The Adjective
The Adjective :
The word of adjective is a word used to qualify a Noun or a Pronoun. Since this word tell us something about a person to a thing, it can modify the word denoting that person or that thing.
A man walks along the road.
The above mentioned sentence talks about a man who walks along the road. But this sentence does not talk about what kind of man he is.
A tall man walks along the road.
The above mentioned sentence talks about a tall man. This sentence speaks about the kind of man he is.
He is a tall man.
Now an additional word TALL has been added to speak about the kind of the noun A MAN. Here the word TALL is an adjective.
I need a rose.
I need a white rose.
The word WHITE is an adjective.
Indian is a country.
India is an age-old country.
The word AGE-OLD is an adjective.
They have brought their car.
They have brought their red car.
The word RED is an adjective.
I have seen a girl at the end of this road.
I have seen a beautiful girl at the end of this road.
The word BEAUTIFUL is an adjective.
He has constructed a house.
He has constructed a modern house.
The word MODERN is an adjective.
The word of adjective should be added either before or after the noun which it modifies. When this word comes before the noun which it modifies, it is an attribute position.
1. She is an educated girl.
2. He has a brand-new car.
The words EDUCATED and BRAND-NEW are adjectives. They come just before the nouns which they modify.
When this word comes after the noun which it modifies, it is a predicative position.
1. He looks joyful.
2. They come late.
3. The exams are tough.
In the above sentences, the words JOYFUL, LATE and TOUGH are the adjectives which come after the nouns which they modify.
When we write about how something looks, smells, sounds, see and tastes – we use the adjective.
1. They smell filth.
2. His advises sound better.
3. It tastes salty.
4. He sees wonderful.
5. My sister looks gorgeous.
We can use more than one adjective in a sentence. In that case, you have to use them either before or after the noun which they modify. When the words of adjective are used before the noun, we need not add AND just between the last two adjectives.
1. The fat old lady is there in the office.
2. The rich abusive owner of this house is waiting for you in the hall.
When the word of adjective are used after the noun, we need to add AND just between the last two adjectives.
1. Yesterday was cold, wet and windy.
2. My father is educated, rich and sportive.
There are few adjective which end in ING or ED.
1. The amusing students are not allowed inside the hall.
2. The educated parents have to produce their educational certificates.
- Attribute Position of Adjective
- Predicative Position of Adjective
- Kinds of Adjectives
- Proper Adjectives
- Descriptive Adjectives
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Quantitative Adjectives ( Adjectives of Quantity )
- Qualitative Adjectives ( Adjectives of Quality )
- Numeral Adjectives ( Adjectives of Number )
- Definite Numeral Adjectives
- Indefinite Numeral Adjectives
- Demonstrative Adjectives ( Demonstrative Adjective )
- Definite Demonstrative Adjectives
- Definite Demonstratives
- Indefinite Demonstrative Adjectives
- Indefinite Demonstratives
- Distributive Adjectives
- Interrogative Adjectives
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Exclamatory Adjectives
- Possessive Adjectives
- Possessive Determiners
- First Person Possessive Adjectives
- Second Person Possessive Adjectives
- Third Person Possessive Adjectives
- Emphasizing Adjectives
- Coordinate Adjectives
- Paired Adjectives
- Cumulative Adjectives
- Non-Coordinate Adjectives
- Two Uses of Adjectives
- Attributive Use of Adjectives
- Predicative Use of Adjectives
- The Degrees of Comparison
- Comparison of Adjectives
- Latin Comparatives of Adjectives
- Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives
- Formation of Comparatives and Superlatives
- Formation of Comparative and Superlative
- Uses of Quantitative Adjectives
- Uses of Numeral Adjectives
- Definite Numeral Quantities
- Uses of Demonstrative Adjectives
- Uses of Distributive Phrases
- Uses of Distributive Adjectives
- Example Sentences with suitable Adjectives
- Uses of Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives
- Uses of Positive Degree of Comparison of Adjectives
- Uses of Comparative Degree of Comparison of Adjectives
- Uses of Superlative Degree of Comparison of Adjectives
- Use of The Comparative Degree
- OTHER after Positives and Comparatives
- Preferables in English Grammar
- Double Comparatives
- Double Superlatives
- Comparatives which have lost their force
- Latin Comparatives
- English Comparatives
- Adjectives used as Nouns
- Adjectives in Pairs
- Adjectives preceded by THE
- Position of Adjectives
- Adjectives Used Attributively
- Adjectives Used Predicatively
- The Adjective Clause
The Adjective :
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