Adjective
A word that describes about a noun or pronoun .
Example; sad, happy, hot
Kind of adjective
1) Adjective of quality (or desrcribes adjective)
Show the kind or quality of a person or thing.
As; Pakistan is a large city.
He is an honest man.
The foolish old crow tried to sing.
This is a grammar of the English language.
2) adjective of quantity (show how much of a thing is meant)
As; A eat some rice.
He showed much patience.
He has little intelligence.
We have had enough exercise
He has lost all his wealth.
You have no since.
He did not eat any rice.
3) adjective of number (or numeral adjective)
Show how many person or thing are mean t, or in what order a person or thing stands.
As, The hand has five fingers .
Few cats like cold water.
There are no picture in this book.
I have taught you many things.
All men must die.
Here are some ripe mangoes.
4) Demonstrative adjective, point out which person or thing is meant.
As, This boy is stronger than hari.
That boy is industrious.
These mangoes are sour.
Those rascale must be punished.
Don’t be in such a hurry.
I hate such things.
Demonstrative adjective answer the question: which?
[it will be noticed that this and that are used with singular nouns and these with plural nouns ]
5) interrogative adjective; what, which and whose, when they are used with nouns to ask question, are called interrogative adjective;
As, what manner of man is he?
Which way shall we go?
Whose book is this?
[it will be seen that what is used in a general since ,and which in a selective since]
6) exclamatory adjective; the word what is some things used as an exclamatory adjective.
As, what genius!
What folly!
What an idea!
What a blessing!
What a piece of work is man!
7) emphasizing adjective; in the following sentence the words own and very used.
As, I saw it with my own eyes.
He was beaten at his own game .
Mind your own business.
That is the very thing we want.
As already pointed out ($74), this and that are the only adjective which are inflected or changed in form to show number.
This girl sings. These girls sing.
That boy plays those boys play.
This, these indicate something near to the speaker.
That, those indicate more distant objects.
nicee broo work hard
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