ADJECTIVES- An adjective is an essential part of speech, which helps to modify a noun in any particular sentence.

It has two main roles in a sentence. While predicative adjectives modify a noun that follows it and is linked by a verb, attributive adjectives modify a noun by directly being linked to the noun as part of the noun phrase. Adjectives dont form a part of speech in all languages. In several Native American languages, verbs are used to fill in the role adjectives play in case of English language. This article deals with the various kinds of adjectives one comes across in spoken or written form of a language. Different Kinds Of Adjectives Descriptive Adjective Descriptive adjectives can be classified into different categories such as color, size, sound, taste, touch, shape, time, personality and age. Colors as adjectives: Black, Blue, White, Green, Red Sizes as adjectives: Big, Small, Large, Thin, Thick Shapes as adjectives: Triangular, Round, Square, Circular Qualities as adjectives: Good, Bad, Mediocre Personality traits as adjectives: Happy, Sad, Angry, Depressed Time as adjective: Yearly, Monthly, Annually Predicative Adjectives This form of adjective is not part of the noun phrase followed by the noun it modifies, but it is the complement of a copulative function, which links it to the noun. For instance, in the sentence, The house is big, the predicative adjective here is big, which is linked to the noun house, by the verb is. Most of the descriptive adjectives can be also used as predicative adjectives. Pronouns can also be used as adjectives, like in the sentence He is happy. Even hyphenated adjectives containing past participles are used as predicate adjectives, like in the sentence The belief is widespread. However, there are also few adjectives which are only used predicatively. They are words such as Afloat, Afraid, Alive, Alone, Asleep and Aglow. Personal Titles Titles such as Mr, Mrs, Auntie, Uncle, Dr and Lord are classified as adjectives, if they are attached in front of a name. For instance, in the sentence Did you visit Uncle Neil on your way back home? Herein the word Uncle is an adjective. Possessive Adjective This form of adjective is used in a sentence before a noun to indicate possession. For instance, in the sentence, Do not touch my diary. It is personal., the word my inserted just in front of the noun diary is the adjective. Few other examples of possessive adjectives are your, his, her, our, their, etc. Demonstrative Adjective This form of adjective is used to demonstrate or indicate certain things. For instance, in the sentence, Parents of only those students, who have not managed to pass in all subjects, will have to come for tomorrows parents-teachers meeting. The word those indicates a particular lot of students who have failed in their test. Placed before the noun students, this is a form of demonstrative adjective. Other such adjectives are that, these, this, etc. Indefinite Adjective While demonstrative adjectives point out specific things, indefinite adjectives do not indicate anything specific. Indefinite adjectives are formed from indefinite pronouns and the most common ones among them are any, many, few, several, etc. In the sentence, Several soldiers died in the Pacific War., the word several placed just before the noun soldiers is an adjective, which does not indicate the specific number of soldiers, who died in the war.