English lesson four Adjective

Welcome to the English lesson, lesson four…

Today I’m gonna teach you adjective:

What is an adjective?

The word used to describe a noun is called an adjective or we can also say adjective is a word used to add meaning to the noun.

For example:

This is a beautiful flower. We all know flower is a noun beautiful is describing the quality of flower hence it is an adjective.

All word denoting numbers, shapes quantity quality are adjectives.

For example:

The baby has round face. The shape of the baby face is described as round hence round is an adjective.

Formation of adjective

Many adjective are formed from noun:

Noun              adjective                noun                 adjective

Boy               boyish                man               manly

Fool              foolish               king                kingly

Care            careful                dirt                  dirty

Hope           hopeful              sense              senseless

Shame        shameless          laugh              laughable

Gold            golden                 gift                  gifted

Some adjective are formed from verb:

Verb                           adjective

Tire                            tireless

Talk                           talkative

Cease                        ceaseless

Move                         moveable

Some adjectives are formed from other adjective:

Adjective            Adjective

Tragic                  Tragical

Three                   threefold

Black                    blackish

White                  whitish

Sick                     sickly

Adjectives are five kinds .they are:

(1)           Quality

(2)           Quantity

(3)           Number

(4)           Demonstration

(5)           interrogation

1) Adjective of quality: Adjective of quality show the kind or quality of a person or a thing.

For example:

    (1)He is an honest man.

     (2)Mumbai is a large city.

In first example adjective is honest because honest describe the quality of a person.

In second example adjective is large because here large describe the quality.

Adjective of quality answer the question: of what kind?

Note: adjective of quality are also called descriptive adjective.

Adjective of quantity:-Adjectives of quantity show how much of a thing is meant.

For example:

He has lost all his wealth.in this example all is an

adjective of Quantity which describe the wealth or money.

Adjective of number: adjective of number shoes how many person or things are meant or in what order a person or thing stands.

For example:

The hand has five fingers.in this example 5 is an adjective of number as it indicate the number of finger the hand has.

Adjective of number will answer the question: how many

Demonstrative adjective: demonstrative adjectives point out which person or thing is meant.

For example:

Ram is stronger than pappu.in this sentence ram is demonstrative adjective.

Demonstrative adjectives will answer the question: which?

Interrogative adjective: word like what which and whose when used with noun to ask question are called interrogative adjective.

For example:

Which way shall we go. In this example the adjective which is asking a question in which direction.

“What” is used in general sense and “which” in selective sense.