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

2. 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.

3. 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)

4. Kinds of Adjective Interrogative Quality Quantity Demonstrative
Number

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

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

11. 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?

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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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