ADJECTIVE

 ADJECTIVE

INTRODUCTION

1. DEFINITION

2. TYPES OF ADJECTIVE

3. COMMON ERRORS OF ADJECTIVE

DEFINITION: An Adjective is a word that qualifies a noun or a pronoun .

Ex: Ram is a tall student. 

here tall is adjective.

TYPES OF ADJECTIVE:

1. Proper Adjective

2. Interrogative Adjective

3. Adjective of number

4. Adjective of quantity

5. Demonstrative Adjective

6. Possessive Adjective

7. Distributive Adjective

8. Adjective of quality

Proper Adjective:

Definition: An adjective that is made of a proper noun is called proper adjective.

Ex: The American Policy,    The Indian student,

Note: It is written beginning with a capital letter.

Note: It comes just before the noun for  which it is used.

Note: " Proper adjective  + noun " must add article before itself.

Ex: The American Policy is not good .     Correct

Interrogative Adjective

Definition - If a " Wh" word comes with a noun to rise question for it, is called Interrogative Adjective. 

Ex: What , Which, Whose  etc.

Note: It comes before the noun for which it is used.

Note: It gets question mark to finish its sentence.

Note: ध्यान रहें who and whom , interrogative adjective के रूप में प्रयोग नहीं हो सकते , ये pronoun के रूप में प्रयोग किये जाते है |

Ex: Who boy can solve this question.    Wrong

       Which boy can solve this question.    Correct

Adjective of Number

Definition: An Adjective that shows the number of a noun is called adjective of number.

Ex: The third umpire, Five wickets,

Note: Adjective of number that is also a part of adjective is divided into two parts. 

a) Ordinal Adjective of number: It shows the order of noun. 

Ex: The third umpire, The fifth wicket etc.

Note: It is singular and uses singular noun  + singular verb.

EX: The fifth wicket has fallen for India.    Correct

Note: Article (the) must be used before it.

Ex: The sixth wicket has fallen for India.     Correct

b) Co-ordinal Adjective of number: It shows number of noun.

Ex: five wickets, three umpires etc.

Note: It gets singular noun and singular verb with one and plural with other digits.

Ex: One wicket has fallen for India.    Correct

       Five wickets have fallen for India.      Correct

Note: Generally article does not come before it. 

Special uses:

1.If ordinal and co-ordinal both kinds of adjective of number come together , ordinal is written first and co-ordinal is later.

ध्यान रहे कि इस अवस्था में इसके साथ आनेवाला noun तथा verb दोनों plural रहता है |

Ex: The five first wicket has fallen for India.    Wrong

       The first five wicket have fallen for India.    Correct

2. Both , Many, Few, Several, A  number of etc. का प्रयोग भी co-ordinal number of adjective के तहत किया जाता है तथा इनके बाद आनेवाला noun तथा verb दोनों plural होता है |

Ex: Both students are ready to go there.    Correct

3. All, Some, Most, A lot of/ lots of, A great deal of etc  का use यदि countable noun के साथ हो तो इन्हें co-ordinal adjective of number माना जाता है जबकि  uncountable noun के साथ प्रयोग में इसे adjective  of quantity कहते है |

Ex: Most students are ready to go there.      Correct

Adjective of Quantity 

definition: An Adjective that shows the quantity of a noun is called Adjective of Quantity . 

Ex: All, some, a lot of/lots of, a great deal of/a good deal of , much,little, a little, an amount of etc.

Ex: Most rice is boil in the pot. 

Note: इसके बाद आनेवाला uncountable noun तथा verb  singular होता है |

Demonstrative Adjective:

Definition: A word used with noun that demonstrates the noun is called demonstrative adjective .

Ex: This, That, These, Those 

Note: This/That  + singular noun + singular verb

Ex: This is red car.    Correct

         That cow is mine.    Correct

Note: These/Those + plural countable noun + plural verb

Ex: These pens are red.    Correct

Possessive Adjective

Definition: A word used with a noun that shows possession on the noun is called possessive adjective.

Ex: My, you, your, our, their, his, her

Note: It comes just before the noun for which it is used. 

Note: It cannot be used as the last word of a sentence.

Ex: This is my car.    Correct

       My car is red.    Correct

       This car is mine.    Correct

Distributive Adjective:

Definition: A word used with a noun that shows the noun is distributive way is called distributive adjective. 

Ex: Each, Every, Either,Neither

Note: It gets singular nouns and singular verb with  itself. 

Ex: Each students have a pen.    Wrong

       Each student has a pen.    Correct

Adjective of Quality:

Definition: A word comes before noun, it shows its quality is called adjective of quality.

Ex: Good, bad, tall, small etc.

Note: It comes either before a noun or after auxiliary verb.

Ex: This pen is new.     Correct

        This is a new pen.    Correct

            

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