Adjectives in English are classified according to function

Adjectives in English are classified according to function

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Adjectives in English are classified according to function

1. Proper adjectives:

Coming from a proper noun is a proper name

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Note: Proper adjectives must be capitalized

2. Descriptive adjectives: 

Words that describe or qualify a noun. Most adjectives fall into this category.

For example:

  • a tall boy: a tall child

  • a round ball: a round ball

  • a pretty girl: a pretty baby

The description arrangement is usually arranged as follows:

General description (Including adjectives indicating personality and emotions) – Size (Big, small,…) – Shape (Round, square,…) – Color – Origin – Material – Purpose ( Gerunds are used to form compound nouns, usually in the V-ing form. For example: fishing rod, sleeping bag, etc.

For example:

  • a small round bath

  • a long sharp knife

  • blue velvet curtains

3. Possessive adjectives:

Used to indicate who the noun belongs to

For example:

  • my house

  • our garden

  • their grandparents

Throne

Singular

Many

First Person

My

Our

Second person

Your

Your

Third

His Her its

Their


Note:
when the possessor is an indefinite pronoun: one à possessive adjective form is one's The possessor is words like “everyone” or collective nouns then the possessive adjective is in the third person plural form “their”

4. Adjective from item number:

Words that indicate a count or ordinal number.

For example:

  • one, two, three…

  • first, second, third…

  • I am the second daughter in the family.

5. Distributive adjectives: 

Words that do not specify objects:

  • all

  • every: every – some: a few, more or less

  • many, much

  • Each and every: both take verbs in the singular. Every refers to a collective, Each refers to an individual.
    • Each student must try his best.

    • Every man knows what to do.

  • Both: both, used with plural verbs.

    • Both the children play in the garden.

    • Both his legs were broken.

  • Either and Neither: both take verbs in the singular. Either means one or the other of the two. Neither means neither this nor that of the two.

    • Hedges run on either side. (The fence runs on each side of the road.)

    • Neither answer is correct. (both answers are incorrect.)
  • Other, another.

    • You have to learn many other things.

    • Another boy has taken my

6. Indicative adjectives:

Words that go with nouns to indicate this or that This is the only type of adjective that changes according to the number of the noun. This, That changes to These, Those when preceded by a plural noun. This, and These are used for nearby objects, things, and people while That and Those are used for objects that are further away.

For example:

  • this chair

  • these chairs

  • that child
  • those children

7. Interrogative adjectives:

Interrogative adjectives have only two forms:

+ What (what, which) (in general) goes with nouns that refer to people as well as things, in the singular as well as in the plural, as a complement as well as a subject.

For example:

  • What boy beats you? – What books have you read?

+ Which (what, which) (implying choice) goes with nouns denoting people and things in the singular as well as in the plural, as a complement as well as a subject.

For example:

  • Which book do you like best?. Which friend do you prefer?

8. Relative adjectives:

Relative adjectives will be different from the English adjective forms above. These are words that have the same form as relative pronouns in sentences, used in the form "whichever, whatever,..."

For example:

  • Take whatever solutions you consider best: Just go with whatever solution you think is best.

  • There are three movies at 10.00 tonight. We can choose whichever one you prefer: There are 3 movies at 10pm tonight. We can choose whichever movie you like better.