Here is a 5 line story about the boy using proper and compound adjectives: Raj was a cheerful, Indian boy who loved playing cricket in the local park. Being a cricket-crazy lad, he would spend hours practicing his batting skills. One day, Raj hit a long-distance, sixer shot that landed in his neighbor's backyard. He rushed over to retrieve the ball, excited to tell his cricket-loving family about his self-made, record-breaking achievement.

1. See the pictures
and describe in
one word

2. W

3. W

4. W

5. W

6. Guess what is common
among all these
words?
So the words which you have given are
___________, ______________ , _______________ ,
and
_______________

7. All of these words are
describing something specially
Nouns.
So we can say all of
these words are
Descriptive Words .

8. Can you guess
which topic in
English Grammar
describes
something ?
Yes , it is
Adjectives.

9. Adjectives
Today’s topic is :

10. Let’s start the
class with some
activities.

11. Today I will show you the picture
of my neighbour . You have to
observe him carefully . And then
you have to answer my questions.
Are you ready ?

12. Meet Mr. Sam
One word for his T-shirt.
One word for his looks .
One words for his bag .
One word for his overall
attire.
Answer my
Questions now :

13. All the words which you said are describing something.
All these descriptive words are Adjectives .

14. What is an Adjective ?
•Adjective is a part of speech which
describes Nouns ( Person , Place , Animals
and Things ) and also Pronouns (Which
replaces a Noun) in a sentence.
Example: Jake is a studious boy.
Andrew is happy today.
The green words are describing what kind of boy
Jake and Andrew is .

15. Adjective is a
descriptive word , I
understand .But
Adjective describes
what?
Let’s find
out in
next slide

16. Adjective talks about :
•Size (Small)
•Shape
•Colour
•Number
•Mood
•Quality
Of a Noun and a Pronoun

17. Let us describe Mr. Sam again.
Mr. Sam is tall , handsome and
fair. He has brown hair .He is
wearing a white shirt and a black
pant . He is also wearing a black
tie. He is holding a brown
suitcase in his one hand and a
black coat in his other hand.Mr.
Sam has a smart and confident
personality.
ALL THIS BLUE WORDS ARE DESCRIBING MR. SAM. ALL
THESE DESCRIPTIVE WORDS ARE ADJECTIVES.

18. Activity Time

19. See this picture and try to find out as many Adjectives as you can

20. Take this
Adjectives Challenge

21. We will learn 2 things about
Adjectives today.
• Degree of Adjectives.
• Types of adjectives.

22. Degree of Adjectives
Positive Degree
Comparative
Degree
Superlative Degree

23. Positive Degree : An Adjective which has
no comparison with other Adjective , is
called Positive Degree .
For Example :
Pinky is a Big butterfly.
Pinky

24. Comparative Degree : An Adjective is
said to be comparative degree , when it
is used to compare between 2 Nouns
or Pronouns.
For Example:
Rinky is bigger butterfly
than Pinky.
Pinky
Rinky

25. Superlative Degree : When an Adjective compares
more than two Nouns or Pronouns , that Adjective
is called Superlative Degree of Adjective. We need
to show that one or more Noun possesses that
adjective to the highest amount.
For Example :
Chinky is the biggest butterfly among all .
Pinky
Rinky
Chinky

26. Formulas of Adjective of Degree
Positive Adjective :
Formula : Subject + Be verb + Adjective + object.
Example : Ram is good player.
Comparative Adjective (will be added “er” with
adjective ):
Formula : Subject + Be verb + Adjective + (er) +
object + than + another Subject
Example : Rohit is better player than Ram .

27. Superlative Degree (will be added “est” with
the adjective):
Formula : Subject + Be verb + the + Adjective
+ (est ) + Object + among + all.
Example : Raju is the best player among all.

28. Some examples of Adjective of Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
Big Bigger Biggest
Clean Cleaner Cleanest
Old Older Oldest
Dirty Dirtier Dirtiest
Difficult More Difficult Most Difficult
Beautiful More Beautiful Most beautiful
Intelligent More Intelligent Most Intelligent

29. Now try to describe these pictures by using
proper degree of Adjectives :
1
2

30. Types of Adjectives

31. Lets remember the Acronyms of all types of
Adjectives : (DDIPPPQCAN).
D D I P P P Q C A N
Descriptive
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Possessive
Proper
Predicative
Quantitative
Compound
Absolute
Numeral

32. Descriptive Adjectives
The Adjective which describe the quality of a Noun or
Pronoun is called Descriptive Adjective. It is also called
Qualitative Adjective. It tells us about the
characteristics of that Noun and Pronoun.
Example :
Sima is a smart girl.
Mrs. Sen is a kind woman.

34. 1. Size
2. Shape
3. Colour
4. Quality
5. Mood

35. Demonstrative Adjective
The Adjectives which points out any Noun
or Pronoun is called Demonstrative
Adjective. The words “This” , “That” ,
“These” and “those” are called
Demonstrative Adjective.
This flower is unique.
Those books are interesting.

36. I can see a large house. The house is
painted dark yellow. There are 3
doors and multiple windows in that
house. My best buddy is Lily. That
house is hers . This pen is mine ,
father gifted me in last year.
Descriptive Adjective :
Demonstrative Adjective :

37. Interrogative Adjective
The adjectives which asks questions are
called Interrogative Adjective. Interrogative
Adjective is followed by a Noun or Pronoun.
“What” , “Which” and “Whose” are this type.
Which Pen is yours?
Whose Doll is this ?
What superpower would
you like ?

38. Possessive Adjective
The Adjective which shows ownership or
possession of a Noun , is called Possessive
Adjective .
Her cat is very cute.
Your dress is so pretty.

39. 1. I am feeding her tortoise .
2. Which is your notebook , tell me ?
3. This pen , which you can observe , is hers .
4. These cycles are ours , don’t ride it.
5. Which video game are you going to buy ?
Identify the Possessive and Interrogative
adjective

40. Proper Adjective
When a Proper Noun describes or modifies another
Noun , it becomes Proper Adjective .
I love Chinese food
KFC Chickens are very good.

41. There are 2 types of Proper Adjectives
Asia Asian
China Chinese
Japan Japanese
Mexico Mexican
Gautam
Buddha
Buddhist
Karl
Marx
Marxist
Elizabeth Elizabethan
Shakespeare Shakespeare
an

42. Compound Adjective
When two words are joined by hyphen , and that combined
word describes a Noun or Pronoun ,then that word is called
Compound Adjective. In Compound adjective these two
words are joined by hyphen or a quotation mark.
Example :
She became heart-broken after her failure.
Mr. Sen is a self-centered person.

43. Kind-hearted: kind; generous.
Brightly-lit: full of light.
Old-fashioned: not modern.
Deeply-rooted: difficult to change.
Good-looking: attractive.
Labor-saving: making work easier.
Left-handed: uses left hand for
work
List of Compound Adjectives

44. Compose a story
with minimum 5
lines about this boy .
And use Proper and
Compound
adjectives.

45. Quantitative Adjective
Quantitative adjective talks about “How
Much” of a Noun and Pronoun. It does not
give any particular number like “ Five” ,
“Three” etc.
I have many chocolates in my bag.
“Many” , “Few” , “ Several” etc comes under Quantitative
Adjective.