ADJECTIVES

DEFINITION:

An adjective is a describing word that is used with a noun and pronoun to add something to its
meanings

Example

1. Sara is a cute girl.

2. John is an intelligent boy.
1. She is wearing a pink dress.
3. She is an enthusiastic learner.
4. There are two apples in the basket.

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES

Following are the kinds of adjectives.

 Adjective of quality Descriptive Adjective

 Adjective of Quantity.
 Adjective of Number / Numeral Adjective.

ADJECTIVE OF QUALITY:

Adjective of quality or Descriptive Adjective shows the kind quality or state of a thing.

Example

1. Hafsa is a smart girl.

2. She served stale food.
3. John is a brave boy.
4. I watched a horror movie last night.
5. Ali is wearing a cowboy hat.

ADJECTIVE OF QUANTITY

Adjective of Quantity shows the quantity of a noun: It shows how much a thing is meant.

Example:

1. There is some milk in the glass.

2. He has little intelligence.
3. She showed much patience
4. They did not eat any rice.
5. He has lost all of his health.

ADJECTIVE OF NUMBER

Adjective of number or Numeral Adjective shows how many persons or things are meant by in
what order or thing stands.

Example:

1. I bought five books.

2. He has two ripe and three rotten mangoes.
3. He stood first in the class.
 EXERCISE #1

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

1. Hamid caught a big fish.

2. Twenty scouts went camping
3. Where are my white shoes?
4. Every student must do their best.
5. This watermelon is so sweet.
6. Most of the girls like sour food.
7. Albert is the best student in the class.
8. He won the third prize.

EXERCISE #2

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences and state their kinds.

1. He is an honest man
Adjective of Quality

2. I have enough sugar.

Adjective of Quantity.

3. My dog is better trained than yours

Adjective of Quality

4. There should not be much talk and less work.

Adjective of Quantity, Adjective of Quantity

5. He bought four books.

Adjective of Number.

6. The lazy boy was punished.

Adjective of Quality

7. Make less noise.

Adjective of Quantity

8. You have no sense.

Adjective of Quantity

9. We need three students for the presentation.

Adjective of Number

10.There were many students in the class.

Adjective of Quality
 Degrees of Adjectives

An adjective has three degrees

1. Positive
2. Comparative
3. Superlative

1 Positive:

The positive degree of an Adjective is the Adjective of its simple form. It simply expresses a
quality. It is used when no comparison is made.

Example

1. He is clever.
2. She is looking beautiful.
3. His dog is a loyal animal.
4. The poor woman has no money.

2.COMPARATIVE:

The comparative degree denotes quality to a higher degree than positive. It is used when two
things are compared.

Example

1. Sara is more intelligent than Zahra.

2. He is taller than his brother.
3. Ayesha is lazier than me
4. He thinks he is wiser and smarter than me.
5. It is easier to preach than practice

3.SUPERLATIVE:

Superlative degree denotes the highest degree of quality. It is used when more than two things
are compared.

Example

1. The public is the best judge.

2. that was the proudest moment of life
3. Asia is the largest continent of the world.

EXERCISE

Supply the suitable degree of adjective to each sentence.

1. Prevention is better than cure (good)
2. Mount Everest is the highest peak world (high)
3. My uncle is younger than my father. (youngest)
4. He is the richest man in the town (rich)
5. Silver is cheaper than gold (cheapest)
6. Your knife is sharp but mine is Sharper. (sharp)
7. Karachi is the biggest city of Pakistan (big)
8. Hassan is the most talented boy in the class. (talented
9. That is the least prize I can take. (little)
10.Some people have more money than the brain (much)
 Adjectives

FORMATION OF COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

 Most adjectives form the Comparative Degree by adding "er” to the Positive and the
Superlative Degree by adding "est” to the Positive.

S. No. POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. bold bolder boldest
2. small smaller smallest
3. young younger youngest
4. great greater greatest
5. thick thicker thickest
6. old older oldest
7. tall taller tallest
8. cold colder coldest
9. deep deeper deepest
10. long longer longest
11. soft softer softest
12. Warm warmer warmest
13. slow slower Slowest

 If Positive Degree ends in "e", only "r" or "st" are added to form Comparative and
Superlative Degree.

S. No. POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. large larger largest
2. wise wiser wisest
3. late later latest
4. simple simpler simplest
5. white whiter whitest

 If the Positive Degree ends in "y" preceded by a consonant the "y" is changed into "i" before
adding "er" or "est".

S. No. POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. busy busier busiest
2. easy easier easiest
3. happy happier happiest
4. noisy noisier noisiest
5. heavy heavier heaviest

 If the Positive Degree ends in a single consonant, preceded by a short vowel, the final
consonant is doubled before adding "er" or "est".

S. No. POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. big bigger biggest
2. hot hotter hottest
3. fat fatter fattest
4. thin thinner thinnest
5. wet wetter wettest
 Adjectives of more than two syllables (and some of two syllables also) for the Comparative
Degree by adding "more" and the Superlative Degree adding "most" to the Positive.

S. No. POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
2. difficult more difficult most difficult
3. useful more useful most useful
4. comfortable more comfortable most comfortable
5. famous more famous most famous
6. careful more careful most careful
7. expensive more expensive most expensive
8. popular more popular most popular
9. handsome more handsome most handsome
10. learned more learned most learned

 The following adjectives are compared irregularly, that is their Comparative and Superlative
Degree is not formed from the Positive.

S. No. POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. good/ well better best
2. bad/evil worse worst
3. much more most
4. many more most
5. far farther/farthest farthest furthest
6. little less least
7. in inner inner most
8. up upper upper most