Adjectives

Adjective:
Adjectives are words that describe or modify the noun/ pronoun in a sentence.

E.g.
Asoka was a brave king.
In the above-mentioned sentence, ‘brave is an adjective which is modifying the noun ‘king.

Types of adjectives:
1) Adjective of quality
2) Proper adjective
3) Adjective of number
4) Demonstrative adjective
5) Distributive adjective
6) Interrogative adjective
7) Adjective of quantity
8) Possessive adjective

Degree of adjectives:

• Positive: It is used to describe the quality of noun.
E.g. Sally is a beautiful girl.

• Comparative: It is used when there is a comparison between two nouns or pronouns.
E.g. Elena is more beautiful than Sally.

• Superlative: When noun is shown as a superior out of a club or group, class etc.
E.g. Ellen is the most beautiful girl in our class.

Important rules for adjectives:

• The meaning of ‘some’ and ‘any’ is almost same, but ‘some’ is generally used in positive sentences whereas ‘any’ is used in negative and interrogative sentences.
E.g. I have some fruits. I don’t have any fruits.

• “Few, a few, and the few” are used with countable nouns and “little a little and the little” are used with uncountable nouns.

• Article ‘the’ is used before a superlative degree.

• If we are talking about the same noun or pronoun, ‘more + positive degree’ is used instead of ‘comparative degree’.
E.g. He is more wise than clever.

• There are some adjectives that take ‘to’ after them instead of ‘than’.
E.g. senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior, etc.

• There are some adjectives that are not used in comparative or superlative degree.
E.g. unique, round, complete, exterior, interior, excellent, perfect, etc.

• Order of adjectives: If adjective of size, colour, age, etc. come together in a sentence, they should be used in the following order:

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable option.

1. The _______ bank is three miles from here.
a. next
b. near
c. nearest
d. nearer

2. Have you bought _______ fruits?
a. some
b. every
c. each
d. any

3. My cousin visits us ________ three days.
a. every
b. each
c. never
d. often

4. The doctor said his condition is critical. There is _______ hope of his recovery.
a. the little
b. little
c. a few
d. few

5. __________ remarks that he made were very important.
a. The few
b. Few
c. The little
d. Little

6. There is _________ milk in this bowl than that.
a. little
b. a little
c. less
d. a less

7. The condition of the patient is much ________ today.
a. good
b. better
c. best
d. well

8. No _______ than twenty students were in the class.
a. less
b. little
c. few
d. fewer

9. He arrived _________ than I had expected.
a. late
b. later
c. latter
d. latest

10. Deepak is junior _______ Dev in service.
a. to
b. than
c. from
d. for

Answers

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. A