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Subject : English language
Class : 6
Session : 9
Chapter – Adjectives
Adjectives
 What are adjectives?
❑ An adjective is a word used to add something
to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun.

❑ It gives a description to the noun or a pronoun.

❑ An adjective is usually placed just before a

noun or a pronoun but can exceptionally be
placed after the noun also.
Adjectives
 Use of Adjectives
NAME PLACE THING IDEA

Fast Old Colourful Brilliant

Popular Attractive Six Innovative
Famous Red Beautiful Excellent
Types of Adjectives
 Adjective of Quality

❑ These are the adjective words that give the

quality or the type of the noun or the pronoun.

❑ They are also known as descriptive words and

gives the exact nature of the noun.

❑ It gives the answer to the question :

‘What kind?’
 Adjective of Quality

Short Round Soft Magical

Smart Colourful Fluffy Attractive
Intelligent Pretty Cute Enchanting
 Examples
1.Sara is a beautiful girl.
2.My boss is an honest person.
3.This is a heavy box.
4.Naina has a black dog.
5.He is an intelligent boy.
6.Mumbai is a beautiful city.
7.India is a developing country.
8.Dog is a loyal animal.
9.The big hotel is built last year.
10.New Delhi is a large city.
 Adjective of Quantity
❑ These are the adjective words that give the
quantity of a thing.

❑ Adjective of quantity indicates the amount or

estimated amount of the noun or pronoun in the
sentence. It does not provide information about
exact numbers

❑ It gives the answer to the question :

‘How much?’
 Adjective of Quantity

Please, He has She did There wasn’t

add some little not eat sufficient
sugar in knowledge. any rice. rain this year.
my coffee.
 Examples
1.We need to buy some coffee.
2.I have little faith in the system.
3.She didn’t each much breakfast.
4.We haven’t got enough time.
5.The meteorological department has predicted that
there will be less rain this year.
6.Have you got any money?
7.She was brilliant enough to pass her exam.
8.He has little interest in the sports.
9.You don’t have much milk.
10. She had played alone for her whole childhood.
 Adjective of Number
❑ These are the adjective words that give the exact
number of a person or a thing.

❑ Adjectives of number are the adjectives used to

denote number of nouns or pronouns including
their position or place in a certain order in the
sentence.

❑ It gives the answer to the question :

‘How many?’
 Adjective of Number
❑ Adjectives like first, seventh, fifth are derived from
numbers.

❑ The adjective third is derived from the word three;

Similarly, the adjective eighth is derived from the
word eight.

❑ These adjectives are called ordinal adjectives as it

shows in what order a person or thing stands.
{ordinal means in a series}
 Adjective of Number

There are There are There are She came

six hands five flowers some books first in the
in the in this under the race.
picture. bouquet. lamp.
 Examples
1.There is only one slice of pizza left.
2.All girls should report to the gym for PE.
3.The first teacher to arrive was Mr. Paul.
4.A month has four weeks.
5.There are two bugs on the wall.
6.Could you bring me forty paperclips?
7.I wonder if many people know about this short cut?
8.Most girls participate in a knitting competition.
9.You can learn twenty-four hours a day from this site.
10.There are several things to learn.
 Comparing Ad. of Quantity and Number
❑ Adjectives of number and adjectives of quantity both indicate an
amount. The main difference between adjectives of number and
quantity is that adjectives of quantity express an approximate
quantity whereas adjectives of number express the exact number.

❑ The words like- some, few, several, little can be used as adjective of
quantity as well as adjective of number, depending upon the way in
which they are used

❑ Nouns can either be countable or uncountable. An adjective used

with an uncountable noun is an adjective of quantity; an adjective
used with a countable noun is an adjective of number.
 Comparing Ad. of Quantity and Number
Ad. of Q – I ate some rice today.
Ad. of N – There are some books on the table.

Ad. of Q – You have no sense of what you are talking about.

Ad. of N – There are no interesting stories in this book.

Ad. of Q – They shook hands and went to choose their way out of
several ways.
Ad. of N – There are several naughty boys in this class.

Ad. of Q – There’s little water in the jug.

Ad. of N - The little boys are hiding in the garden.

Ad. of Q – There is sufficient milk in the fridge.

Ad. of N – There are sufficient books in the library.
Comparing Ad. of Quantity and Number
 Demonstrative Adjectives
❑ Demonstrative Adjectives are used to point out a
particular noun or a pronoun.

❑ It's especially helpful when you want to make it

clear which person or thing you would like to talk
about, whether it's near or far, singular or plural.

❑ When you use a demonstrative adjective, the

reader will know you want to talk about this cat on
the couch, not that one on the floor.
Demonstrative Adjectives
 Examples
1.This shark is very huge.
2.That lady looks worried.
3.Take these little ones away.
4.Put those tins in the cupboard.
5.This plate is hot.
6.Can you see that ranch?
7.These flowers smell nice.
8.Do not approach those dogs.
9.I will remember this day forever.
10.Those decisions were tough.
 Interrogative Adjectives

❑ Interrogative adjectives are used with a noun,

asks a question.

❑ A word that modifies a noun by asking a question

is called interrogative adjectives.

❑ The interrogative adjectives are "what," "which,"

and "whose."
 Interrogative Adjectives
❑ Only interrogative words, what, which and whose are
called interrogative adjectives and not where, whom, who
or how because
They do not modify the noun or the pronoun.

For e.g. : In interrogative adjectives, the adjective itself

modifies the noun/pronoun.

Which team made the highest points ?

Whereas if we use which like,
Which is your favorite toy?
Its not an interrogative adjective but an interrogative
pronoun.
 Interrogative Adjectives
❑ Similarly if we use words : Where, whom, who or how, they
do not modify the noun or the pronoun in the sentence.

For e.g. :
Where is your car ?
Whom do you want to go to dinner with ?
Who is your favorite actor?
How are things on you side?

All these examples are interrogative sentences and use

interrogative words like where, whom, who and how but are not
considered as interrogative adjectives as they are followed by
verbs and they do not modify the noun/pronoun. Hence they
are interrogative pronouns.
 Interrogative Adjectives

Which plants What plans Whose car

should be do you have is this?
watered twice for next
a week? Wednesday?
 Examples
1.What CD is Sarah listening to?
2.Which book on gardening do you recommend?
3.Which lunch box is yours?
4.What program are you planning?
5.Whose school bag is this?
6.Whose turn is this?
7.What color is your hair?
8. Which book is yours?
9. Which recipe do you prefer?
10.Whose shirt is it?
 Possessive Adjectives

❑ A possessive adjective sits before a noun (or a

pronoun) to show who or what owns it.

❑ They show the ownership of the noun and

pronoun.

❑ Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our,

your, their - modify the noun following it in order
to show possession.
 Possessive Adjectives

I’ll get my Your bike is Mary doesn’t Their car is

bag. blue. like her in their
dress. garage.
 Examples
1.He's broken his arm.
2.She's washing her hair.
3.I need to clean my teeth.
4.My mother is a doctor.
5.How old is your sister?
6.That's our house.
7.My car is very old.
8.Our dog is black.
9.Their homework is on the table.
10.Our cars are expensive.
 Exercise - 1
Identify and state the kind of adjectives in the given sentences :
1. Tokyo is a big city.
2. She ate some grains.
3. The foolish crow opened his mouth to sing.
4. He has no books to read tonight.
5. She has no patience at all.
6. Which movie is going to release this Friday?
7. She is my sister.
8. These are my books.
9. She is beautiful.
10. This teddy is really fluffy.
11. There are some boys playing in the field.
12. This books is mine.
13. Whose team is going to win?
14. Those flowers on the table are exotic.
15. Which dress you like the most?
 Exercise – 2 (notebook)
Choose the correct option for the coloured adjective in the given sentences.
1. There are no students left in the class.
a) Adjective of number b) Adjective of quantity
2. Each student in the class has gone to give an exam.
a) Adjective of number b) Distributive Adjective
3. Siya came second in the whole class.
a) Adjective of number b) Ordinal Adjective
4. She is sitting there on that bench.
a) Demonstrative adjective b) Proper adjective
5. As Siya came second in her class, she was really happy.
a) Adjective of number b) Adjective of quality
6. Whose land are we standing on?
a) Demonstrative adjective b) Interrogative adjective
7. Is that their Ferrari?
a) Adjective of number b) Possessive Adjective
8. She's going to a Shakespearean festival.
a) Proper Adjective b) Adjective of quality
9. This is Lexi's fifteenth sweater.
a) Adjective of number b) Ordinal Adjective
10. Some grains are there in the box.
a) Adjective of quantity b) Adjective of number
 Exercise – 3 (notebook)
Form adjectives using the given nouns and verbs
1. boy -
2. care -
3. shame –
4. silk -
5. fool -
6. glory -
7. tire -
8. talk -
9. move -
10. heaven -