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Study the following sentences carefully.

1. This restaurant serves Italian dishes, too.

2. Shakespeare was an English poet.

3. This is a Herculean task indeed.

Each word in colour is followed by a noun. So it is an adjective. As it has been formed from a proper
noun, it is a proper adjective.

Qualitative Adjectives

A qualitative adjective is an adjective that describes the quality of a noun.

Study the following sentences carefully.

1. His brother is a renowned leader.

2. Good students attend their classes.

3. The beggar was wearing torn clothes.

Each word in colour is followed by a noun. So it is an adjective. As it describes the quality of its
noun, it is a qualitative adjective.

Interrogative Adjectives

An interrogative adjective asks a questions about its noun.

Study the following sentences carefully.

1. What day is it today?

2. Whose bottle is this?

3. Which road leads to the bus stop?
Each word in colour is followed by a noun. So it is an adjective. As it asks a question about its noun,
it is an interrogative adjective.

Emphatic Adjectives

An emphatic adjective is an adjective that emphasizes its noun.

Study the following sentences carefully.

1. She is an absolute idiot, in fact.

2. It is the same story as I told you.
3. Mahatma Gandhi was a true patriot.

Each word in colour is followed by a noun. So it is an adjective. As it lays emphasis on its noun, it is
called an emphatic adjective.

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