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The different types of adjectives

1. Descriptive adjectives (colour, size, shape, quality)

Name the quality of a noun or pronoun that it modifies

2. Proper adjectives (European, Chinese, French)
Derived from a proper noun

3. Quantitative adjectives (much, many, numerous)

Modify nouns for details in quantifying

4. Numeral adjectives (five, second, double)

Modify nouns for details in quantifying which is divided into three perspectives:
cardinal number (exact quantity), ordinal number (hierarchical number) and

multiplicative number (double number)

5. Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those)

Show whether a noun is singular or plural and whether it is near or far

6. Interrogative adjectives (what, which, when)

Modify noun as a questioning form

7. Possessive adjectives (my, our, your, his, their)

Express possession of a noun by someone or something

8. Distributive adjectives (each, every, either, neither)
Adjectives can
Modify noun by dividing or separating into different parts
function as nouns

9. Comparative adjectives (big – bigger – biggest) e.g. The blinds are

Show comparison of nouns taught special skills.

10. Relative adjectives (whose, whichever, what) Nouns can function
as adjectives
Modify noun and combine sentences which are related
e.g. a stone wall, a
fur jacket, a gold cup