Types of Adjectives
- Quality: Describes the nature of something.
Example: He ate a whole pizza.
- Quantity: Refers to how much.
Example: There are a few students present in the class.
- Number: Refers to how many.
Example: There are 24 mangoes in the box.
Other types include:
- Demonstrative: This, that, these, those.
- Interrogative: Wh‑questions (Which, What, Whose).
Examples
- The refrigerator has 50 chocolates.
- You finished the last/third bottle of juice.
- I saw him for the second/first time.
- This country is popular for tourism.
- Which novel do you like, among these?
- Yellow, dirty school bus.
Order of Adjectives – OSASCOMP
- O – Opinion
- S – Size
- A – Age
- S – Shape
- C – Colour
- O – Origin
- M – Material
- P – Purpose
Degrees of Comparison
- Positive:
- This tree is tall.
- It is a sour candy.
- This man is brave.
- Comparative (-er):
- She is taller than I am.
- She is braver than I am.
- Superlative (-est):
- Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.
- That prince is the bravest.
Rules:
- If the adjective ends with e: add -r (comparative), -st (superlative).
- If the adjective ends with y: remove y, add -ier (comparative), -iest (superlative).
- If ending in a single consonant after a short vowel: double the consonant, add -er/-est.
- For adjectives with more than two syllables: use more (comparative), most (superlative).
Adjective Phrases
- The goldsmith made a crown made up of gold → gold crown.
- In the jungle, I saw a tiger with white skin → white tiger.
- I saw a girl with green eyes → green‑eyed girl.
Commonly Confused Adjectives
- Later / Latest
- Last / Latter
- Elder / Eldest
- Older / Oldest
- Farther / Further
- Nearest / Next
- Some / Any
- Each / Every
Example: Everyone should log in to Stem.
Quantifiers
- Little / A little / The little
- Few / A few / The few
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