Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. There are three types of adjectives: qualities like "tall" and "short", quantities like "some" and "many", and numbers like "five" and "ten". Examples are provided for each type. Common adjectives are listed and exercises are given for students to identify adjectives and fill in blanks with adjectives of their choice. Resources for further information on adjectives are also included.

1. Adjective
Course – B.Tech
Subject – English Communication and Life Skills
Unit - 1
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2. Definition : Adjective
• Adjective is a word which describes a Noun or
Pronoun.
OR
• Adjective is the word which is used to modify
a Noun or Pronoun.
• Examples: tall, short, green, blue, big, small,
some, many, five, ten, fat, thin, thick, etc.
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3. Kinds of Adjective
• There are three kinds of Adjective:
1) Adjective of Quality
2) Adjective of Quantity
3) Adjective of Number
• Define: Adjective of Quality –
Adjective of Quality describes a person, place,
animal or thing; it always answers the question
‘how?’ Examples: good, bad, honest, smart, etc.
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4. • Define: Adjective of Quantity –
Adjective of Quantity is used to denote an
inexact number of nouns; it always answers your
question ‘how much?’ Examples: some, few,
many, various, several, much, little, etc.
• Define: Adjective of Number –
Adjective of Number is used to denote exact
number of a noun; it always answers your
question ‘how many?’ Examples: first, second,
third, five, seven, hundred, etc.
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5. List of Common Adjectives
fat thin thick thin strict
lenient easy difficult tough strong
weak loud soft hard foolish
clever wise heavy light clean
dirty happy sad short tall
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6. lazy active long short beautiful
ugly simple loose tight new
old clear bright awesome awful
large narrow broad fast quick
slow dry cheap costly wet
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7. Exercise: A
 Underline the Adjective and mention its kind:
1) He has some news books in his bag.
2) Ram has seven friends in school and few in his society.
3) The bird is so colorful.
4) I have a pink dress which is very beautiful.
5) Your slippers are comfortable.
6) She has many chocolates in her cupboard.
7) The fruits are juicy and fresh.
8) My Uncle is lazy but honest.
9) Vijay has twelve jeans, some are new.
10)I have several kinds of shirts.
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8. Exercise: B
Fill in the blanks with an adjective of your choice:
1) My mother is very ______.
2) I like my friend because she is ______ and ______.
3) Our house is ______.
4) ______ books are ______.
5) The food was ______.
6) I like ______ people.
7) His nature is ______.
8) My neighbor is ______ and ______.
9) ______ animals are cute.
10) Her dress is ______.
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9. Recourses/ References
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• https://www.google.co.in/search?q=adjective+image
s&biw=1093&bih=506
• Advanced English grammar by Wren and Martine