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    An adjective is a word that qualifies or describes a noun by indicating its quantity, quality, or number. There are five main kinds of adjectives: quality adjectives describe qualities, quantity adjectives indicate amounts, number adjectives show how many, demonstrative adjectives point out nouns, and interrogative adjectives help form questions. A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing. There are several types of nouns including common, proper, collective, abstract, concrete, compound, singular, plural, countable, and uncountable nouns.

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    An adjective is a word that qualifies or describes a noun by indicating its quantity, quality, or number. There are five main kinds of adjectives: quality adjectives describe qualities, quantity adjectives indicate amounts, number adjectives show how many, demonstrative adjectives point out nouns, and interrogative adjectives help form questions. A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing. There are several types of nouns including common, proper, collective, abstract, concrete, compound, singular, plural, countable, and uncountable nouns.

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    An adjective is a word that qualifies or describes a noun by indicating its quantity, quality, or number. There are five main kinds of adjectives: quality adjectives describe qualities, quantity adjectives indicate amounts, number adjectives show how many, demonstrative adjectives point out nouns, and interrogative adjectives help form questions. A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing. There are several types of nouns including common, proper, collective, abstract, concrete, compound, singular, plural, countable, and uncountable nouns.

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    An adjective is a word that qualifies or describes a noun by indicating its quantity, quality, or number. There are five main kinds of adjectives: quality adjectives describe qualities, quantity adjectives indicate amounts, number adjectives show how many, demonstrative adjectives point out nouns, and interrogative adjectives help form questions. A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing. There are several types of nouns including common, proper, collective, abstract, concrete, compound, singular, plural, countable, and uncountable nouns.

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    Introduction to adjective &

    kind of noun
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    adjective
    An adjective is any word that qualifies a noun. When we use the
    term qualify we mean that this particular word adds more to the noun that is
    already there. An adjective gives a number, gives a quantity, shows a
    quality, points out something, or helps to ask about something or someone.
    There are mainly five kinds of adjectives.
    Kind of adjectives

    1. Adjectives of Quality
    Adjectives of quality are also known as Descriptive
    Adjectives. That is because the purpose of this kind of
    adjectives is to show or portray a quality or kind of a
    person or a thing. Look at the following examples.

    ● She was a cunning woman.


    ● He had a bright lamp in his hand.
    ● The sight of the huge ocean made me feel
    insignificant.
    2. Adjectives of Quantity
    As the word quantity signifies this kind of adjectives show you
    how much of something the writer or speaker means. Look at the
    following examples.

    I had some coffee.


    She ate the whole cake.
    They saw the half of the field that was destroyed by the fire.
    3. Adjectives of Number
    Adjectives of number are also known as Numeral
    Adjectives. These adjectives show you how many of
    something or persons the writer or speaker means. Look at
    the following examples.
    Humans have five fingers in one hand.
    Few people came to the auction.
    There are seven days in a week.
    4. Demonstrative Adjectives
    Demonstrative adjectives are special as they help you to
    point out a person or a thing. In other words, demonstrative
    adjectives show what person or thing you meant when you
    were speaking or writing. Look the sentences given below.
    This man is richer than all of you.
    That girl is very mischievous.
    Those people do not have any money.
    These guys are not very nice.
    5. Interrogative Adjectives
    Interrogative adjectives are there to help you make
    questions about different people or things. The question words
    what, which, and whose are known as demonstrative
    adjectives when we use them to ask questions, while using
    them with nouns.

    What class is she in?


    Which way did he take?
    Whose box is this?
    noun
    A noun is a word thaht names a :

    person place

    animal thing
    Kinds of noun

    Common noun Proper noun

    A noun that names any :


    A noun that names a specific:
    (Person, Place, Animal, Thing)
    (Person, Place, Animal, Thing)
    Kinds of noun

    Collective noun Abstract noun

    A noun that names a group of:


    A noun that is names of :
    (Person, Place, Animal, Things) • A quality

    • A state of mind
    Concrete noun Compound Noun
    It is a noun that refers to people and things that It is a noun that consists of two or more
    are physically present and can be seen, touched, nouns and has its own meaning. For
    heard, or tasted. For example: elephant (elephant), example: newspaper (newspaper),
    milk (milk), tree (tree), rain (rain), see (sea), food toothpaste (toothpaste), cupboard
    (food). (cupboard), airport (airport), seafood
    (sea food).

    Plural Noun
    Singular Noun

    It is a noun that refers to singular things. For Is a noun that refers to things that are
    example: a book (a book), a pen (a pencil), an plural or more than one. For example:
    elephant (an elephant). books, tables, cats, mice, teeth, feet.
    Countable Noun Uncountable Noun

    It is a noun that refers to things It is a noun that refers to things that


    that can be counted. For example: cannot be counted. For example:
    chair (chair), pen (pen), table water (water), water (air), oxygen
    (table), bed (mattress). (oxygen), money (money), sand
    (sand), sugar (sugar), salt (salt).
    Quiz time!

    1. We need many (Potatoes/Potato) to make french fries.


    2. He cleaned up his kitchen sink after finding two (mouse/mice)
    3. The theatre show is (Smelly/Dramatic)
    4. Harry’s motorcycle is(Large/Fast)
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