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The document defines adjectives and their types and degrees. It states that adjectives add meaning to nouns and provides examples. It describes the different types of adjectives including descriptive adjectives, quantity adjectives, numeral adjectives, and demonstrative adjectives. It also explains the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of adjectives and how they are used to show quality levels in comparison. The document provides examples and rules for forming the comparative and superlative degrees.

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THE ADJECTIVE

ASSIGNMENT
THE ADJECTIVE

 DEFINATION:
IT IS WORD THAT ADD SOMETHING IN THE
MEANING OF A NOUN.
EXAMPLES:
1. HE IS A BRAVE BOY.
2. HE IS A FAST DRIVER.
3. MY SISTER IS A STRONG GIRL.
( IN THESE EXAMPLES BRAVE ,FAST ,STRONG
ARE ADJECTIVE).
ATTRIBUTIVELY AND PREDICATIVELY

FOR EXAMPLE:
1. THE LAZY BOY WAS PUNISHED.
2. THE BOY IS LAZY.
(IN FIRST EXAMPLE LAZY USED WITH NOUN THEN
IT IS ATTRIBUTE OR EPITHET)
(IN SECOND EXAMPLE LAZY USED WITH VERB(IS)
THEN IT IS PREDICATE OR PREDICATIVELY)
TYPES OF ADJECTIVE

1. ADJECTIVE OF QUALITY OR DISCRIPTIVE

ADJECTIVE:
SHOW KIND OR QUALITY OF A
PERSON OR THING.
FOR EXAMPLES:
2. KARACHI IS LARGE CITY.
3. HE IS AN HONEST MAN.
( HERE LARGE AND HONEST SHOW OF
QUALITY PERSON OR THING)
2) ADJECTIVE OF QUANTITY:
SHOW HOW MUCH OF THING IS MEANT:
FOR EXAMPLES:

i. I ATE SOME RICE .

ii. HE HAS LITTLE INTELLIGENCE.

(HERE SOME AND LITTLE SHOW OF QUANTITY)

TYPES OF ADJECTIVE
3. NUMERAL ADJECTIVE:
(SHOW HOW MANY PERSON /THINGS ARE
MEANT)

FOR EXAMPLES:
i. THE HAND HAS FIVE FINGERS.

ii. THERE ARE SEVERAL MISTAKES IN YOUR EXERCISE.

Types of Numeral Adjective

a. DEFINATE NUMERAL ADJECTIVE:

DENOTES AN EXACT NUMBER
FOR EXAMPLE:
 ONE ,TWO , THREE (CARDINALS)
 FIRST, SECOND ,THIRD (ORDINALS)
• CARDINALS:
(A cardinal denotes how many )
• Ordinals:
(ordinals denotes the order of things in series)
b) INDEFINATE NUMERAL ADJECTIVE:
DO NOT DENOTE AN EXAC T NUMBER.
FOR EXAMPLES:
• MANY, FEW , SOME , ANY, SEVERAL ,
4) DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE:
POINT OUT PERSON OR THING(THIS
,THAT,THESE THOSE)
FOR EXAMPLE:
5) THESE MANGOES ARE SOUR.
6) THOSE RASCAL MUST BE PUNISHED.
7) THAT BOY IS HARDWORK.
DEGREES OF ADGECTIVE

 AN ADJECTIVE HAS THREE DEGREES.

1) POSITIVE DEGREE:
SHOW THE SIMPLE QUALITY OF AN ADJECTIVE
FOR EXAMPLES:
 HIGH ,GREAT ,SLOW ,THIN ,BEAUTIFUL.
2) COMPARATIVE DEGREE:
SHOW THE HIGHER AND THE LOWER QUALITY OF
AN ADJECTIVE IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER ADJECTIVE.
FOR EXAMPLES:
HIGHER ,SLOWER, THINNNER, GREATER OR LESS HIGH, LESS GREAT
,LESS SLOW ,LESS THIN,
3) SUPERLATIVE DEGREE:
SHOW THE HIGHEST OR THE LOWEST
DEGREE OR QUALITY OF AN ADJECTIVE IN COMPARISON
WITH ALL OTHER ADJECTIVE.
FOR EXAMPLE :
• HIGHEST ,GREATEST ,SLOWEST, OR LEAST HIGH,LEAST
GREAT,LEAST SLOW
REMEMBERS THREE POINTS ABOUT THE
COMPARATIVE DEGREE

i. THAN IS GENERALLY PLACED AFTER THE SECOND DEGREE

ADJECTIVE IN A SENTENCE.(WHEN COMPARING TWO THINGS OR PERSON).
FOR EXAMPLES:
 ALI IS WISER THAN FARHAN.
 HE IS MORE HONEST THAN MOEEN.
ii. IF AN ADJECTIVE ENDS IN " OR " AND "IOR" LIKE JUNIOR
,SENIOR,INFERIOR, SUPERIOR,PRIOR, THEN WE MUST USE ' TO‘
IN PLACE OF THAN .
FOR EXAMPLES:
• HE IS JUNIOR TO ME IN SERVICE.
iii. THE IS USED IN A COMPARATIVE DEGREE ONLY WHEN COMPARISON IS
MADE BETWEEN TWO SPECIFIC THINGS OR PERSON.
FOR EXMAPLES:
• SHE IS THE WISER OF THE TWO.
DIFFERENCE IN COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

 IN COMPARATIVE DEGREE:
• THAN IS USED TO MAKE COMPARISON.
• ONE THING SHOULD BE COMPARED WITH ONE THING.
• THE DEGREE SHOULD NOT BE DOUBLED.
 IN SUPERLATIVE DEGREE:
• THE COMPARISON IS MADE BETWEEN THREE OR MORE
THINGS OR PERSON.
• THE MUST BE USED BEFORE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE.
• OF IS GENERALLY USED AFTER DEGREE.
• THE DEGREE SHOULD NOT BE DOUBLD.
SOME FACTS ABOUT ADJECTIVE

1) IF COMPARSION IS MADE BETWEEN SAME

SPECIES THAN USE THAT OF AFTER THAN.
e.g:
•
IQBAL STYLE IS BETTER THAT THAT OF HALI.

2) IF ANY IS USED IN AN ADJECTIVE ADD OTHER WITH ANY.

e.g:
• He is taller than any other man in the town.
3) When two adjectives used in a sentence , refer to the
same noun and one of them is in superlative degree ,the
other should be in the same degree.
e.g:
• He is the ablest and the richest person of the city.
4) If no comparison is made then use the
word very before adjective .
e.g:
• He wrote a very good book .
• He is very bad scholar.
5) The following adjective not need any superlative degree.
e.g:
(perfect ,excellent ,chief , worldwide, round, extreme
,circular)