Adjectives

The word which qualifies noun or pronoun is called "Adjective". Its is one of the 8 part of speech.It describes or give information about noun or pronoun.
Example
1)He is a brilliant student.(The word 'brilliant' is an adjective)
2)He is the first person in the history to achieve the target.(The word 'first' is an adjective)
3) The shortest day comes in December. (The word 'shortest' is an adjective)




Broadly the  adjectives can be classified as follows.
1) Adjectives of quantity.(some,little,few)
2) Adjectives of quality.(fine,brilliant,good)
3) Adjectives of number.(first,three,second)
4) Demonstrative Adjectives((this,that,these,those)
5) Interrogative Adjectives.((whose,which,what)
6) Possesive Adjectives.(my,your,our)

SPECIAL

Oftenly the adjectives consist of more than one word. It is called adjectival(Adjectival Phrase)
example

The chair which is in the room is made of wood.(the phrase 'which is in the room' is adjectival phrase')

The detail of each kind of adjective is discussed in subsequent posts.

Parts of the speech.

There are 8 parts of speech

1)Noun-Noun is a word that tells the name of a person , place , thing , an emotion or an idea.
Example- Ram goes to the market every evening.
Here Ram and market are nouns.

2)Pronoun-The word that takes place of a noun is called pronoun.
Example-Ram goes to the market every evening. He buys chocolates.
"He" is pronoun because it replaces the noun "Ram".

3)Verb-It is a word which shows action or state of being.
Ram goes to the market every evening.
"goes" is an action word so it is a verb.

4)Adverb-It is a word that describes verb.
Example- Ram generally goes to market every evening.
Here the word "generally" is an adverb.

5)Adjectives-A words that describes noun.
Ram goes to the super-market every evening.
Here the word "super" is an adjective.

6)Preposition-A word which relates noun or pronoun with the sentence.
Ram goes to the market in the evening.
Here "in"  is a preposition.

7)Conjunctions-It is a word that joins words or sentences.
Ram goes to the market and the park every evening.
Here "and" is a conjunction

8)Interjection-It is a word which express sudden emotions.
Wow!Ram goes to the market every evening.
here the word "Wow!" is an interjection.