Adjective

    

    Words that describe or modify other words. Adjectives is divided into six categories.

1.Articles

 
There are only three articles and all of them are adjectives: a, an and the.They used to discuss non-specific things and people.

•      'A' and 'An' are called indefinite articles.
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•    'The' is called the definite article. It is used to indicate very specific people or things.
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2.Common Adjectives

     Describe nouns or pronouns in a general way.

•      Example: new building, old car, handsome man
  

3. Demonstrative Adjectives

      Demonstrative Adjectives are used to indicate or demonstrate specific people, animals or   things.

•      Example: This is my book.         
                 These books are all mine.
                 That café looks good.
                 Those are my keys.

4.Proper Adjectives

     Derived from proper nouns and begin with Capital letters.

•      Example: Korean food,Russian caviar 
  

5.Compound Adjectives

        Adjectives that are made up of two or more words.

•      Example: A two-year-old child, far-away city
  

6.Interrogative Adjective 

      The interrogative adjectives what, which and whose modify nouns and pronouns to indicate a question about them.

•      Example: Pronoun: Which fell?               Adjective: Which trapeze artist fell?