Kinds of Adjectives

Adjectives are referred to as ‘describing words’. They are called the same because they describe or modify nouns or pronouns. They usually precede or come before the noun or the pronoun that they modify.  For example:

She was wearing a red dress.

They live in a big house.

The model has a pretty face.

I was trapped in a dark room.

I have finished most of the cake.

In the above sentences, words like ‘red’, ‘big’, ‘pretty’, ‘dark’ and ‘most’ describe the nouns like ‘dress’, ‘house’, ‘face’, ‘ room’ and ‘cake’.  Therefore, they are the adjectives in the above examples.

Grammarians also consider articles ("the," "a," "an") to be adjectives.

Let’s see the major types of Adjective in brief:

Adjectives of Quality 

They are used to describe the nature of a noun and the characteristics of the noun. For example: big, small, large, dark, ugly, beautiful, etc.

Adjectives of Quantity

They are used to describe the amount or the approximate amount of the noun or pronouns.  For example: few, many, little, more, many, enough, too, etc.

Adjectives of Number

They are used to show the number of nouns and their place in an order.  For example: One, Two, Two-Third, each, other, etc.

Demonstrative Adjectives

They are used to indicate a particular noun or pronoun. For example: this, that, these, those.  

Interrogative Adjectives

They are used to ask questions about nouns. For example: what, which, where, etc.