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Warm-up

Read the given sentences and circle the adjectives.
1. The kids were playing with a soft ball.

2. She was wearing a beautiful black dress.

3. We enjoyed the delicious food.

4. The tall man standing near the black table is my uncle.

5. The children were hungry after a long day at school.

Adjectives are the words which add something to the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

Kinds of Adjectives

Let us read about the adjectives one by one.

Adjectives of Quality

Adjectives of quality tell us of what kind a person or thing is.

Read these sentences.
1. She is wearing a pink saree.

2. Alexander was a great conqueror.

3. Charming girls are taken as models.

Each sentence has a word in colour. It mentions a quality of the noun that follows it.
So it is an adjective of quality.

Proper Adjectives

A proper adjective is an adjective that is derived from a proper noun.

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