Adjective - Definition, List, Types, Uses and Examples

When we discuss Adjectives, it means those words which well describe a Noun or a Place, Person, Thing, or Idea. An adjective is the only word that can create a major difference between the two.

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What Is an Adjective

A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun is an adjective. Generally, an adjective's function is to further define and quantify a noun or pronoun. In other words, we can say that a noun or pronoun that serves as the subject of a sentence can be described or given additional information using an adjective. Adjectives are found before the noun they modify as well as after the verb they modify.

Examples of Adjectives :

The following are the examples of Adjective :

1. He wore a beautiful suit.

2. A wooden car.

3. I like that really big, old, green antique bike that is parked here.

4. Ashwani is taller than Barsha.

5. Rohit is a part-time worker.

List of Adjectives :

The following is the list of adjectives :

Beautiful, sleeveless, edible, meaningless, beautiful, adorable, gorgeous, breakable, homeless, big, old,  green,  antique, more intelligent, prettiest, worse, aggressive.
agreeable, ambitious, brave, calm, delightful, eager, faithful, glamorous, gorgeous, handsome, long, magnificent, muscular, plain, plump, quaint, scruffy, shapely, short, skinny, stocky, ugly, unkempt, unsightly etc.

Uses of Adjectives :

It's well-known that adjectives make your writing and voice sound extremely flowery. It helps make it more descriptive and provides your readers and listeners with a visual delight. The use of too many adjectives, however, can make something appear or sound hazy and confusing. This would simply cause people to misunderstand what you were saying. A skill you should learn is knowing when, where, and how to apply adjectives.

To understand better you must have to understand the order of adjectives.

Now the new question over here is what is the ORDER OF ADJECTIVE?

The English language allows speakers the freedom to describe anything they can see with their five senses using a variety of adjectives. However, there is a specific order in which you should apply these adjectives and that particular order is known as the Order of Adjective.

The first component should be "DETERMINER" followed by Quantity then followed by Opinion then Size, Age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose, and Then noun.

For Example : 

 I like that really big, old, green antique bike that is parked here.

Size - big, age-old, colour - green.

Examples of Adjectives in a Sentence :

Here are some examples which help you to understand better : 

1. A wonderful old Indian car. [opinion – age – origin]

2. Your brother has a beautiful big white car.  [quality – size – colour]

3. A big round red glass. [size – shape – colour]

4. This is your medium new red sleeping kit. [size – age – colour – purpose]

Types of Adjectives

There are mainly four types of Adjectives :

1. Possessive Adjectives

2. Interrogative Adjectives

3. Demonstrative Adjectives

4. Compound Adjectives

How To Identify Adjectives in a Sentence

The following are the ways by which you can identify the adjectives in a sentence.

1. Look for a term that describes a noun preceding it.

2. Look for terms that describe a noun and come after it.

3. Verify any adjectives that follow a verb.

4. Watch out for comparison-making adjectives in your phrases.

5. Keep an eye out for common adjective suffixes like -ful, -ish, -able, -some, -ous, -al, -ic, -less.

Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Adjectives Quiz/Practice Questions on Adjective :

Choose the correct adjective :

1. The Principal delivers __________ speech.

a. Colourful

b. Intelligent

c. Important

d. Shameful

Solution:

option c will be the correct fit because Important means having great influence or very necessary as we all know principal of a school is much more powerful.

2. In the school, the Principal is _______ Teacher.

a. Superior

b. Senior to

c. Superior to

d. Senior

Solution : 

As we know Principal of a school is senior to the Teacher not superior to that. Here Senior will be the correct choice. 

3. My Father is rich _______ to buy a Lamborghini.

a. Enough

b. Person

c. than

d. more

Solution : 

Here option a will be the correct choice because in this sentence the person has that much amount of money by which he can afford this luxury.

4. There should be _______ punishment for killers.

a. much

b. too

c. too much

d. severe

Solution : 

Severe punishment will be the correct statement here. Option d will be the correct choice.

5. This is your _________  kit

a. medium red new sleeping

b. red new medium sleeping

c.  medium new red sleeping

d. a red sleeping new medium

Solution : 

Option c will be the correct choice because it shows the correct order of adjectives as [size – age – colour – purpose]

6.  His hair is long and ________

a. good

b. shiny

c. slim

d. more

Solution : 

And here connects that adjective which quantifies the same verb or noun, so shiny will be the correct fit. Hence option b will be the correct choice.

7. Tajmahal is the __________ site in Agra.

a. Amazing

b. Most amazing

c. as amazing 

d. amazing enough

Solution : 

As we know that the superlative degree is used to compare more than two things so Most amazing will be the correct fit for the same. Hence option b will be the correct choice.

8.  Sudarshan choose the ______ suit with the trouser.

a. Black 

b. Enough

c. Fair

d. Intelligent

Solution : 

Black will be a good fit here. Option a will be the correct choice here.

9. A ____________ glass.

a. dwarf old red

b. old dwarf red

c. red dwarf old

d. dwarf red old

Solution : 

Option a shows the correct order of the adjective as [size – age – colour]. Hence option a will be the correct choice here.

10. Your mother has a __________ scooty.

a. beautiful red big

b. red beautiful big

c. big beautiful red

d. beautiful big red

Solution : 

Option d shows the correct order of adjectives as [quality – size – colour]. Hence option d will be the correct choice here.