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Adjective, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , Adjective is a word that tells us about or add to the meaning of a noun, She is a kind lady, I like this pen, She lives in a large house, He is a strong player, Kind of Adjectives, Descriptive Adjectives – Quality, Size, Colour, Shape – Ugly, Heavy, Dry, Good , Red, Determiner Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives – This, that , these, those, Distributive adjectives – Each, Every, Either, neither, Quantitative adjectives – Some, any, no , little, Numerical adjectives – Few, many all, several, one, first, Interrogative Adjectives – Which, what, whose, Possessive Adjectives – My , our, your, his, her, their, its, Present / Past Participle Adjectives – A moving bus, Relative Adjectives – Who, Which, that, Emphatic Adjectives – Own, Such , Same , Very, Proper Adjectives – Indian, Asian, American, Exclamatory Adjectives – What , which , how
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Rule – 1, •, •, •, •, •, , Adjective is used when the quality of a noun and pronoun rather than the action of verb, She is a skilful dancer, She dances skilfully, Sonu’s act was thoughtful, Sonu acted thoughtfully, , Rule – 2, • Be, Become, seem, appear, taste, smell, sound, feel, turn, get, grow , keep, lok, make ,, prove + Adjective only, • Her voice sounds harsh, • She appears sad, • I feel sick
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Rule – 3, • Perfect, Unique, Ideal, Chief, Universal, Extreme, complete , entire, excellent, absolute,, impossible, eternal, supreme + No Comparative and Superlative degree, • I have never seen a more complete book on General studies, • Happiness is the chiefest aim of manking, , Rule – 4, • Prior, Junior, Senior, Superior, Inferior, Prefer, Preferable, Elder ( Comparative Adjective ) +, Use to not than, • He is senior than me in service, • Lemon Juice is preferable than tea
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Rule – 5, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , Little – Negative Sense – No, A little – Positive – Not much, The little – Positive – Not many, Few – Negative Sense – No, A Few – Positive – Not many, The Few – Not Many but all, Some – Use making request - Positive, Any – Interrogative sentence – Negative, Farther – More Distance, Further – Additional, Other – Second One, Another – Additional one, Older / Oldest – Person and thing – Not blood relation, Elder / Eldest – Person only – Blood relation, Later – time, Latter – Former, Latest – Recent, Last - Last
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Rule – 6, • Two adjectives qualify the same noun – Both adjective should be expressed in the same, degree, • She is the most active and energetic social worker in our club, , Rule – 7, •, •, •, •, , Ordinal is placed before numerical adjective, Ordinal – First, Second, Third, Last, Cordinal – One, Two , Three, You must study the two first chapters of the book, , Rule – 8, • These and Those should not be used in the Singular noun – Kind , Sort, Type, • I will not do these kind of acts
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Rule – 9, • Use of other & Else in comparative and superlative degree, • She is a best teacher, • She is the most intelligent person, , Rule – 10, •, •, •, •, •, •, , Use The after All and Both , The before Whole, All the students were present, Both the boys left soon, Whole country is suffering from drought, Possessive case after all and both, My all efforts ended in smoke
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Rule – 11, • The comparative adjectives ending in ‘er’ should be used as more clever while comparing, the two qualities of one and the same thing or a person, • She is cleverer than honest, • She is more clever than her sister, , Rule – 12, • Either, Neither, only, both , even , but also + before the words they emphasize, • She not only came to see me but also to take her old books, , Rule – 13, •, •, •, •, , As – Use in Positive degree, Than – Use in comparative degree, She is as honest, if not more honest than her brother, She is as honest as , if not more honest than her brother
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Rule – 14, • When two adjectives require different prepositions, appropriate prepositions hould be, used with both adjectives, • He is senior and older than I, • His dress is different and cheaper than mine, , Rule – 15, • Adjective after noun , when the noun followed by Preposition, • The subject is a worthy matter of note, , Rule – 16, • Time used in Comparison – No need to add comparative form, • My book is three times cheaper than yours
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Rule – 17, • Don’t use these adjectives before noun – Afraid, Asleep, due, ready, unable, unable, alike,, aware, glad, sorry, well, alone , ill , sure, worth, • She alone is responsible for my problems, • If found a boy asleep, , Rule – 18, • Size – Shape – Age – colour – Nationality – material – Noun, • Twenty year old black American Negro, • A small Indian stadium