Types of Adjectives
- Quality → describes nature/character.
- He ate a whole pizza.
- Quantity → shows amount.
- There are a few students present in the class.
- Number → shows exact count/order.
- There are 24 mangoes in the box.
- You finished the third bottle of juice.
- Demonstrative → points out (this, that, these, those).
- This country is popular for tourism.
- Interrogative → used in questions (which, what, whose).
- Which novel do you like among these?
Examples
- Yellow, dirty school bus → Quality + Colour.
Order of Adjectives – OSASCOMP
- O → Opinion (beautiful)
- S → Size (big)
- A → Age (old)
- S → Shape (round)
- C → Colour (red)
- O → Origin (Italian)
- M → Material (wooden)
- P → Purpose (sleeping bag)
Degrees of Comparison
- Positive → This tree is tall.
- Comparative (-er) → She is taller than me.
- Superlative (-est) → Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.
Rules:
- Ends with e → add -r/-st (brave → braver/bravest).
- Ends with y → change to -ier/-iest (happy → happier/happiest).
- Ends with consonant + short vowel → double consonant (big → bigger/biggest).
- More than 2 syllables → use more/most (beautiful → more beautiful/most beautiful).
Adjective Phrases
- A crown made of gold → gold crown.
- A tiger with white skin → white tiger.
- A girl with green eyes → green‑eyed girl.
Common Confusions
- Later / Latest
- Last / Latter
- Elder / Eldest vs Older / Oldest
- Farther / Further
- Nearest / Next
- Some / Any
- Each / Every
- Little / A little / The little
- Few / A few / The few
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