Adjective for Class 7

What are Adjectives?

Adjectives are words that give details to nouns (people, places, things, or ideas) by describing or changing them. They help us by giving descriptions of the words' size, colour, shape, quantity, and other characteristics.

For example, Mandy is waiting for his favourite author to launch her new novel soon.

Types of Adjectives

1. Adjective of Quality: It describes the characteristics or qualities of a noun. For example, The brave soldier rescued the people from the flood.

2. Distributive Adjectives: They describe individual members of a group, one at a time. For example, I have every flower among these in my garden.

3. Interrogative Adjective: It is used to ask questions about nouns. For example, Which author do you prefer to read tonight?

4. Adjective of Numbers: They tell us how many or in what order something or someone appears. For example, I am the sixth person in line.

5. Demonstrative Adjectives: They help to point out or identify a specific noun (a person, place, or thing). For example, I have made these cookies.

6. Adjectives of Quantity: It describes the amount or quantity of a noun in a sentence. For example, Several students scored well in English test this time.

Degree of Comparison

Adjectives are used to compare the characteristics, amounts, and numbers of nouns and pronouns. There are three ways to make this comparison, which we refer to as degrees of comparison. There are three types of degrees of comparison: "positive degree", "comparative degree" and "superlative degree".

Example:

→ Shelly is a bright student. (positive degree)
→ Susan is a brighter student than Shelly. (comparative degree)
→ Samy is the brightest of all the three girls. (superlative degree)

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Formation of Comparatives and Superlatives:

Forming comparative degrees by adding “-er” and their superlative degree by adding “-est” to the positive.

When the positive ends in “-e” we add only “-r” and “-st” to form comparative and superlative degrees.

When the positive ends in “y”, and has a consonant immediately before it, the “y” is changed into “I” before adding “-er” and “-est”. But if the “y” has a vowel before it, it will not change into “i”.

When single-syllabic adjectives ending in a consonant preceded by a short vowel add – “er” and “est” after doubling the last consonant.

When many adjectives of two syllables and all adjectives of more than two syllables form their comparatives by adding “more” and their superlatives by adding “most”.

Irregular Comparisons

FAQs

1. How do adjectives make sentences more interesting?

Answer: Adjectives help to add details to sentences, making them more interesting to read. For example, The sparkling stars lit up the night sky.

2. Explain the order of the multiple adjectives in a sentence.

Answer: Adjectives are typically used in a specific order: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, and material (OSASCOM). However, it does not need to be used in every sentence.
For example, Shelly bought a beautiful (opinion) little (size) French (origin) silk (material) dress.