ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES:“Adjectives are words that describe nouns by telling what kind, how many, or which one.” It can tell you what it
 Looks like
 Feels like
 Smells like
 Tastes like
 Sounds like

Let’s Try Some!
The

magnificent butterfly flew under the branch.
The butterfly with the colorful wings rested.
One butterfly flew quietly beneath the tree.
The butterfly fluttered its delicate wings.

ATTRIBUTIVE
Adjectives

in the first position before the noun - are called
ATTRIBUTIVE adjectives.
the blue sea
 the old man
happy children

PREDICATIVE
Adjectives

in the second position
- after the noun - are called
PREDICATIVE adjectives.
Notice that predicative adjectives do not occur immediately after the noun.
Instead, they follow a verb.
the sea is blue
the man is old
the children are happy

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Descriptive adjective or adjective of quality “These adjectives describe nouns that refer to action, state, or quality”
Descriptive adjectives are the most numerous of the different types of adjectives.
(careless, dangerous, excited, sad, black, white, big, small, long, fat, English, three-cornered)
 Example: dangerous chemicals, green vegetables, a square box, a big house, a tall tree, a cold morning, a true story,
English language.

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Adjective of quantity
“An adjective of quantity tells us the number (how many)or amount (how much)of a noun.”
He has eaten three apples.
I don’t have much money.
There is so much wine for the guests.
This long, thin centipede has many legs.

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Adjective of numbers or numeral adjective
“Adjective which express the number of persons or things are called the adjective of number or numeral adjective.” I wrote two letters.
• There are seven days in a week.
• I have learnt many languages.
• Most boys like cricket.
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KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Distributive adjective
“Distributive Adjective expresses the distributive state of nouns.”
 Each

one of you should support this cause.
 I