
(3) the Superlative Degree.

9. (a) The Positive Degree of Comparison is used when we are speaking of or describing an object.
Example: Peter is a short boy.

10. Example: Peter is taller than Paul.
(b) The Comparative Degree of Comparison is used when we are speaking of or describing two objects.
Example: Peter is taller than Paul.

11. Example: Mary is the tallest girl in her school.
(c) The Superlative Degree of Comparison is used when we are speaking of or describing two or more than two objects.
Example: Mary is the tallest girl in her school.

12. The formation of Comparative and the Superlative forms
(a) The formation of Comparative and the Superlative forms by adding “ –er” and “-est” to the Positive.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
clever
cleverer
cleverest
dark
darker
darkest

13. (b) The formation of Comparative and the Superlative forms by dropping “-y” and “-iest” to the Positive.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
dirty
dirtier
dirtiest
lazy
lazier
laziest

14. (c) The formation of Comparative and the Superlative forms by doubling the last letter and adding “-er” and “-ier” to the Positive.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
big
bigger
biggest
hot
hotter
hottest

15. (d) The formation of Comparative and the Superlative forms by changing the spelling of the Positive.
bad
worse
worst
good
better
best

16. (e) The formation of Comparative and the Superlative forms by using the word “ more” or “most” with Adjectives of three or more syllables.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
beautiful
more beautiful
most beautiful
careful
more careful
most careful

17. (f) For a few two-syllable adjectives both kinds of comparative and superlative are possible.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
common
Commoner/ more common
Commonest/
most common
clever
Cleverer/
more clever
Cleverest/
most clever

18. Adjectives used as Nouns
(a) “The + Adjectives” = a class of persons.
Example: The welfare society organized a party for the poor.

19. (b) “The + Adjectives” = an abstract noun.
Example: The future is unknown to us. (the future = futurity)

20. (c) Some adjectives have become nouns.
Examples: Australians – Italians

21. Example: Mary is an eighteen-year-old girl.
Compound Adjectives
There are compound Adjectives formed by adding a “–” between the words. Notice that the noun in a compound Adjective should normally be in singular form.
Example: Mary is an eighteen-year-old girl.

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