ADJECTIVES

Thursday, October 31,2019

Name: Swatantra Sahu

Subject: English

Course Code: BSC 101

Course Name: B.Sc-B.Ed Integrated

Name of the teacher: Mr. Mahesh Mali

Name of the department: Education and Extension

What are Adjectives ?? Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. For a simple and better understanding Adjectives are often referred to as- ''DESCRIBING WORDS''. . A descriptive adjective will usually fit into one of the following categories:-

Category	Example
Appearance	attractive, burly, clean, dusty
Colour	azure, blue, cyan, dark
Condition	absent, broken, careful, dead
Personality	annoying, brave, complex, dizzy
Quantity	ample, bountiful, countless, deficient
Sense	aromatic, bitter, cold, deafening
Size and Shape	angular, broad, circular, deep
Time	ancient, brief, concurrent, daily

. On the basis of how andwhere these words(adjectives)
are used after or before nouns or pronounsor verbs ( linking verbs), the broad spectrum of adjectives are divided into various types, which are as follows:

TYPES AND EXAMPLES

Example 1: An adjective usually comes directly before the noun or pronoun, it describes (or modifies, as they say ). . old man . green coat . cheerful one When adjectives are like this, they are called ''ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES ''.

Example 2: An adjective can sometimes not come immediately after a noun, it may follow some linking verbs (was, looks and seems), as per the examples given below, to describe the noun or pronoun. . Jack was old. . It looks green. Note: (Adjectives can describe - or modify - pronouns too.)

. He seems cheerful. When adjectives are used like this, they are called ''PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES ''.

Example 3: Sometimes, an adjective comes immediately after a noun. . the Princess Royal
. time immemorial
. body beautiful
. the best seats available
. the worst manners imaginable

When adjectives are used like this, they're called '' POSTPOSITIVE ADJECTIVES ''.
Postpositive adjectives are also most common with pronouns. For example:

. someone intersting.
. something evil.

Example 4: A ''DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES'' modifies a noun (e.g.,that dog) or a pronoun (e.g.,this one) to make it specific. The demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these and those.

Example 5: A single adjective with more than one word are often used for describing. The examples are as follows:

. Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. (Comedian George Burns)
. I like the busted-nose look. (Actor Peter Dinklage)

. Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo. ( Actor Ed Westwick)

When such adjectives a used, they are known as ''COMPOUND ADJECTIVES ''.

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

When two or more adjectives are strung together, they should be ordered according to the following list;

Order	Category	Examples
1	Determiner	the, my, those
2	Number	one, two, ninety-nine
3	Opinion	lovely, attractive, rare
4	Size	small, medium, large
5	Physical Quality	thin, lumpy, cluttered
6	Shape	round, square, triangular
7	Age	young, middle-aged, old
8	Colour	red, white, blue
9	Origin	British, German, Russian
10	Material	wood, metal, plastic
11	Type	L-shaped, two-sided, all-purpose
12	Purpose	cooking, supporting, tendering
13	Attributive Noun	service, improvement, head