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Adjectives are one of the eight parts of speech. They help with another part of speech. Today we will be looking at the meaning of adjectives, the types of adjectives, the comparison of adjectives, and the function of adjectives.
What is an Adjective?
An adjective is a part of speech that tells us more about a noun. Without an adjective in a sentence, the sentence will have meaning.
The adjective adds more information to a sentence. For example, Lisa is a teacher. That is a complete sentence. When you add the word good, you have Lisa is a good teacher. The word good tells us what type of teacher Lisa is.
Types of Adjectives
There are many types of adjectives. They are:
Possessive adjectives: These types of adjectives show possession. This means that they signify that something belongs to someone. Examples of possessive adjectives are her, his, their, our, my, and so on.
Demonstrative adjectives: These types of adjectives are used to point out objects or people. They are similar to demonstrative pronouns. The difference is that the demonstrative adjectives come right before the nouns they are pointing out. Examples of demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and these.
Interrogative adjectives: These types of adjectives are used to ask questions. Again, they are similar to interrogative pronouns. An interrogative adjective has to match with the nouns in question. Examples of interrogative pronouns are whose, whom, when, who, which, and so on.
Proper adjective: this type of adjective are proper nouns that tell us more about a noun. It can be based on origin, nationality, and so on. For example, Chinese hair, an Indian tribe, the American flag, the English dictionary.
Descriptive adjectives: These types of adjectives are used to describe people, places, or things. For example, brilliant, lazy, white, old, wide, young, lucky, and so on.
Comparison of Adjectives
Comparison of adjectives refers to the degrees of adjectives. There are three forms: the positive, the comparative, ve, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective. The comparative form compares two things, people, places, and so on. The superlative compares three things, ideas, people, places, and so on.
Comparative and superlative degrees are formed by adding the suffix “-er” for the comparative and the suffix “-est” for the superlative. Here is a table with some examples:
Some comparative and superlative degrees are formed by adding more to make comparative and most to make superlative. Here is a table with some examples:
Others are irregular. This means they don’t follow any of the formats above to form their comparative and superlative. Here is a table with some examples:
Examples of Adjectives in Sentences
1. They live in a beautiful mansion
2. My cat gave birth to seven adorable kittens
3. He is such a jolly fellow
4. You have a better handwriting than Lucas
5. Taylor is the most handsome boy in his class
6. Daniel is more brilliant than his elder brother
7. This is the oldest house in this estate
8. The governor’s wife has a white poodle
9. Ike is the strongest man in India.
10. The living room is filthy
11. Honest people are hard to find these days
12. Please lend me your old stencil
13. All the books in my bad are red
14. Several students were absent today
15. Who among the five boys owns an easel?
Conclusion
Adjectives are words that tell us more about nouns. They can only describe nouns. There are many types of adjectives. For example, demonstrative, possessive, interrogative, numerical, cardinal, descriptive, and proper. Comparison of adjectives is the degree of adjectives. There are three degrees. They are: positive or the adjective, comparative and superlative.
