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Descriptive Adjectives
Among the different kinds of adjectives, descriptive adjectives are probably the most
common ones. They simply say something about the quality or the kind of the noun or
pronoun theyre referring to.
Examples:
Erika is witty.
She is tired.
Adrians reflexes are amazing.
2. Adjectives of Number or Adjectives of Quantity
As the name suggests, this kind of adjective answers the question, How many? or How
much?
Examples:
Twenty-one students failed the exam.
The plants need more water.
3. Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives point out pronouns and nouns, and always come before the words
they are referring to.
Examples:
I used to buy this kind of shirts.
When the old man tripped over that wire, he dropped a whole bag of groceries.
4. Possessive Adjectives
Obviously, this kind of adjectives shows ownership or possession. Aside from that,
possessive adjectives always come before the noun.
Examples:
I cant answer my seatwork because I dont have a calculator.
Trisha sold his dog.
5. Interrogative Adjectives
Interrogative adjectives ask questions and are always followed by a noun.
Examples:
What movie are you watching?
Which plants should be placed over here?
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1. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES tell us about the kind or quality of a noun (or pronoun),
e.g.
good girl, hard work, long stick, new house, strong wind, rich man, big tree, red apple.
Examples in sentences:
- It is sweet.
- He is clever.
- They are hungry.
- Shen is beautiful.
2. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES point out nouns (and they are always followed by the
nouns which they point out.) e.g.
this car, that road, these men, those children, such things.
Examples in sentences:
3. INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES ask questions. They are always followed by a noun, e.g.
which book...?
what answer...?
whose pen...?
Examples in sentences:
4. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES show possession. They are always followed by a noun, e.g.
my friend, her mother, your brother, their things, his shoes, our friends, its tail.
For this one, why don't you try building up a few sentences using the examples given?
5. ADJECTIVES OF NUMBER/QUANTITY tell how many or how much. They are followed
by a noun, e.g.
one man, twenty marbles, six balls, some sugar, many people, several pins, few books,
much work, littlepain, more water, each person, every day.
1) POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
DEFINITION: Possessive Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun that
belongs to someone and there are seven Possessive Adjectives. They are My, Your, Our, Their,
His, Her and Its.
Example:
- This is my book.
- Your car is outside.
- His girl fried is waiting
2) DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE
DEFINITION: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to tell the sorts of noun or
quality.
Example:
- He is a tall man.
- They are good students.
- She is a beautiful girl.
3) NUMERAL ADJECTIVE
DEFINITION: Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to show the number of noun.
There are three types of Numeral Adjective as follow.
a) Definite Numeral Adjective
b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective
c) Distributive Numeral Adjective