adjectives class 6

1. Class VI
Subject: ENGLISH
ADJECTIVES
By ANJU TIWARI

2. ADJECTIVES

3. Qualitative Adjectives
Describes size, shape, beauty,
colour, attribute of a person or
thing.
E.g. What a beautiful house!

4. Quantitative Adjectives
 Describes amount or quantity of
uncountable nouns and number of
countable nouns.
 E.g. She believes that successful people
show little kindness.

5. Possessive Adjectives
 They specify ownership or relationship but they
do not replace the noun like possessive pronouns.
They are placed before the nouns. There are 7
possessive adjectives: my, our, your, his, her, its,
their.
 E.g. The striking workers placed their demands
before the management.

6. Interrogative Adjectives
Used before the nouns they qualify to
ask questions. Whose, which and what
are interrogative adjectives.
E.g. Whose shoes are these?

7. Demonstrative Adjectives
 They point at something or someone and
help the listener to understand exactly
what or whom the speaker is talking about.
 E.g. This pen is not writing, do you have
another one?

8. Nouns as adjectives
 nouns used as adjective retain their original
form.
 E.g. he gave her a diamond ring.
 There is a stone wall around our
neighbourhood park.

9. Verb as Adjectives
 Like nouns, verbs can also be used as adjectives. Past
and participle forms are commonly used as
adjectives.
 E.g. The dented car was repaired and sold. (adj)
 The car was dented in various places. (verb)
 The crying baby fell off the crib. (adj)
 The baby is crying loudly. (verb)

10. Order of Adjectives
 Noun may be qualified with more than one
adjective. In such case adjectives should be
placed in correct order.
 E.g. His new red silk tie was ruined by the laundry.