One of the most basic chapters that students learn about in their primary classes is the adjectives. Now have you ever wondered why learning adjectives are essential? Well, adjectives help us to describe a noun. In simple terms, words that are used to describe/modify the states or qualities of a noun or noun clause are known as adjectives. For example, “Mr. Sherlock Holmes is an intelligent detective.” Here, ‘intelligent’ is an adjective as it describes how Sherlock Holmes is as a detective. 

Once students have grasped the basic concept of what adjectives are, teachers should teach them about the different types of adjectives. BYJU’S offers various worksheets on adjectives that students can practise to strengthen their concepts. Here are eight types of adjectives that students can go through. 

• Qualitative or descriptive adjective – Adjectives that describe the quality or attributes of any person/thing are known as descriptive or qualitative adjectives. For instance, “Shreya Ghosal has a beautiful voice.” Here, ‘beautiful’ is a qualitative adjective. 
• Quantitative adjective – Quantitative adjectives are used to denote how much/quantities of something are meant. For instance, “Miss Robinson made many cookies.” Here, ‘many’ is an example of a quantitative adjective or adjective of quantity. 
• Numeral adjective – Adjectives that denote how many or how much or what in order the nouns are. For instance, “Yamini bought four apples from the market.” Here, ‘four’ is the numeral adjective.
• Possessive adjective – Adjectives that are used to modify or emphasise a noun by identifying who has possession or ownership of it are known as possessive adjectives. For instance, “It is your copy.” Here, ‘your’ is an example of a possessive adjective.
• Proper adjective – Proper adjectives are those adjectives that are derived from the proper nouns used to describe a noun. For instance, “The Shakespearean age is an important part of the history of English Literature.” Here, ‘Shakespearean’ is an example of a proper adjective. 
• Distributive adjective – This type of adjective denotes/refers to members of a class/group individually. For instance, “Each student got the questions paper.” Here, ‘each’ is the distributive adjective.
• Interrogative adjective – Adjectives that modify a noun/noun phrase by interrogating/asking questions like ‘what’, ‘which’ and ‘whose’ are known as interrogative adjectives. For example, “What food do you like?” Here, ‘what’ is an example of interrogative adjectives. 
• Demonstrative adjective – Demonstrative adjectives denote/point towards which person/thing is meant. For instance, “These mangoes are sweet.” Here, ‘these’ is a demonstrative adjective.

Apart from getting your idea about adjectives and their types, it is also essential that students have a clear understanding of other grammatical concepts. And one among them is the noun. 

As we all know, noun is also commonly known as a naming word as it refers to the name of a person, animal, place or thing. Nouns can be divided into different categories depending on their types, gender, numbers etc. If you want to know more about nouns or any other grammatical concepts, you can find them on BYJU’S website.

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