Read the following sentences.<\/p>\n
Tokyo is a big<\/strong> city. You will probably have noticed that the words in\u00a0bold type are used to describe nouns. These are adjectives. An adjective is a word used to say something about a noun.<\/p>\n There are different kinds of adjectives:<\/p>\n 1) Adjectives of quality Adjectives of quality describe the kind, quality or characteristic of a person, animal, place or thing.<\/p>\n He is a clever boy. Adjectives formed from proper nouns are also called adjectives of quality. Examples are: Persian carpets, Indian flag, British parliament etc.<\/p>\n Adjectives of quantity describe how much of a thing is meant. Examples are: some, any, little, enough, all, much etc.<\/em><\/p>\n We need some rice. Adjectives of number indicate how many persons or things are meant. Examples are: few, many, several, two, five, second, fifth etc.<\/p>\n Two girls came. Each, every, either and neither<\/strong> are called distributive adjectives.<\/p>\n She had a child hanging onto each hand. This, that, these and those<\/strong> are called demonstrative adjectives.<\/p>\n Bring me that<\/strong> chair. Interrogative adjectives are used with nouns to ask questions. Examples are: which, what, whose etc.<\/em><\/p>\n Which<\/strong> shirt shall I buy? Possessive adjectives indicate possession. Examples are: my, his, her, our, their, your and its.<\/em><\/p>\n He is my<\/strong> father. A list of words is given below. Find out which among them are adjectives.<\/p>\n Clever, hot, cried, pleasant, brightly, efficiently, attractive, often, honesty, brilliance, efficiency, stopped, acted, smooth, quality, brave<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n Clever, hot, pleasant, attractive, smooth, brave<\/p>\n From nouns<\/strong><\/p>\n Adjectives can be formed from nouns. For example, the adjective foolish is formed from the noun fool. Similarly the adjective courageous is formed from the noun courage.<\/p>\n More examples are given below.<\/p>\n Boy (noun): boyish (adjective) Some adjectives are formed from verbs.<\/p>\n Talk (verb): talkative (adjective) Adjectives can also be formed from other adjectives.<\/p>\n Black (adjective): blackish (adjective) Read the following sentences. Tokyo is a big city. She is a beautiful girl. We need some rice. This boy studies in my school. It was a wonderful experience. You will probably have noticed...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[537],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","tag-adjectives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShe is a beautiful<\/strong> girl.
\nWe need some<\/strong> rice.
\nThis<\/strong> boy studies in my<\/strong> school.
\nIt was a wonderful<\/strong> experience.<\/p>\nKinds of adjectives<\/h2>\n
\n2) Adjectives of quantity
\n3) Adjectives of number
\n4) Distributive adjectives
\n5) Demonstrative adjectives
\n6) Interrogative adjectives
\n7) Possessive adjectives<\/p>\nAdjectives of Quality<\/h3>\n
\nShe is a brilliant student.
\nHe is an honest man.
\nThe fish tasted awful.
\nThe night grew dark.
\nThe milk turned sour.
\nI met an old beggar.
\nThe young woman had attractive looks.<\/p>\nAdjectives of Quantity<\/h2>\n
\nHe drank all the milk.
\nIs there any milk in the bottle?<\/p>\nAdjectives of Number<\/h2>\n
\nShe is the first woman to climb Mt. Everest.
\nHe has written many books.<\/p>\nDistributive Adjectives<\/h2>\n
\nI have invited every friend I have.<\/p>\nDemonstrative adjectives<\/h2>\n
\nWho is this<\/strong> girl?
\nThose<\/strong> mangoes are all ripe.<\/p>\nInterrogative Adjectives<\/h2>\n
\nWhose<\/strong> son is he?<\/p>\nPossessive adjectives<\/h2>\n
\nShe is our<\/strong> teacher.
\nIs this your<\/strong> bag?<\/p>\nAdjectives Exercise<\/h2>\n
Formation of Adjectives<\/h2>\n
\nCare: careful
\nHope: hopeful
\nShame: shameless
\nSense: senseless
\nSilk: silken
\nDirt: dirty
\nGold: golden
\nGlory: glorious
\nMan: manly
\nKing: kingly<\/p>\n
\nMove (verb): movable (adjective)<\/p>\n
\nWhite (adjective): whitish (adjective)
\nSick (adjective): sickly (adjective)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"