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Adjective
An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. To modify a word means
to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite.
An adjective modify a word by telling:
1. What kind, ( adjective of quality)
2. Which one, ( demonstrative adjective)
3. How much
4. How many
Quantitative
adjective
What kind?
( Qualitative)
Which one?
( demonstrative)
Tall woman
Another one
Less time
Steep mountain
This year
More money
Eager clerk
Last answer
Many mistakes
Tired dog
Those people
Few marbles
Exciting story
That dress
Larger share
Types of Adjective
Descriptive Adjective/ Adjective of quality
The adjectives which describe the quality e.g. good or bad.
Examples:
1. The young boys are often impatient.
2. The rich people should be kind to the poor.
3. The old men were sitting in the sun.
Quantitative Adjectives
Describe the quantity of something.
Quantitative adjectives are:
Much, many, more, little, some, few, any and all numbers.
Demonstrative Adjective
Demonstrative adjectives point out which person or thing is meant.
Example: This, that, these , those, such, last, another
Degrees of Adjectives
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Big
Bigger
Biggest
Great
Greater
Greatest
Short
Shorter
Shortest
Old
Older
Oldest
Large
Larger
Largest
Happy
Happier
Happiest
Lucky
Luckier
Luckiest
Heavy
Heavier
Heaviest
Beautiful
More beautiful
Most beautiful
Horrible
More horrible
Most horrible
Good
Better
Best
Bad
Worse
Worst
Little
Less
Least
Many
More
Most
Order of Adjectives
1. Opinion
2. Size
3. other qualities
4. Age
5. Colour
6. Origin
7. Material
8. Type
9. Purpose
Verbs
A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentence
(the doing word)
Examples
I play squash.
They skip slowly.
We eat biryani.
Amjad is seven today.
Types of verb
Action verbs
Linking verbs ( Auxiliary/modal verbs)
Transitive
Intransitive
Action verbs
An action verb is a word that shows what
someone or something is doing.
Examples:
1. Arshad sleeps on the sofa.
2. The hunter searches for a deer.
3. Parveen reads The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.
Linking verbs
It links or connects the subject with a noun, a pronoun, an adjective in
the predicate.
For example
1. Pervaiz is happy.
2. The soup tasted delicious.
3. The tiger looked tame.
Modal
verbs
Transitive verb
A transitive verb describes an action which passes over from the
subject to an object.
Example:
1. The boy learnt a lesson.
2. He ate an apple.
3. He bought her a new car.
Intransitive verb
An intransitive verb describes an action which does not pass
over to an object.
e.g.
1. The baby sleeps.
2. We walked to the park.
Adverbs
An adverb is a word which modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another
adverb.
For example:
Ali runs quickly.
This is a very sweet mango.
Zain reads quite clearly.
Types of Adverb
Adverbs of time
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of place
Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of quantity
Soon
Few
yesterday
Lately
Tomorrow
Already
sometimes
Few
A lot
many
more
Much
too
Enough
very