Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills

8.2.7.Adjective

Adjective means Additional

            An adjective is a word that adds to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun

 1.      Raju is a tall boy (before the noun)

 2.      Ramu is very lazy  (after the noun)

Eight different kinds

 1.      Adjectives of quality /Description adjective

 It shows the kind or quality of a person/thing

 Colkata is a large city

 He is an honest man

 (Denotes some quality of its noun/pronoun)

 2.  Adjectives of quantity

Show now much of a thing is meant

I ate some rice

                      Much

                       Little

                       Enough

You have no sense

 3. Proper adjectives

 A proper adjective is formed from a proper – noun

             The Indian nation is a great nation

             The handhiam ideas are very popular

 4.  Classs Adjectives

A class adjective describes the class or category to which its noun belongs

            Dowry is a social evil

            Domestic animals are useful to me

 5.  Colour adjectives

  A colour adjective describes the colour of its noun

             1)  She has brown hair and blue eyes

 6.  Emphasizing adjectives

 An emphasizing adjective lays stress on a fact about is noun

 1)      We are pure vegetarians

 2)      She is a true patriot

7.  Precision Adjectives

A precision adjective is used before the main adjective to make the description previze

             1)  He certain basic human needs are common

8.  Adjectives of number

             Show how many persons or things are meant

             The hand has five fingers

             Sunday is the First day of the week.

a)      Definite numberal Adjective  - One, two, three

 -          First, second, third ordinals

b)      Indefinite numberal adjectives – Do not denote (Exact number)

 All, no, many, few some, any, certain, several

c)      Distributive numeral Adjectives

 Refer to each one of a number boy must take his turn 

Each

Every

Either

Neither