Parts Of Speech In English Grammar|Adjective And Its Types

Parts Of Speech In English Grammar|Adjective And Its Types

ADJECTIVE

                     Adjective is a word or group of word that describe the quality, the quantity, the size, the shape, colour, age, the temperature and the origin of the noun or pronoun are called Adjective.

Examples

=>The Quality: Intelligent, beautiful, lazy, good

=>The Quantity: Much, many, little, enough

=> The Size: Small, big, medium, huge

=> The Shape: Round, triangular, circle

=> The Colour: White, black, red, brown 

=> The Age: Young, old, teenager

=> The Temperature: Cold, cool, warm, hot

=> The Origin: American, Japanese, Canadian 

Examples

1. She has much money.

2. We have big class.

3. We have a triangular room.

4. I have white colour.

5. I saw an old man.

6. Pakistan has cool weather.

7. I use Pakistani Marker.

8. She likes Pakistani Car.

Types of Adjective

                               Adjective are generally divided into ten types.

• Proper Adjective
• Descriptive Adjective
• Possessive Adjective
• Demonstrate Adjective
• I interrogative Adjective
• Frequency of Adjective
• Number of Adjective
• Adjective of quantity
• Exclamatory Adjective
• Emphasizing Adjective. 

 

1. Proper Adjective

                               Proper Adjective are those adjective, which are formed of some Proper Noun.

Examples

                  Proper Noun                             Proper Adjective

                  Pakistan                                     Pakistani

                  Afghanistan                               Afghan

                  Arabic                                         Arabian

Example

1. He bought Pakistan.

Note.

Every Proper Noun are not become a Proper Adjective.

 

2. Descriptive Adjective

                                         Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to tell the sorts of noun or quality.

Examples.

1. He is a tall man.

2. She is a beautiful girls.

 

3. Possessive Adjective

                                       Possessive Adjective are those adjective, which is point out the noun that belong to someone and there seven possessive adjective.

Examples

Their, Our, Her, His, Its, Yours, My.

1. This is my pen. (Here My’ is Possessive Adjective).

2. Your Car is outside. (Here your’ is Possessive Adjective).

 

4. Demonstrative Adjective

                                                 Demonstrative Adjective are those adjective, which is used point out the noun.

Examples

They are this, these, those, that, such.

1. That man is very handsome.

2. This girls are good looking.

 

 

5, Interrogative Adjective

                                             Interrogative Adjective are those adjective, which is used to ask the question. They are, which, when, what, who, whom.

Examples

1. What food do your like?

2.  Which animals do you like?

3. Where Doctor is he?

 

 

6. Frequency of Adjective

                                           Adjective of Frequency is adjective that used by the speaker, describing how many toys (noun) and that is why it show be referred to as the adjective of frequency.

Examples

1. He was the first person to come here.

 

 

 

7. Numeral Adjective

                                    Numeral Adjective is the adjective, which is used to show the numeral of noun.

They are three types of numeral adjective.

 

1. Definite Numeral Adjective

                                   Definite Numeral Adjective, which is used to denoted an exact number of noun as, first, second, third, 1, 2, 3.

Examples

1. He got first Position.

2. Indefinite Numeral Adjective

                                            Indefinite Adjective is the adjective that is used to denoted an inexact numeral of noun as, some, any, much, many, little, few.

Example

1.He has got much money.

 

3. Descriptive Numeral Adjective

                                                Descriptive Numeral Adjective is the adjective, which used to each one noun.

They are, every, each, another 

Examples

1. Each Student is very friendly.

2, They speak to another person.

 

8.  Exclamatory Adjective

                                             Exclamatory Adjective are those adjective, which are used to indicate a strong emotion regarding the proceeding noun are called as the exclamatory adjective, usually the word is used for this purpose.

Examples

1, What a blessing!

2. What an Idea!

 

9. Quantity Adjective

                                           The Quantity Adjective that are used by the speaker to indicate that how much of a thing is meant, they are called as the Adjective quantity.

 

10. Emphasizing Adjective

                                          The Emphasizing adjective are those adjective, which are used to lay by stress on the proceeding noun are called as the Emphasizing Adjective

Examples

1. I saw the killer with my (own) eyes.

2. This was the very book that I wanted

~Sana Ullah Wazir