ADJECTIVES What do you say when you think of Aishwarya Rai?

Obviously, the statement is, Aishwarya Rai is a beautiful woman. What are you doing here? You are describing Aishwarya Rai (A Proper Noun) as Beautiful . So, here comes the definition of an adjective: An adjective is a word which describes a noun. The noun can be a proper noun, common noun, countable/uncountable noun, collective noun, abstract noun, etcIf a word describes a noun, it is called an adjective. The adjective in our example is Beautiful Examples of Adjectives are: The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea. Different types of Adjectives are: 1) Qualitative adjectives Qualitative adjectives give information about the qualities of the noun they modify. Examples are big, hungry, expensive, beautiful Aishwarya Rai is a beautiful woman

2) A Possessive Adjective (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) describes who possesses the thing (noun) or to whom it belongs. It modifies a noun or a noun phrase by indicating possessiveness. After many years, she returned to her homeland. He sold his bike to his friend.

3) The demonstrative adjectives: ``this,'' ``these,'' ``that,'' ``those,'' and ``what'', which demonstrate or point to a noun. He threw that book into trash. That man killed my brother.

4) An interrogative adjective: (``which'' or ``what'') is an adjective that can be used to ask questions. Which of those apples are bad ? What cookies are you eating ?

5) Comparative Adjectives: Comparative adjectives are used to compare 2 nouns.( describing words that end in -er or use the word "more") The winter is colder than the summer. He is taller than me.

6) Superlative Adjective: Superlative Adjectives are used to compare 3 or more nouns( describing words that end in -est or use the word "most") My mother's pizza is the best. The white dog is the biggest.