different types of adjectives

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

             Adjectives are describing words. However, there are many other words that are classified as adjectives, some of which do not fall easily under this description.


a)PERSONAL TITLES
 
             Personal titles such Mr, Mrs, Auntie, Uncle, Dr and Lord are classified as adjectives when they are attached to a name.

For examples:      # The day after tomorrow, you can visit Auntie Pauline and Uncle Joe.
                                
                               # The lecture on Friday will be presented by Dr Ingols and Prof. Munro.


b)POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
             Possessive adjectives are used to show possession. They are my, your, his, her, its, our and their. (They are also called possessive pronouns.)


c)THE ARTICLES  

             The words a,an and the are known as articles and are classified as adjectives too. 'A' and 'an' are called the indefinite articles, as they do not indicate a specific noun; whereas, 'the' is called the definite article, because it does point to a specific noun.

For examples:      # A cup (< any cup)

                               # The cup (< a specific cup)


d)DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
             Demonstrative adjectives are used to demonstrate or indicate specific things. This, that, these and those are all demonstrative adjectives.


For examples:      # If I hear that parrot again, I will call the RSPCA.
                                 ('That' is a demonstrative adjective. It refers to a specific parrot.) 
 
                               # Medals will only be given to those runners who complete the marathon in
                                  less than 8 hours.  
                                  ('Those' is a demonstrative adjective. It refers to specific people.) 


e)INDEFINITE ADJECTIVES
   
               Unlike demonstrative adjectives, which indicate specific items,indefinite adjectives do not point out specific things. They are formed from indefinite pronouns. The most common indefinite adjectives are no, any, many, few and several.


For example:         # The chief has heard many people make the same promise.
                                  (The indefinite adjective 'many' modifies the noun 'people'.) 
                                   # According to a council spokesman, there are no wallabies left in 
                                   Derbyshire. However, over the past few months, many walkers have  
                                   reported seeing several adults with young.
                                  (The indefinite adjectives in this example are no, few, many and 
                                   several.)


f)NUMBERS
 
                Numbers are classified as adjectives too.


For examples:       # Four dolphins stayed with the boat until dawn.
                                  (The adjective 'four' modifies the noun 'dolphins'.) 

                                # All we could muster was 9 cans of beans.
                                  (The adjective '9' modifies the noun 'cans'.)