This document defines and provides examples of the different types of adjectives in English. It discusses qualitative adjectives that describe qualities like color, size, age, etc. It also covers quantitative adjectives about numbers, demonstrative adjectives that point out nouns, possessive adjectives showing ownership, and others. The document explains how to make comparisons between adjectives and provides irregular forms. It concludes with examples of identifying adjectives in sentences.
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Part of speech- a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. In English the main 8 parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
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2. Adjectives are words that describe nouns.
Adjectives answer such questions as:
What kind? Which one? How many?
3. Adjectives can be used to describe:
Colour
e.g. blue, red,
green, brown,
purple, yellow,
black.
Opinion
e.g. good, pretty,
right, wrong,
funny, light, happy.
Size
e.g. big, small,
long, short.
Age
e.g. Old, young
Shape
e.g. round,
triangle,
rectangular,
square, oval.
Origin
e.g. German,
Malaysia
Material
e.g. glass, metal.
Distance
e.g. long, short,
near, far
Temperature
e.g. cold, warm,
hot, cool
Time
e.g. late, early.
5. 1. Qualitative / Descriptive Adjectives
To describe the quality of a person
or thing, for example, its size,
general description (physical), age,
shape, colour, material, origin and
1. The tall girl is my classmate.
2. The students achieved excellent
results.
purpose.
Examples: tall, excellent, slim,
young, square, plastic
6. 2. Quantitative Adjectives
To indicate the number or amount
of things
Examples: some, much, little,
enough, all , no, any, whole,
several
1. She found many pens under the table.
2. There was no milk in the jug.
3. There are thirty seven students in this class.
7. 3. Demonstrative adjectives
To point out nouns. Examples: this, these, that, those
1. This is my friend, Dina.
2. Those books belong to her.
8. 4. Interrogative
Adjectives
Used with noun to ask questions.
Examples: what, whose, where,
1. Whose pen is this?
2. Which way shall we go?
why, how and which
9. 5. Possessive Adjectives
Used to show possession.
1. This is her hat.
2. Their parents came to my house
yesterday.
Examples: my, your, his her, our,
their, its.
10. 6. Distributive Adjectives
To show that the persons or
things are counted collectively.
Normally used with singular
nouns.
Refer to members of a group as
individuals.
Examples: each, every, either, and
neither.
1. Each participant was asked to complete a survey.
2. Either of these movies would be interesting to me.
11. 7. Compound Adjectives
Made up of two or more words.
Often linked together with
hyphens to link the words
together to show that it is one
adjective.
Examples: light-weight, duty-free,
four-foot, part-time, cold-blooded,
well-behaved.
1. We have to be open-minded about things.
2. The lady is wearing a pair of high-heeled shoes.
12. Comparison of adjectives
• There are three forms of
comparison:
- positive
- comparative
- superlative
13. A - Comparison with -er/-est
We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:
positive comparative superlative
clean cleaner cleanest
dirty dirtier dirtiest
clever cleverer cleverest
simple simpler simplest
Narrow narrower narrowest
14. B - Comparison with more - most
positive comparative superlative
difficult more difficult (the) most difficult
beautiful more beautiful (the) most beautiful
15. C - Irregular adjectives
positive comparative superlative comment
good better best
bad worse worst
much more most uncountable nouns
many more most countable nouns
little less least
little smaller smallest
16. D - Special adjectives
Some adjectives have two possible forms of comparison (-
er/est and more/most).
positive comparative superlative
clever cleverer / more clever cleverest / most clever
common commoner / more common commonest / most common
likely likelier / more likely likeliest / most likely
polite politer / more polite politest / most polite
simple simpler / more simple simplest / most simple
17. Questions
Identify the adjectives.
1. Try using this paintbrush in art class.
2. Many people came to visit the fair.
3. I went into the duty-free shop but I did not buy
anything.
4. He doesn't seem intelligent, but he is.
