“An adjective is a word such as ‘big’, ‘ dead’, or ‘ financial’ that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs.”
Forms of Adjectives – Degrees of Comparison
Did you know that adjectives can be used to compare similar qualities of different subjects that perform the same action. There are three forms of adjectives or rather three degrees of comparisons. The are:
- Positive or Absolute Form
- Comparative Form
- Superlative Form
Types of Adjectives
There are a total of 8 types of Adjectives in English grammar namely Descriptive adjective, Numeral adjective, Quantitative adjective, Demonstrative adjective, Interrogative adjective, Possessive adjective, Proper adjective, and Exclamatory adjective. Lets’ have a look at the types of adjectives with examples:
| S.No. | Adjective Types/ Kinds | Examples |
| 1 | Descriptive Adjective | Large, beautiful, careful, hateful etc. |
| 2 | Numeral Adjective | Five, few, many, several, first etc. |
| 3 | Quantitative Adjective | Some, much, little, any, half, whole |
| 4 | Demonstrative Adjective | This, that, these, those, such |
| 5 | Interrogative Adjective | What, which, whose, |
| 6 | Possessive Adjective | My, our, your, his, her, its, their |
| 7 | Proper Adjective | English, Indian tea, French wines, Turkish tobacco |
| 8 | Exclamatory Adjective | What, how |
Adjective clauses (relative clauses) are like “sentences
inside sentences.” The “job” of adjective clauses is to
modify (describe, identify, make specific) the noun
phrases that they follow.
In their full forms, adjective
clauses have several parts: a relative pronoun (or, in
some cases, another kind of connecting word), a subject,
and a predicate (a verb and, often, other types of
words which follow it).
In adjective clauses, the relative pronoun is a kind of
connecting word: it joins the information in the clause
to the noun phrase that it follows. Without the adjective
clause, the meaning of the modified noun phrase (and
of the sentence) is unclear and incomplete.
Examples (full forms):
I want a car that / which gets good gas mileage.
I can’t afford the car that / which I really want.
Combine each of the following pairs of simple
sentences into one complex sentence containing
an adjective clause. First one is done for you.
- The theft was committed last night. The police has caught the man.
The police has caught the man who committed the theft last night.
- The French language is different from the Latin language. Latin was once spoken throughout Europe.
- You are looking upset. Can you tell me the reason?
- He had several plans for making money quickly. All of them have failed.
- The landlord was proud of his strength. He despised the weakness of his tenants.
- This is the village. I was born here.
- You put the keys somewhere. Show me the place.
- Paul was an old gentleman. He was my travelling companion.
- A fox once met a crane. The fox had never seen a crane before.
- The shop keeper keeps his money in a wooden case. This is the wooden case.
Underline the adjective clause and circle the word that it modifies in each of the sentences below.
- Is that the plant that you brought?
- How is your friend for whom I made this cake?
- This is the house where I grew up.
- I love to camp when it’s raining.
- Tell me about the place where you are going.
- What is that you brought?
- Here is the coat you asked for.
- How do you like the flavor I picked out for you?
- Where do you keep the soda that I like?
- Billy is your friend whom you helped.
- Tammy likes the same books that you like.
- Elizabeth can’t wait to take the elevator to the apartment where her grandma lives.
- Please arrange the blocks so that I can see you.
- Careful with the water glass so that you don’t spill it.
Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.
- Their performance was commendable.
- The room was so dark that I couldn’t see anything.
- She didn’t show any remorse at all.
- It was the stupidest thing to do.
- This is not the ?rst time you have committed this mistake.
- She has black hair.
- I have little interest in politics.
- The kind woman offered food to the traveler.
- It was an expensive hotel.
- She has got lovely eyes.
- It is not a good idea to procrastinate things.
- Do you think mental strength is more important than physical strength?
Go through the following sentences and identify the type of adjective used in them.
- Sharon will clean her messy room today.
- My sister brought some French pastries.
- The miser lost all his money.
- There haven’t been sufficient crops to sell this year.
- Collecting coins is an interesting hobby.
- The boy did not have any soup.
- There’s no milk left in the bowl.
- Either boy was present there.
- This bag is heavier than the suitcase.
- The white pomeranian is very fluffy.
- The food was delicious.
- Whose pencil box is this?
- These apples are pretty sweet.
- Shiv came second in the marathon.
- I saw it with my own eyes.
- What a splendid piece of art!
- Emily Bronte was a Victorian novelist.
- The Atlantic Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
- Most children are playing.
- I did not find those books.