The-Adjective
4.The-Adjective
The Adjective
Adjective
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1. Adjective of quality / Descriptive adjective āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ / āĻĻā§āώ, āĻā§āύ, āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ |
good, bad, wise, noble, rich, poor, great, hot, cold, honest, warm, obedient, simple etc. |
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2. Adjective of quantity / Quantitative adjective āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ |
much, huge, some, little, a little, all, any, full, half, whole, enough etc. |
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3. Adjective of number / Numeral adjective āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ |
1. Definite: 2. Indefinite: e.g. many, some,few etc |
1. Cardinal (āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž) :one, two, three etc. |
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2. Ordinal (āĻā§āϰāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžā§ āĻŽā§āϞāĻ):first, second, third etc |
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3. Multiplicative (āĻā§āύāĻžāϤā§āĻŦāĻ):single, double, triple etc |
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4. Pronominal adjective āϏāϰā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāύ |
Possessive pro. adj. : my, our, your, his etc. |
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Demonstrative pro. adj. : this, these, that, those |
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Interrogative pro. adj. : whose, what, which etc. |
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Distributive pro. adj. :every, each, either, neither |
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5. Proper adjective āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ Adj |
Asian, Chinese, English, African, Indian etc |
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Identification of Adjective
- Depending on formation : āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰā§āϤāĻžāϧā§āύ āύ⧠|
- Depending on function : āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰā§āϤāĻžāϧā§āύ |
1. Formation: āĻāĻšāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤāĻ āĻŽā§āĻāϏā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ Suffix āϏāĻš āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāϤā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŦā§ |
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al |
local, royal, national, brutal, fictional, costal, cultural, provincial, vital etc. |
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ic, ical |
angelic, Diabetic, democratic, prolific, technical, geographical, economical, etc. |
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ish |
feverish, bookish, whitish, hellish, devilish, snobbish, childish, boyish etc. |
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istic |
characteristic, sarcastic, optimistic, pessimistic, Swedish, yellowish etc. |
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ive |
active, conservative, instinctive, compulsive, infinitive, negative, instinctive etc. |
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able |
laughable, agreeable, valuable, preferable, suitable, charitable, touchable etc. |
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ible |
visible, possible, intelligible, audible, incorrigible, sensible, inaudible etc. |
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full > ful |
beautiful, hopeful, forgetful, wonderful, grateful, fearful, cheerful, handful etc. |
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less |
useless, lawless, penniless, tireless, thoughtless, boundless, reckless, meaningless etc |
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ly |
fortnightly, lively, formally, friendly, sickly, saintly, manly, heavenly etc. |
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y |
healthy, hereditary, choosy, stormy, greedy, needy, dirty, airy, bony, wealthy etc. |
2. Function or Placement:
1. āĻā§āύ Noun āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžt The honest officer was rewarded. The economic condition is not good. (āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠Noun āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻā§ Attributive use of adjective āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ | )
2. Linking verb – āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāϏā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻž / copulative verb- āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāύāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻž ( am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been) āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžt The flowers were fresh. The food in the restaurant always tastes good. Your cold sounds terrible (āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠Verb āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ Subject āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻā§ Predicative use of adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤)
Note: āĻ āϤāĻāĻŦ, āĻāĻāĻāĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžā§, adjective āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ |
Some critical use of Adjective
1. Unique, chief, golden, unanimous (āϏāϰā§āĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ,āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ), ideal, perfect āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ adjective āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤāĻ āĻļā§āϧ⧠Positive degree āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§; comparative āĻŦāĻž superlative degree āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ:
1. Incorrect: This is the most unique case.
Correct: This is a unique case.
2. Incorrect: It was the most golden opportunity.
Correct: It was a golden opportunity.
3. Incorrect: Mr. Chowdhury is the most chief justice.
Correct: Mr. Chowdhury is the chief justice.
2. Adjective āĻāϰ Positive degree āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ Very āĻāĻŦāĻ Comparative degree āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ much āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ I am very glad to meet you. The book is much easier
3. Present participle āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ Very āĻāĻŦāĻ past participle āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ much āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ The match was very interesting. He became much annoyed.
4. āĻā§āύ Noun āĻāĻŦāĻ Compound words / Hyphenated adjective (āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ) āϝāĻāύ Adjective āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ Plural āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ
1. Incorrect: There is a sale at the shoes store.
Correct: There is a sale at the shoe store.
2. Incorrect: I forgot their telephone’s number.
Correct: I forgot their telephone number.
3. Incorrect: They have a four months old baby.
Correct: They have a four month old baby.
4. Incorrect: A two doors car is cheaper than a four doors model.
Correct: A two door car is cheaper than a four door model.