ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES 

READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ..

SITA IS A CLEVER GIRL ( GIRL OF WHAT KIND?)

I DON'T LIKE THAT BOY .( WHICH BOY? )

IN SENTENCES 1, "CLEVER" SHOWS WHAT KIND OF GIRL SITA IS ;OR, THE WORD 'CLEVER' DESCRIBES THE GIRL SITA 

IN SENTENCE 2 THE WORD 'THAT'POINT OUT WHICH BOY IT MEANS 

 A WORD USED WITH THE NOUN TO DESCRIBE OR POINT OUT THE PERSON , ANIMAL,PLACE OR THING WHICH THE NOUN NAMES OR TELLS THE NUMBER OR QUANTITY , IS CALLED AN ADJECTIVE 

SO WE MAY DEFINE AN ADJECTIVE AS A WORD USED WITH A NOUN TO ADD SOMETHING FOR IT'S MEANING 

[ADJECTIVE MEANS ADDED TO] 

LOOK AT THE SENTENCE

(1)THE BOY WAS LAZY

(2)THE LAZY BOY WAS PUNISHED 

IN SENTENCE 2, THE THE ADJECTIVE LAZY IS USED ALONG WITH THE NOUN BOY 

AS AN EPITHET OR ATTRIBUTE . IT  IS , THEREFORE , SAID TO BE USED ATTRIBUTIVELY

IN SENTENCE 1 ,THE ADJECTIVE  LAZY IS USED ALONG WITH THE VERB IS, AND FORMS PART OF THE PREDICATE .  IT IS, THEREFORE,SAID TO BE USED PREDICATIVELY

CREDIT :- BY WREN AND MARTIN 

REVISED BY N.D. PRASADA RAO 

A.N.KAPOOR AND R.K. JAIN