KINDS OF ADJECTIVE

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. They answer questions like what kind, how many, and which one? The three main types of adjectives are descriptive adjectives, quantitative adjectives, and demonstrative adjectives.

Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive adjectives describe the characteristics of a noun. They can tell you about a noun’s size, color, shape, taste, and more. Some examples are small, red, round, friendly, and salty. For example: “The large, yellow house is on the corner.” Here large and yellow are descriptive adjectives that describe the house.

Quantitative Adjectives

Quantitative adjectives describe the exact or approximate amount of a noun. Some examples include all, no, few, many, and little.

Numeral adjectives are quantitative adjectives that give exact number amounts (e.g. two, seven, thirty, first, and ninth). For example: “There are five boys in her class.” In this case, five is a numeral adjective that describes the number of boys.

Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives answer the question which one? They point out particular nouns. Some demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these, and those. For example: “He bought that sweater.” Here, that is a demonstrative adjective that describes which sweater we’re referring to.

Overall, there are three main types of adjectives that describe nouns in different ways. Descriptive adjectives describe the quality of a noun. Quantitative and numeral adjectives describe the quantity of a noun. Demonstrative adjectives point out a particular noun

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