Learn ESL
Image default
Four SkillsGrammar

10 Kinds of Adjective in English

10 Kinds of Adjective in English
10 Kinds of Adjective in English

in English, words are categorized into the 8 major parts of speech based on their uses and functions. These word class made up every sentence in English and help us to speak and write easily and effectively. In order to brush up your English, you need to comprehend and have mastery over these 8 parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, and interjection. We have already talked about most these word classes, in the article below I am going to cover, 10 kinds of adjective in English.

10 Kinds of Adjective in English

What is an adjective?

people define the adjective differently as follows:

  1. An adjective is a word that describes and modify a noun. And they are usually used before a noun to describe them.
  2. Adjectives are words that modify(change) nouns, pronouns, and other adjectives.
  3. Adjectives are words qualifying nouns or describing words. They qualify or describe nouns. They are called noun-helper.
  • Your English is good enough.
  • Sorry, my English is not very good. 
  • Brazil is the world’s largest producer of coffee.

Kinds of Adjectives

1. Adjective of Quality or Descriptive Adjective

Adjective showing the kind or quality of nouns or pronouns are called Adjective of Quality

  • We had a wonderful time last night.
  • You look very smart in that suit.
  • Did you have a nice time?

2. Adjective of Quantity

The adjective which shows the quantity of noun or pronoun is called the Adjective of Quantity.

  • I didn’t have enough clothes to last a week.
  • There’s still some wine in the bottle.
  • I have got hardly any money.

3. Adjective of Number/ Numeral Adjective

Adjective which expresses the number of persons or things is called the Adjective of Number or Numeral Adjective

  • Students must enter in twos or threes.
  • She’s having a party on her twenty-first.
  • Italy scored a second goal just after half-time.

4. Demonstrative Adjective

This Adjective straight=away points out the person or thing concerned. The four words this, that, these and those are called demonstratives.

  • I think you’ll find these more comfortable than those.
  • how long have you been living in this country?
  • Is that your bag?

5. Interrogative Adjective

Interrogative Adjectives are used with nouns to ask questions.

  • Which of the applicants has got the job?
  • It’s the house whose door is painted red.
  • What is your name?

6. Possessive Adjective

This Adjective expresses the state of possession of nouns is known as a possessive adjective.

Possessive adjectives show possession or ownership: my, her, his, its, our, their, your.

  •  Where’s my passport?
  • The cat is sitting on its tail.
  • please concentrate on your mistakes.

7. Distributive Adjective

This Adjective expresses the distributive state of nouns. Or Distributive adjectives describe specific members out of a group. These adjectives are used to single out one or more individual items or people. Some of the most common distributive adjectives include Each, Every, Either, Neither, Any.

  • The answers are worth 20 points each.
  • Every day is a good day if you think of positive changes.
  • you can park on either side of the street.

8. Proper Adjective

An adjective that is formed from a proper noun is called proper Adjective.

  • I want to talk about American culture and tourists.
  • He is an Australian citizen.
  • I like Pakistani dishes.

9. Indefinite Adjectives

An adjective which is not definite is known as the indefinite adjective.

  • Some of the players were tired after the match.
  • A few people wanted to get the tickets.
  • Many people feel that the law should be changed.

10. Article

Although articles are their own part of speech, they’re technically also adjectives! Articles are used to describe which noun you’re referring to. Maybe thinking of them as adjectives will help you learn which one to use. And there are three articles in the English language: a, an, and the.

  • The days are getting longer.
  • An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
  • You must consult a doctor for the checkup.

When you learned about 10 kinds of adjectives then attempt the exercises of this lesson.

Here I describe 10 kinds of adjective with examples, In addition, you can read about 3 degrees of an adjective. And please feel free to write feedback or ask your question using the comment box below.

 

Related posts

Simple Future Tense Definition and Examples

Ilyas

Causative Verbs: Let, Have, Make

Ilyas

The Use of So, Too, Either, And Neither

Ilyas

7 comments

Narendra Kumar May 15, 2018 at 4:32 pm

What is the emphatic adjective?

Reply
mallugamer September 16, 2019 at 10:40 am

i also need the same

Reply
nyi thit May 22, 2018 at 6:07 am

I’m an instructor who teaches Grade-5 English.I would like to learn from other experience.

Reply
REKHA CHARAK July 26, 2018 at 5:37 am

We also read about Emphasizing and Exclamatory adj.

Reply
????? October 16, 2018 at 10:07 am

thanks for this now i have a free turtle: ]

Reply
BISMO October 16, 2018 at 10:12 am

Welcome.

Reply
habib December 21, 2018 at 1:20 am

How about improper adjectives

Reply

Leave a Comment