1. KINDS OF ADJECTIVE
By: Wasim Sadiq
MA English, M.Ed
MBA (HR)
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2. Descriptive Adjective
It shows good or bad quality of a person, place
or thing.
For Example:
i- He is a clever fellow.
ii- Old habits die hard.
iii- I bought a genuine product.
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3. Distributive Adjective
It points out individual nouns.
For Example:
i- Each member has attended the meeting.
ii- Every participant was asked to mark the attendance.
iii- Neither person seems to understand my feelings.
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4. Demonstrative Adjective
It is used to point out a particular noun or pronoun.
This, that, these, those, yonder, such,
For Example:
i-This teacher is my favourite.
ii-That man seems to be a thief.
iii- I am fascinated by the yonder lands.
iv- These shoes fit me very well.
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5. Interrogative Adjective
These modify nouns and are used in interrogative
sentences.
What, Why, Where, Which, Whose
For Example:
i-Whose house is this?
ii-What product did you order?
iii- Which book by Charles Dickens is your favourite.
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6. Adjective of number/
Numeral Adjective
i- The hand has five fingers.
ii- He has sold all the books.
iii- Several men came looking for you.
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7. Proper Adjective
Adjective formed from proper noun are called proper
adjective.
For Example:
i-I love to watch Shakespearean dramas.
ii- German chocolate cake is very delicious in taste.
iii- Pakistani villagers are so simple.
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8. Exclamatory Adjective
The word what is sometimes used as an
exclamatory adjective.
For Example:
What genius!
What an idea
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