Adjectives: Kinds

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Look at these sentences.
The second Sunday of this month is the last holiday of
the session.
Shalu's curly hair looks so beautiful.
The highlighted words are used to describe the nouns. Such
words are called adjectives. They are used to tell us more about
the noun in a sentence.

Circle the adjectives in these sentences.

1. There are seven days in a week.
2. Jasmine is a beautiful flower.
3. Your destination is eight
kilometres away.
4. Mumbai is a large city.
5. Sara is a smart girl.
6. Your friend is sitting in the
third row.
7. Jasper has a black dog,
8. The first thing I bought
for her is that mug.
Adjectives of Quality
Read these sentences.
Gunjan is apretty girl. She is wearing a
blue T-shirt.
She is sitting on a brown bench.
There is a small kitten in her lap,.
The highlighted words in the
above sentences tell us about the
quality
 An adjective that describes the quality of the noun is called an adjective
of quality.
Adjectives of quality specify the following:
" touch sticky, soft shapes round, square
feelings angry, glad qualities nice, beautiful
colours red, green age young, old
sizes Small, large origin Indian. French

B Circle the adjectives and underline the nouns they describe.

1. The weather is pleasant.
2. Geetika has a pair of golden sandals.
3. Dhruv is wearing a long coat.
4. That building looksold.
5. Tom is a British actor.
6. This candy is sweet.
7. Thedog is hungry.
8. The lady complained about thedirty table.

Adjectives of Number
Look at these sentences.

The top ten songs are played weekly on the radio.

The runner crossed the finish line in third place.
The baker carefully placed two dozen cookies on the cooling
rack.
The highlighted words in the above sentences tell us about the number
of nouns.

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 An adjective which states the number of people or things .s calet
adjective of number. It shows the exact number of nouns or
their position or place. pron0uns anath
txamples: There are ten students in the classroom.
Istood first in class.
Saturday is the last day of the week.
Underline the adjectives in these sentences.
1. Sonam came third in class.
2. Sunday is the first day of the week.
3. There are four students in the
group.
4. There are six mangoes in the basket.
5. He is the last to join sports in the class.
6. The fifth girl from the back is
a
genius.
7. The doctor prescribed the patient a
double dose of the medication
8. The hikers had packed two days'
worth of supplies and started their jourt
Fillin the blankswith suitable
adjectives from the box.
first
ripe triple Swee
fifth
big bright red
1. The girl has a voice.
2. Ajay is the batsman to use this technique.
3. That is a house.
4. I like roses.

5. The book from the left is a best

6. It isa
seller.
day.
7. You may eat
mangoes.
8. This snack has cheesiness.
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 Adjectives: Comparison
9 of Adjectives

Look at the sentences.

Sarah thought the tulips were very pretty.
Each flower was prettier than the last.
She finally found the prettiest flowers she'd ever seen.
The highlighted words in the sentences above are
adjectives used to compare the nouns. Different forms
of adjectives are used to compare two or more nouns.

A Fill in the blanks with adjectives from the box.

longer older sweeter faster
thicker colder clearer lighter
1. A train runs than a bus.
2. My handwriting is than yours.
3. An orange is than a lemon.
4. Aleaf is than a stone.
5. This road is than that one.
6. A bundle of sticks is than one stick.
7. Mannat is than Seema by two years.
8. Tonight is fairly than last night, right?
-er Form of Adjectives
Some adjectives show comparison between two things and tell us how they differ
from each other. We add -er to the adjective to show such comparison.
Examples: Harsh is shorter than Rishi.
Acoconuttree is taller thana mango tree.
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-est Form of Adiectives
Some adjectives show comparison between more than two things and tel ush;
they differ from each other. We add -est to the adjective to show: Such
Examples: This is the smallest box I have ever seen. comparis,
Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.

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TIPS Always use the before -est form of adjectives. 3
Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives from the brackets
1. The cat is than the dog. (younger/youngest)
2. This is the music Ihave ever heard. (louder/loudest)
3. My desk is .than Arzoo's desk. (cleaner/cleanest)
4. Iam the
-person in my family. (shorter/shortest)
5. It was one of the
moments of my life. (prouder/proudest)
6. The Pacific Ocean is
than the Arctic Ocean. (deeper/deepest
7. Ahorse is than an elephant. (faster/fastest)
8. She is the girl in our class. (smarter/smartest)
More and Most
Some adjectives have more than two
such adjectives, we use the syllables, like precious, readable, ett. tu
words more and most when
Examoles: The weather at the mountains comparing.
seems more pleasant than the beac
This is the most
interesting museum Ihave ever
seen.
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TIPSA syllable is a part of the word which
example, the word cat consists of one consists of only one Vowel sound. For
two syllables. syllable but the word consistso
kitten
Unusual Comparison

sme adiectives do not take -er, -esl, more Or most for making comparisons
words for it
Instead, they have completely different
Fxamples: The bakery offersgood coffee buttheir bread is the hact
Theissue was bad from the beginning, but it kept getting worse.
Let
nderstand how the different forns of adjective
us look at the table to understand
are used.

Comparison of Adjectives
small smaller smallest
smooth smoother smoothest
precious more precious most precious
cheerful more cheerful most cheerful
many more
most

little less least

Complete this table.

Adjectives -er Form -est Form
1. great
2. thicker
3.
proudest
4. long
5.
younger
6.
Sweetest
7. lazy
8.
colder

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 correct adiectives to complete these sentences.
1ck the than the movie.
1. The book was
(iii) best
(1) good (ii) better

2. She ran than the rest.

(i) far (i1) farther |(ii) farthest

3. Today is the day Ihave had in a long time.

WOrst
() bad (i1) worse
store.
4. This is the expensive sweater in the

(i) little (i) less (i) least

5. Don't play on the wet floor, it is
() dangerous (ii) more dangerous() most dangerols
6. Hiking is the. .exercise.

i) peaceful() more peaceful(ii) most peaceful

7. This ottoman is than the blue one.
i) small (1) smaller (ii) smallest
8. The view from the peak is the thing you willever see.
i) beautiful | (i) more beautiful (iii) most beautiful

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 10, Adjectives: Possessives

TW bnow that adjectives are used to describe nouns and tell us more abOut thero
There are some adjectives which are used to describe the possession ofa no
Look at these sentences.
Mymother has many board games.
How is your sister's health now?

An adjective that is used to show relation or that something

belongs to
someone is called a possessive adjective.
Examples: His house is at the end of this
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block. TIPS Always remember that its and
They need to get their porch it's are two different words.
cleaned. There is no apostrophe in its
while it's can mean it is or it has.
The cat bit its own tail, get the
ointment!
A) Identify the possessive adjectives in these sentences and write them
in the space provided.
1. We should call her mother and inform her immediately.
2. I think their house is being renovated.
3. Iloved her room and all the decor!
4. Rajasthan is famous for its palaces.
5. Igave all my teddy bears to my younger brother, Abhay.
6. Did you see their performance last night?
7. Our house is often a hangout spot for all our friends.
8. Try these breads from our bakery.
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 Choose the correct possessive adjective from the options,
I. The dog wagged (her/its) tail excitedly when it sawthe familiar
2. Rashi packed (its/her) favourite sandwich in the lunchbox.
3. The kids played, but (his/their) mothers called them for
dinner.
4. The book fell off (her/its) shelf and landed with a thud
5. The gymnast stretched (her/their) muscles carefully.
6. Abeer packed (our/his) backpack with all the supplies.
7. We decorated (our/his) classroom for the meet.
8. Did you see the boy catch (their/his) frisbee?
Read these sentences. Marka tick( )if they are correct.and
(X) if not. acr
1. This is my house, come in please.
2. He needs to get his studies in order.
3. Is this mine burger or yours?
4. The artist signed its latest masterpiece.
5. The twins wore matching outfits, but the colours were different.
6. Yunjin and her friends are celebrating mine birthday.
7. Have you heard theirs new song yet?
8. The cat chased a playful butterfly, it wings
were blue.
D Underline all the possessive adjectives in this passage.
The morning bustled with activity. My backpack
filled with my sat by the door, alr=
water bottle, lunchbox and a new book I
into. Dad was making his signature couldn't wait to d
pancakes, the delicious aroma filin
kitchen. He has been the breakfast chef
in our family for years. Acros
street, Mrs Meeta Was watering her
was legendary in the neighbourhood.beautiful
As I
rose garden. Her green t.
peeked out the window. They had their watched, her granddaughte
own little tradition of plant
new plant every summer. Lia waved at na
teddy bear held high, its ear coming excitedly with her bright
off with wear and tear.
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