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Kinds of Adjectives

There are six kinds of adjectives.

1. Adjectives of quality: The words which describe the quality of nouns are called
adjectives of quality.
For example,

a. Mumbai is a large city.

b. Vani is a brilliant girl.
c. An athlete must have strong muscles.
2. Adjectives of quantity: These adjectives tell us the amount of nouns.

For example,
a. I do not want any sugar in my milk.

b. There was a little water in the pond.
c. Give me some salt, please.

3. Adjectives of number: They tell us about the number of nouns.
For example,

a. A week has seven days.
b. A cricket team has eleven players.

c. I won ten prizes in the relay race.
4. Adjectives of demonstration: These adjectives point out the nouns in a sentence.

For example,
a. That boy is my neighbour.

b. This scenery was bought by my father.
c. I do not do such nonsensical things.

5. Interrogative adjectives: They are used with nouns to ask questions.
For example,
a. What food do you like the most?

b. Which colour fascinates you?

c. Whose notebook is this?
6. Possessive adjectives: They express the belongingness.

For example,
a. This is my notebook.

b. That is your house.
c. It is his pencil.

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