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ADJECTIVE

A. DEFINITION OF ADJECTIVE

An Adjective is a word that describes a noun,

noun phrase or pronoun and provides more

information. Adjectives can come either before or

after a noun. An adjective that comes before a noun

is an ‘Attributive adjective’. An adjective that

comes after a noun is a ‘Predicative adjective’.

These adjectives describe the quality or nature

of the Noun or pronoun by giving an idea about the

characteristics of the Noun or pronoun, such as

appearance, positive or negative personality, colour,

shape, size, time, sound, touch, taste, condition, etc.

Example Explain

I have a pink book. Adjective of colour

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