Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe or modify the noun or pronoun in a sentence.
E.g.
She is a very kind lady.
In the above-mentioned sentence, ‘kind is an adjective which is modifying the noun ‘lady’.

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

Important rules on adjectives:
• Adjective of quantity like much, little, enough, sufficient, whole, etc. must be used with uncountable nouns only as they express quantity and not number.
• There is little milk in the jug.

• Few, a few and the few are used with countable nouns whereas little, a little and the little are used with uncountable nouns.
• Adjectives of number should be used with countable nouns only and not with uncountable nouns because they indicate number rather than quantity.
• Many birds are flying in the sky.

• Some words like superior, senior, junior, inferior, prior, anterior, exterior, posterior, etc. are followed by ‘to’ and not by ‘than’.
• She is junior to me.

• Double comparatives are not used in a sentence.
• Akash is more cleverer than you.

• We do not use comparative or superlative degree with some adjectives such as unique, complete, round, perfect, ideal, full, chief, extreme, infinite, entire, etc.
• When two things of same class are compared using ‘any’, then one thing is excluded from the other using ‘other’.
• Gold is more precious than any other metal.

• ‘Some’ is used in affirmative sentences and ‘any’ is used in negative and interrogative sentences.
• Do you need anything?
• I need some water.

Exercise

Identify the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error.

1. (A) The two first chapter (B)/ of this book are very (C)/ difficult as well as important. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

2. (A) Do you know out of the billions (B)/ of planets in the universe (C)/ how much are suitable for life? (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

3. (A) It takes only a few (B)/ word of gratitude to express (C)/ your feelings sincerely. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

4. (A) In my opinion, Virat Kohli is (B)/ superior than all other (C)/ batsmen in the world. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

5. (A) Of these two (B)/ puzzles this one is (C)/ the most difficult. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

6. (A) Although his speech was (B)/ not clearly, I understood (C)/ what he wanted to say. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

7. (A) Alms are (B)/ given to (C)/ the poors. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

8. (A) The number of accidents (B)/ has risen by as many (C)/ as 50 per cent. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

9. (A) I saw (B)/ an anxious pale (C)/ girl near the ICU. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

10. (A) He is intelligent enough (B)/ to clear this exam (C)/ in his first attempt. (D)/ No error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

Answers

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