Adjective - Kinds

  

 KINDS OF ADJECTIVES :---
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 1. Adjectives of quality

 2. Proper Adjectives

 3. Adjectives of quantity (definite and indefinite )

 4. Adjectives of number (definite and indefinite )

 5. Demonstrative Adjectives

 6. Interrogative Adjectives

 7. Emphasizing Adjectives

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 1. ADJECTIVES OF QUALITY :--
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   They describe the quality of a person, place or thing.

   e.g.:--- Brave, good, thick, large etc.
  
       * Kamla is a beautiful girl.
                   
       * He is an honest man.
                 
       * Delhi is a cosmopolitan city.
                                             
  Note:--       
   
       * Adjectives of quality answers the question: Of what kind ?

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 2. PROPER ADJECTIVES:--
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   They are always derived from Proper Nouns.

   They are always written in Capital letters.

    e.g.:-- Italian, Indian, English etc.

       * Yesterday, I met a Russian tourist.
                           
       * He likes French wine.
                 
       * Ping Tang is a Chinese friend of mine.
                       

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 3. ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY :---
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   They signify the quantity or measure of a thing. 

     e.g.:-- Much, all, small, sufficient, enough, some, whole, little etc.

      * I ate some rice.
            
      * He has little intelligence.
             
      * Mukesh has much money.
                 

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 4. ADJECTIVES OF NUMBER :---
  

   They indicate the number of persons, places or things.

     e.g.:-- Five, forty- two, one, seven hundred, first, few, all, several etc.

  (a) Definite Numeral Adjectives :-- They denote exact number; as,

     
          . One, twenty, eighty- four etc.    ( Cardinal numbers )

          . First, second, third, fourth etc. ( Ordinal numbers )

  (b) Indefinite Numeral Adjectives :-- They do not denote an exact number; as,

          
           All, no, many, some, certain, several etc.

  (c) Distributive Numeral Adjectives :-- They refer to each one of number; as,
     

          Each, every, either, neither etc.

       Note :--
      
        
         * Distributive Numeral Adjectives precede a noun.

          e.g.:-- Each boy, every girl etc.
                

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 5. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES :--
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   They point out a person or a thing.

    e.g.:--This, these, that, those, such etc.

        Note:--   They precede a noun.
      

          * These apples are ripe.

          * This house is mine.
           

          * Those horses run swifter than wind.
           

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  6. INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES :--
    

     They ask questions.

        Note :--  They precede a noun.

      e.g.:-- Which, whose, what etc.

         * Which book do you like most ?

      
         * Whose bag is this ?

      
         * What kind of man is he ?
          

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  7. EMPHASIZING ADJECTIVES :---
    

     They lay emphasis on a person, place or a thing.

            e.g.:-- Own, very etc.

     Note :--  They precede a noun.

         * It is my own pen.

       
         * He is the very boy who helped me last evening.

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