Adjective: A word that is used to tell us more about a thing, such as its appearance, color, size, or other qualities; EG …a pretty blue dress.is called adjective.
Adjectives of Quality: Adjectives of Quality answer the question ‘Of what kind’ Examples : Large, Small, Intelligent, Beautiful
Adjectives of Quantity: Adjectives of Quantity answer the question ‘How much’
Examples : Some, Little, Any, Enough
Possessive Adjective: Possessive Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun that belongs to someone and there are seven Possessive Adjectives. They are My, Your, Our, Their, His, Her and Its.
Example: This is my book. Your car is outside. His girl fried is waiting
Descriptive Adjective: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to tell the sorts of noun or quality.
Example: He is a tall man. They are good students. She is a beautiful girl.
Adjectives of Number: Adjectives of Number answer the question ‘How many’
Examples : Two, Seven, Second, Third
Numeral Adjective: Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to show the number of noun. There are three types of Numeral Adjective as follow.
a) Numeral Adjective
b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective
c) Distributive Numeral Adjective
a) Definite Numeral Adjective: Definitive Numeral Adjective is the adjective that is used to denote an exact number of nouns as first, second, third or one, two, three….
Example:
– Ankor Wat is the seventh wonders of the world. Ankor temple has got five towers.
b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective: Indefinite Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to denote an inexact number of nouns as some, any, much, many, little, a few….
Example: I have some friends here. She has a few pictures. He has got much money.
b) Distributive Numeral Adjective: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to store one noun. They are every, each, another, other…
Example: Each student is very friendly. They speak to another person.
Demonstrative Adjective: Demonstrative Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun. They are this, these, that, and those.
Example: That man is very handsome. These girls are good-looking.
Interrogative Adjective: Interrogative Adjective is the adjective that is used to ask the question. They are where, what, which….
Example: Which animal do you like? Where doctor is he? What food do you prefer?
Classifying adjective: An adjective which is used to identify something as being of a particular type; EG Indian, wooden, mental. They do not have comparatives or superlatives. Compare with qualitative adjective.
Color adjective: An adjective which has referred to a color; EG red, blue, scarlet, is called Color adjective.
‘Ing’ Adjective: An adjective which has the same form as the present participle of a verb; EG …a smiling face …a winning streak. ‘-ing’ form see present participle, is called ‘ing’ adjective.
A list of ‘-ing’ adjectives that describe an effect and which have a similar meaning to the usual meaning of the related verb:
| alarming
amazing amusing annoying appalling astonishing astounding bewildering boring surprising tempting |
challenging
charming compelling confusing convincing demeaning depressing devastating disappointing terrifying threatening |
disgusting
distracting distressing distorting embarrassing enchanting encouraging entertaining exciting welcoming worrying |
frightening
harassing humiliating infuriating inspiring interesting intimidating intriguing menacing misleading mocking |
overwhelming
pleasing refreshing relaxing rewarding satisfying shocking sickening startling tiring thrilling |
Qualitative adjective: An adjective which is used to indicate a quality, and which is gradable; EG funny, intelligent, small. Compare with classifying adjective.
A small group of adjectives are used to emphasize your feelings about the person or thing you are talking about. These adjectives are called emphasizing adjectives, and they include adjectives such as ‘complete’, ‘absolute’, and ‘utter’.
A List of Emphasizing Adjectives:
| absolute
complete entire outright perfect |
positive
pure real total true other |
A List of Qualitative Adjectives:
| active
angry anxious appropriate attractive bad beautiful big calm careful cold comfortable common complex cool curious sad safe sensible serious sharp shocked short |
busy
effective efficient expensive fair familiar dangerous dark dear deep determined different difficult dirty dry easy significant sure surprised sweet tall terrible thick
|
famous
fast fat fine firm flat frank lovely low lucky free fresh friendly frightened funny good great happy hard heavy tired typical |
narrow
nervous new nice obvious patient silly hot important interesting kind large late light likely long loose loud warm weak worried understanding |
simple
slow small soft special steady strange strong stupid successful suitable plain pleasant poor popular powerful reasonable rich rough useful violent young |
brief
bright broad cheap clean clear close odd old pale high thin tight tiny pretty proud quick quiet rare wet wide wild sick |
A List of Classifying Adjectives:
| absolute
active actual agricultural alternative annual apparent available basic central chemical civil straight sufficient theoretical traditional urban |
communist
conservative cultural daily democratic direct domestic double due east eastern economic educational electric empty external
|
commercial
golden historical human ideal independent industrial inevitable intellectual internal international legal local standard southern possible female |
national
natural negative north northern nuclear official open original personal physical political positive west western wooden |
potential
private professional proper public raw ready real religious revolutionary right royal rural scientific separate sexual
|
magic
male medical mental military modern moral foreign free full general single social solid sooth financial wrong |
A list of adjectives those are sometimes used to indicate the position of something as well as for precise reference:
| left
right upper lower lop |
middle
end front back bottom |
A List of Qualitative Adjectives Always Used Attributively:
| adoring
belated chequered choked commanding fateful flagrant fleeting |
punishing
ramshackle scant searing thankless unenviable knotty paltry |
A List of Classifying Adjectives Used Attributively:
| atomic
bridal cardiac countless cubic digital east eastern eventual existing |
forensic
indoor institutional introductory investigative judicial lone maximum nationwide neighboring |
south
southern subterranean supplementary underlying west reproductive smokeless remedial |
north
northern occasional orchestral outdoor phonetic preconceived woolen federal
|
A list of qualitative ‘-ed’ adjectives which have a similar meaning to the most common meaning of the related verb:
| agitated
alarmed amused appalled astonished deprived |
bored
confused contented delighted depressed |
disappointed
disgusted disillusioned distressed embarrassed puzzled |
excited
frightened inhibited interested pleased preoccupied |
satisfied
shocked surprised tired troubled worried |
A list of qualitative ‘-ed’ adjectives which do not have a similar meaning to the usual meaning of the related verb:
| animated
attached concerned strained |
determined
disposed disturbed |
guarded
hurt inclined mixed |
A list of classifying ‘-ed’ adjectives which have a similar meaning to the most common meaning of the related verb:
| abandoned
armed blocked boiled broken canned classified closed concentrated |
divided
drawn dried established fixed furnished haunted hidden improved |
licensed
loaded paid painted processed reduced required torn |
infected
integrated known united wasted condemned cooked trained |
A List of Compound Qualitative Adjectives:
| absent-minded
accident-prone light-hearted long-lasting second-class second-rate tongue-tied top-heavy big-headed short-handed short-lived short-sighted short-tempered slow-witted smooth-talking soft-hearted
|
clear-cut
close-fitting cold-blooded easy-going far-fetched far-reaching good-looking good-tempered starry-eyed strong-minded stuck-up sun-tanned swollen-headed tender-hearted thick-skinned trouble-free
|
hard-up
hard-wearing ill-advised kind-hearted labor saving laid-back long-standing long-suffering two-faced warm-hearted well-balanced well-behaved well-dressed well-known well-off two-edged
|
low-cut
low-paid low-slung mouth-watering muddle-headed narrow-minded nice-looking off-hand off-putting old-fashioned one-sided open-minded run-down shop-soiled wind-blown worldly-wise wrong-headed |
A List of Compound Classifying Adjectives:
| air-conditioned
ail-out all-powerful audio-visual blue-blooded bow-legged brand-new breast-fed broken-down broken-hearted built-up middle-aged never-ending north-east north-west nuclear-free odds-on off-guard |
bullet-proof
burnt-out cast-off clean-shaven cross-Channel cross-country cut-price deep-sea deep-seated double-barrelled double-breasted open-ended open-mouthed panic-stricken part-time present-day purpose- off-peak |
drip-dry
drive-in duty-bound duty-free empty-handed face-saving far-flung first-class free-range free-standing freeze-dried front-page full-blown record-breaking red-brick remote-controlled right-angled right-handed world-famous worn-out |
full-face
full-grown full-length full-scale gilt-edged grey-haired half-price half-yearly hand-picked high-heeled home-made ice-cold interest-free second-class second-hand see-through silver-plated single-handed tax-free tone-deaf top-secret unheard-of |
knee-deep
last-minute late-night lead-free left-handed life-size long-distance long-lost long-range loose-leaf made-up man-eating mass-produced so-called so-so south-east south-west strong-arm year-long ready-made built one-way wide-awake |
