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4 4 Adjectives

Warm-up

Read the given phrases and state the type of adjectives.
1. Strong men _________________________________

2. That bag _________________________________
3. Two mugs _________________________________

4. Which place _________________________________
5. Enough clothes _________________________________
6. Your book _________________________________

Adjectives qualify Nouns (things, places and people) or pronouns.

Points to Remember:

1. Where is the subject placed—after the verb or before its noun?
2. What type of adjective is it?

3. Is the form of an adjective changeable?

4. Are number and quantitative words—adjectives or determiners?

Placement of an Adjective

When an adjective describes a noun in an ordinary manner, it is placed before its noun.
hot tea chilly wind polite manner

When an adjective describes a noun focussing attention on its adjective, the adjective is placed
after the verb

1. The earthquake was very severe.
2. The morning was cool and pleasant.

Adjectives and Determiners

Determiners are words that were formerly included in adjectives. But now they make a different
category.

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