Welcome to our lesson on the eight types of adjectives adjectives play an important role in a sentence by modifying nouns and pronouns and they add detail and description to a sentence they also help to create a more specific and interesting sentence they will bring your writing to life and made it more interesting for your audience there are eight types of adjectives proper descriptive quantitative demonstrative distributive interrogative possessive and numeral proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns and they refer to a specific person place or thing they are always capitalized examples of proper adjectives the British
museum is a great place to visit the American flag as a reminder of our heritage The Shakespearean play will be performed at the school by the students descriptive adjectives give more information about the qualities or characteristics of a noun or pronoun they can describe things such as size shape color Age Origin material and many other qualities here are a couple of examples of descriptive adjectives the tall building loomed over the city the small puppy wagged its tail and the Red Apple was crisp and juicy quantitative adjectives describe the quantity or amount of a noun or
pronoun they can be used to indicate a specific number or a general amount here are a couple of examples of quantitative adjectives there are many apples in the bowl on the table a few books are required for the examination demonstrative adjectives point out a specific noun or pronoun they indicate whether something is near or far in distance or time here are a couple of examples of quantitative adjectives this car of mine needs new tires that house belongs to my friend distributive adjectives are words used to refer to items or members of a group as individuals
for example each child received a gift for attending Jonathan's birthday party every student was asked to keep their desk tidy interrogative adjectives are used to ask a question they are used to identify which person or thing is being referred to here are a couple of examples of interrogative adjectives which books do I need for class whose pen is on the table possessive adjectives indicate possession or ownership of a noun or pronoun they show a relationship between the noun or pronoun and the person or thing that possesses it here are a couple of examples of possession
adjectives my shoes are new his phone was stolen numeral adjectives are words that describe the number of nouns or the order of nouns for example there were seven boys playing football on the field Jonathan came third in his race at school in conclusion adjectives are an essential part of our language they add depth and meaning to our sentences and by understanding the different types of adjectives we can make our writing more descriptive and engaging
