Monday, January 30, 2023

An adjective is a word that describes the person, place, animal or thing.

Adjectives add to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun.

Adjectives describe the kind, colour, size, shape, quality, number and quantity of a noun.

Examples :

Adjectives are quality words. They describe qualities of nouns or pronouns.

Opposite of Adjectives

Read the sentences :

The adjectives huge and small are opposites.

Here are some more pairs of adjectives that are opposites :

Adjectives are used to compare persons, animals and things.

Here, the ant, the sparrow and the cat are comparing their sizes :

The ant, the sparrow and the cat use the adjective big to compare each other.

Adjectives have three degrees of camparison.

The adjective big is in the positive degree. We use it when no comparison is made.
For example :
- I am a big ant.
- Jaya is a tall girl.
The adjective bigger is in the comparative degree. We use it when two persons, animals or things are compared. We use than with this degree.
For example :
- I am bigger than you.
- Sarah is taller than Jaya.
The adjective biggest is the superlative degree. We use it when more than two persons, animals or things are compared. We use the with the adjective.
For example :
- But I am the biggest.
- Aria is the tallest in the class.

Here are some degrees of comparison of adjectives :

Some adjectives use more to form the comparative degree and most to form the superlative degree.