Adjective
Qualifies a noun or pronoun.
There are following types of adjective:
- Adjective of quality
- Adjective of quantity
- Adjective of number
- Demonstrative Adjective
- Distributive Adjective
- Interrogative Adjective
- Possessive Adjective
- Coordinate Adjective
- Descriptive Adjective
- Proper Adjective
1. Adjective of Quality
An adjective which state the quality of a noun or pronoun.
Example: She is beautiful.
2. Adjective of Quantity
An adjective which states the quantity of noun.
Example: She bought 2 kg sugar.
i.e. much, kg, liter etc.
Example: She bought 2 kg sugar.
i.e. much, kg, liter etc.
3. Adjective of Number
An adjective which tells the number of countable noun.
Example: She has two pens.
i.e. many, one, second etc.
4. Demonstrative Adjective
It demonstrate something by coming just before the noun.
Example: This pen is mine.
5. Distributive Adjective
It distributes a noun by coming just before the noun.
Example: Every student is supposed to be the future of the nation.
6. Interrogative Adjective
It asks a question by coming just before the noun.
Example: Which book is yours?
7. Possessive Adjective
It shows possession by coming just before the noun.
Example: This is my book.
8. Coordinate Adjectives
They come in sequence to modify the same noun.
Example: A warm, dense fog had settled over the paddies and there was the stillness that precedes rain.
9. Descriptive Adjective
It is used to explain description of a noun.
Example: The shirt was red.
10. Proper Adjective
An adjective made up of proper noun.
Example: She looks like Japanese.
Degree of Comparison
There are three degrees of comparison:
- Positive
- Comparative
- Superlative
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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Much
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More
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Most
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Good
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Better
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Best
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Bad
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Worse
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Worst
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Rich
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Richer
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Richest
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Hot
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Hotter
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Hottest
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Simple
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Simpler
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Simplest
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Brave
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Braver
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Bravest
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Loud
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Louder
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Loudest
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Fast
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Faster
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Fastest
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Slow
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Slower
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Slowest
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Intelligent
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More
Intelligent
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Most
Intelligent
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Beautiful
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More Beautiful
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Most Beautiful
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Far
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Farther
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Farthest
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Worthy
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Worthier
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Worthiest
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Soft
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Softer
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Softest
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Light
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Lighter
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Lightest
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Heavy
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Heavier
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Heaviest
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Cute
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Cuter
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Cutest
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Sharp
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Sharper
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Sharpest
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