THE ADJECTIVE

THE ADJECTIVE

Read the following sentences “

1. Sita is clever girl. ( Girl of what kind ?)

2. I don’t like that boy. (Which boy?)

3. He gave me five mangoes. (How many mangoes?)

 4. there is little time for preparation. (How much time?)

In sentence 2, ‘that’ points out which boy is meant.

In sentence 3, ‘five’ shows how many mangoes he gave me.

In sentence 4, ‘little’ shows how much time there is for preparation.

A word used with a noun a describe or point out, the person, animal, place or thing which the noun names, or tell the number or quantity, is called an Adjective.

So we may define an Adjective as a word used with a noun to add something for its meaning.

[Adjective means added to.]

68. Look at the following sentences:

1. the lazy boy was punished.