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 

THE NOUN:- NUMBER

THE NOUN : NUMBER 

 

NOTICE THE CHANGE IN THE FORM IN THE SECOND OF EACH PAIR.

TREE                BOX                  OX                      MAN

TREES             BOXES              OXEN                 MEN

THE FIRST WORD OF EACH PAIR DENOTES ONE THING, THE SECOND WORD OF EACH PAIR DENOTES MORE THAN ONE 

A NOUN THAT DENOTES ONE PERSON OR THING IS SAID TO BE SINGULAR NUMBER

EXAMPLE:- BOY,GIRL,COW

A NOUN THAT DENOTES MORE THAN ONE PERSON OR THING IS SAID TO BE PLURAL NUMBER 

EXAMPLE:- BOYS, GIRLS,COWS

THUS THERE ARE TWO NUMBERS IN ENGLISH --- SINGULAR AND PLURAL 

                                                HOW PLURALS ARE FORMED 

( I )THE PLURAL OF NOUNS IS GENERALLY FORMED BY ADDING -S TO THE SINGULAR. 

( II ) BUT NOUNS ENDING IN -S ,-SH,-CH( SOFT), OR -X FORMS THE PLURAL BY ADDING 

-ES TO THE SINGULAR.

( III ) MOST NOUNS ENDING IN-O ALSO FORM THE PLURAL BY ADDING -ES  TO THE SINGULAR.

( IV ) A FEW NOUNS ENDING -O GENERALLY  THOSE WHICH ARE IN LESS COMMON USE.

AND ABBREVIATIONS, MERELY ADD-S

 

( V ) NOUNS ENDING IN -Y  PRECEDED BY CONSONANT,FORM THEIR PLURAL BY CHANGING -Y INTO-I AND ADDING -ES 

( VI )SEVERAL NOUNS ENDING IN-FOR-FE FROM THEIR PLURAL BY CHANGING -F OR 

-FE INTO V AND ADDING -ES 

CREDIT BY WREN AND MARTIN 

REVISED BY N.D.V. PRASADA RAO

A.N . KAPOOR AND R.K. JAIN