📘 Adjectives Rules & Uses

1. What is an Adjective?

An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. It tells us about quality, quantity, size, color, number, or opinion.

2. Types of Adjectives

• Descriptive: beautiful, tall, smart
• Quantitative: some, many, few, several
• Demonstrative: this, that, these, those
• Possessive: my, your, his, her
• Interrogative: which, what, whose
• Comparative: bigger, faster, taller
• Superlative: biggest, fastest, tallest

3. Degree of Adjectives

Adjectives have three degrees:

• Positive Degree: Shows quality. Example: tall → “He is tall.”
• Comparative Degree: Compares two nouns. Example: taller → “He is taller than his brother.”
• Superlative Degree: Compares more than two nouns. Example: tallest → “He is the tallest in the class.”

4. Examples

• Descriptive: The beautiful flower is red.
• Quantitative: I have some apples.
• Demonstrative: This pen is mine.
• Possessive: My book is on the table.
• Interrogative: Which color do you like?
• Comparative: My house is bigger than yours.
• Superlative: She is the tallest in the class.