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Adjectives

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Read the sentences given below and circle the adjectives.

• Mike was playing with a soft ball.

• She was wearing a beautiful black dress.
• We enjoyed the delicious food.

• The tall man standing near the black table is my uncle.
• The children were hungry after a long day at school.

Let’s Learn Adjectives

Adjec� ves are describing words that modify nouns and make their meaning clearer.

Thus, all describing words are adjec� ves.

Read the following sentences.

A lazy boy is sleeping under a tree.

The black dog is barking.

In the above sentences, the words lazy and black are adjec� ves as they are describing
the nouns boy and dog.

Adjec� ves are also used to describe pronouns.

Read the following sentences.

It is big. I am happy. She is intelligent.
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In the above sentences, the words big, happy and intelligent are adjec� ves as they
describe the pronouns It, I and She.

Let’s Learn Adjectives of Quality

An adjec� ve that shows the kind or quality of a noun or a pronoun is called an adjec� ve
of quality. Adjec� ves of quality answer the ques� on: Of what kind?
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