Sunday, March 3, 2013

Adjectives

Adjectives

An adjective is a word used to describe a noun.

Types of Adjectives

Following are the kinds of adjectives which are commonly used:
  1. Adjectives of Quality:
    • Adjectives of Quality answer the question ‘Of what kind’
    • Examples : Large, Small, Intelligent, Beautiful

  2. Adjectives of Quantity:
    • Adjectives of Quantity answer the question ‘How much’
    • Examples : Some, Little, Any, Enough 

  3. Adjectives of Number:
    • Adjectives of Number answer the question ‘How many’
    • Examples : Two, Seven, Second, Third 

  4. Demonstrative Adjectives:
    • Demonstrative Adjectives answer the question ‘Which’
    • Examples : This, That, These, Those 

  5. Interrogative Adjectives:
    • Interrogative Adjectives are used to ask questions about a noun.
    • Examples : What, Which, Whose
Adjective Exercise 1
Adjective Exercise 2

List of Adjectives, Adjective Examples


Abundant Elderly Nasty
Accurate Elegant Naughty
Addicted Embarrassed Nervous
Adorable Empty New
Adventurous Encouraging Noisy
Afraid Enthusiastic Nutritious
Aggressive Excellent Obedient
Alcoholic Exciting Obese
Alert Expensive Obnoxious
Aloof Fabulous Old
Ambitious Fair Overconfident
Ancient Faithful Peaceful
Angry Famous Pink
Animated Fancy Polite
Annoying Fantastic Poor
Anxious Fast Powerful
Arrogant Fearful Precious
Ashamed Fearless Pretty
Attractive Fertile Proud
Auspicious Filthy Quick
Awesome Foolish Quiet
Awful Forgetful Rapid
Bad Friendly Rare
Bashful Funny Red
Beautiful Gentle Remarkable
Belligerent Glamorous Responsible
Beneficial Glorious Rich
Best Gorgeous Romantic
Big Graceful Royal
Bitter Grateful Rude
Bizarre Great Scintillating
Black Greedy Secretive
Blue Green Selfish
Boring Handsome Serious
Brainy Happy Sharp
Bright Harsh Shiny
Broad Healthy Shocking
Broken Heavy Short
Busy Helpful Shy
Calm Hilarious Silly
Capable Historical Sincere
Careful Horrible Skinny
Careless Hot Slim
Caring Huge Slow
Cautious Humorous Small
Charming Hungry Soft
Cheap Ignorant Spicy
Cheerful Illegal Spiritual
Chubby Imaginary Splendid
Clean Impolite Strong
Clever Important Successful
Clumsy Impossible Sweet
Cold Innocent Talented
Colorful Intelligent Tall
Comfortable Interesting Tasty
Concerned Jealous Tense
Confused Jolly Terrible
Crowded Juicy Terrific
Cruel Juvenile Thick
Curious Kind Thin
Curly Large Tiny
Cute Legal Ugly
Damaged Light Unique
Dangerous Literate Untidy
Dark Little Upset
Deep Lively Victorious
Defective Lonely Violent
Delicate Loud Vulgar
Delicious Lovely Warm
Depressed Lucky Weak
Determined Macho Wealthy
Different Magical Wide
Dirty Magnificent Wise
Disgusting Massive Witty
Dry Mature Wonderful
Dusty Mean Worried
Early Messy Young
Educated Modern Youthful
Efficient Narrow Zealous

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