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Notes on Adjective
An adjective qualifies a noun or gives extra information about the noun.
Ex:-Sohan is a handsome boy.
She is beautiful.
Use of Later, Latter, latest, last:
Later and Latest – shows time
Latter and last – shows the position
Ex:-He later refused to come.
Ex:- The latter part of the novel is interesting.
Use of Nearest, Next:
Nearest denotes distance.
Next denotes position.
Ex.-He was sitting next to me.
Jalandhar junction is the nearest to my house.
This is the nearest mobile store to my house.
Use of Elder, Older, Eldest, Oldest:
Elder and eldest are used for a family member.
Older and oldest are used for persons or things.
More information:
Elder takes ‘To’ preposition after it. While older takes ‘than’ after it.
Ex.-I have an elder brother.
Ravi is the oldest boy in the village.
The various kinds of adjectives are as follows:
1.Adjectives of quality: Adjectives that show the quality or state of the being or thing named, are called adjectives of quality.
Ex:-Kind, Bulky, Weak, honest etc.
2.Adjectives of quantity: Adjectives that show how much of a thing is meant, are called adjectives of quantity.
All, half, many, few, Some, much, little, enough, sufficient, no, whole etc.
Ex:- I have sufficient milk.
3.Adjectives of number: Adjectives of number indicate the number or the order of a person or a thing.
Ex:-I bought ten balloons.
I was reading the third chapter.
Comparison of Adjectives:
1.POSITIVE ADJECTIVE – This is the non-comparative form and forms the base adjective.
Ex:-Seema is beautiful.
2.COMPARATIVE DEGREE– This form is used to compare two nouns usually assisted by the word ‘than’.
Ex:-Hari is taller than Ravi.
Rinky is more beautiful than Reema.
3. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE– The form used to compare more than two nouns, usually preceded by the word ‘the’.
Before superlative adjectives articles, ‘THE’ must (always) placed.
Ex.-He is the best boy in the class.
She is the most intelligent girl.
Interchange of Adjective:
It is possible to change the degrees of comparison of adjectives i.e. from positive to comparative or superlative degree or vice versa.
Examples:-
Positive: Mount Everest is tall.
Comparative: She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
Superlative: Mount Everest is the tallest.
Positive Comparative Superlative
Big Bigger Biggest
Thin Thinner Thinnest
Mad Madder Maddest
Tall Taller Tallest
Beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful
Complex More complex Most complex
Expensive More expensive Most expensive
Wonderful More wonderful Most wonderful
Good better best
Uses of few, a few and the few:
They denote the number of countable things.
Few have negative meaning or almost none.
A few means ‘at least some’
The few means ‘whatever there is’.
Ex:- I read a few novels.
I read a few novels.
I Read the few novels I had.
Uses of little, a little, the little:
It is used for uncountable things.
Little- ‘hardly any’ in quantity
Ex.-He had little money.
There is little water in the jug.
A little-some not much.
Ex.-A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
He had a little money.
The little- ‘all’.
Ex.-I spent the little money I had.
Comparative adjectives, ending with like superior, inferior, senior, junior, prior, anterior, posterior, exterior etc. Take ‘to after them.
Ex.- She is senior to me.
Milk is preferable to tea.
When we compare two qualities of the same person. In that case, we use ‘more’ with the positive degree.
Ex.-Ravi is more brave than wise.
Use of less and fewer:
Less for Quantity
Fewer for Number
Ex.-There is less sugar in your tea than in mine.
Some adjectives like Perfect, Ideal, Full, Chief, Unique, Complete, Infinite, Extreme, Entire, Universal, Empty, Impossible, Unanimous, square, sound etc. take the positive degree.
Ex.-His achievement was unique.
Your knowledge is perfect.
Use ‘ANY OTHER’, when the things are compared and to exclude from the class of things with which it is compared.
Ex.-Sapna is cleverer than any other student in her class.
The tiger is as swift as any other animal.
“Some” is used in affirmative sentences.
Ex:-I will have some tea.
“Any” is used in negative and interrogative sentences.
Ex:-I don’t want any chocolates.
Did you go anywhere last night?
Use Correct Order for Multiple Adjectives in a sentence:
Before the adjectives, you will normally have the Determiner.
1.Determiner: The determiner tells us if the noun is singular or plural, definite or indefinite.
Ex:- a, an, the, my, your, four, those, some etc.
2.Quality or opinion: Explains what we think about something. This is usually our opinion, attitude or observations. These adjectives almost always come before all other adjectives.
Ex:-beautiful, boring, stupid, delicious, useful, lovely, comfortable, etc.
3.Size: Like big, small, tall, huge, tiny.
4. Age: Inform about the age of something or someone.
Ex:-old, young, new, ancient, antique, etc.
5.Shape: The shape of something or how long or short it is. It can also refer to the weight of someone or something.
Ex:-round, square, circular, skinny, fat, heavy, straight, long, short etc.
6. Color: The colour or approximate colour of something.
Ex:-green, white, blue, reddish, purple, etc.
7. Origin: Like:-American, British, Italian, eastern, Australian, etc.
8. Material: What is the thing made of or constructed of?
Ex:-gold, wooden, silk, paper, synthetic, cotton, woollen, etc.
9. Purpose: What is the purpose?
Ex:-what are the gloves used for?
The trick to remember the above sequence:
Number, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose – NOSASCOMP
This is the sequence or the correct order in which a sentence should be written accordingly.
For example:-
• My dining table is beautiful, big, circular, antique, brown, English and wooden.
• I love that really big old yellow antique car that always parked at the end of the street.
• AWonderful old Canadian Car. (opinion, age, origin)
• A big square red box. (size, shape, color)
• I bought a pair of black shoes. (color, material)
• The playroom has six small round plastic tables.
