Using the Right Adjectives: A Comprehensive Guide

Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns and provide more information about the qualities, attributes, or characteristics of the noun or pronoun being described. For example, in the sentence “She has a big dog,” the word “big” is an adjective that describes the dog.

Adjectives can be divided into three broad categories: quantity and quality and Number.

Adjectives of Quantity

Adjectives of quantity refer to how many or how much of something. These quantity telling words tell us the amount of noun but does not tell the exact number. Adjectives of Quantity are used when we don’t want the exact number of noun.

We get these Adjectives of quantity by asking a question ‘how much?’ to a noun or pronoun.

Here are some examples of Adjectives of quantity:

• I took some notebooks.
• They had enough plates.
• He gave all his pens.
• He has no qualification.
• I have no faith in him.
• You did not take any book.
• She asked him to give half material.
• Many students were present today.
• I have completed most of my work.
• Baby ate the whole banana.
• I don’t have much time.
• Sam has little interest in drawing.
• We spent a few rupees for watching cinema.

Adjectives of Quality

Adjectives of quality refer to the kind, degree, or quality of something. These provide more information about quality of a thing or person.

Adjective of quality is used to describe the subject or noun. Sometimes, adjectives of quality are called descriptive adjective. These adjectives specify quality as well as state and action of a noun.

We get Adjectives of Quality by asking question ‘of what kind?’ to a noun to know the quality of noun.

Here are some examples:

• He is a clever boy.
• He is a nice guy.
• Japan is a developed country.
• Sara is a beautiful girl.
• My boss is an honest person.
• This is a heavy box.
• Naina has a black dog.
• She is an intelligent girl.
• Mumbai is a beautiful city.
• Our principal is an old woman.
• Dog is an honest animal.
• The big hotel is built last year.
• My son is wise.
• New Delhi is a large city.

Adjective of Number

Adjective of Number expresses the Definite Quantity Of Noun or in easy words we can say that “It tells us the exact number of something”.

So, if someone askes you “How Many Students Are In Your Class”? You might say “There are Thirty Students in my class”. So in this sentence “thirty” is Adjective of number.

Examples Sentences:

• I have five students.
• They have four carpets.
• I have three glasses.
• They have 20 cupboards.
• She has one pencil.
• You have three pillows.
• She has nine rings.
• I have one microphone.
• He has three dogs.

More Examples

1. Tokyo is a big city.
Here big is an adjective of quality.

2. She ate some rice.
Here some is an adjective of quantity.

3. The foolish crow opened his mouth to sing.
Here foolish is an adjective of quality.

4. He has little patience.
Here little is an adjective of quantity.

5. He has lost all of his wealth.
Here all is an adjective of quantity.

6. We did not receive sufficient rain this year.
Here sufficient is an adjective of quantity.

7. Each hand has five fingers.
Here five is an adjective of number.

8. January is the first month of the year.

Here the adjective first is an adjective of number.

Practice examples

Identify the Adjective and state its kind.

• Tommy painted the old fence with white paint.
• My family goes on a special trip every winter.
• The jet made a very loud noise in the sky.
• An elephant has four legs and one trunk.
• Mount Everest is the highest mountain.
• The subject is important.
• His brought a red car.
• The maidan is very large field.
• The flamingo is pink in colour.
• Mr. Das is very rich.
• Geeta has a sweet voice.
• The mangoes are ripe.
• My sister likes to read long books with many chapters.
• I always order glazed donuts at the bakery.
• Grandma wants to pick wild berries every summer.
• That was a thick and tasty steak.
• John was brave when he got stung by a bee.
• The crooked tree at the old farm scared Lisa.
• A fierce tiger jumped out of the green jungle.
• Ravi is an honest person.
• She is very cute.
• Those dresses are very expansive.
• The Earth is round.
• Look at the clouds are very fluffy.
• Sima is very intelligent.
• My cat is near the red brick house.
• The mango is sweet.
• I am fourteen years old.
• Whose plan is the best?
• I have three pairs of shoes.
• Jamie looks beautiful.
• My mom is a pretty lady.
• The drawing is very beautiful.
• The green tree is full of flowers.
• Today I will eat three burgers.
• The elephant is very big in size.
• She was wearing a red shirt.
• The flowers smell good.
• There are eleven players in football team.
• I enjoy sleeping on my comfortable bed.

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