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Types of Adjectives

An adjective modifies a noun or

a pronoun by describing,

identifying, or quantifying words.

Types of Adjectives

Descriptive Adjective

Predicative Adjective

Personal Titles  

Possessive Adjective

Demonstrative Adjective

Indefinite Adjective  

Order of Adjectives

Descriptive Adjective

Colors : Black, Blue, White, Green, RedSizes : Big, Small, Large, Thin, ThickShapes : Triangular, Round, Square, CircularQualities : Good, Bad, MediocrePersonality traits : Happy, Sad, Angry,

Depressed      Time : Yearly, Monthly, Annually    

Descriptive Adjective

Add detail or description to the noun.

The tall man thought he could reach the top shelf of the bookcase. TALL describes the subject MAN and TOP describes

the direct object SHELF.After the difficult surgery, the famous

doctors to a nap. DIFFICULT modifies the object of the preposition

SURGERY and FAMOUS describes the subject DOCTOR.

Predicative Adjectives

Follow a linking verb (after the verb BE, SEEM, LOOK etc).

People are interested in this game. ARE is a linking verb connecting the subject PEOPLE

with its descriptor of equal weight INTERESTED.The two teams look very similar in the tempo

that they play. LOOK is a linking verb connecting the subject TEAMS

with its descriptor of equal weight SIMILAR.

Personal Titles

Titles such as Mr., Mrs., Auntie, Uncle, Dr and Lord are attached in front of a name.

Did you visit Uncle Neil on your way back home?

“Uncle” is an adjective.

Possessive Adjective

Indicate possession.

Do not touch my diary. It is personal. “My” is the adjective.

Few other examples of possessive adjectives are “your”, “his”, “her”, “our”, “their”, etc. 

Demonstrative Adjective

Demonstrate or indicate certain things.

Parents of only those students, who have not managed to pass in all subjects, will have to come for tomorrow’s parents-teachers meeting.

“Those” is a form of demonstrative adjective.

Other such adjectives are “that”, “these”, “this”, etc. 

Indefinite Adjective 

Formed from indefinite pronouns and

Several soldiers died in the Pacific War. “Several” is an adjective, which does not

indicate the specific number of soldiers, who died in the war.

Other such adjectives are “any”, “many”, few”, “several”, etc.

Order of Adjectivesadjectives

Explanations

Opinion Explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).Ex. silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult

Size Tells you how big or small something is.Ex. large, tiny, enormous, little

Age Tells you how young or old something or someone is.Ex. ancient, new, young, old

Shape Describes the shape of something.Ex. square, round, flat, rectangular

Colour Describes the colour of something.Ex. blue, pink, reddish, grey

Origin Describes where something comes from.Ex. French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

Material Describes what something is made from.Ex. wooden, metal, cotton, paper

Purpose describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”.Ex. sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”)

Order of Adjectives

Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material

Purpose

A silly young English man

A huge round metal bowl

A small red sleeping bag

Some examples of adjective order

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