Use of Adjective

ADJECTIVE

1. Adjective of quality

E.g. good, long

2. Adjective of quantity

E.g. some, any, no, little, much, all, whole, enough, sufficient, none, most

3. Adjective of number

E.g. One, two, three

4. Proper Adjective

E.g. Indian, American, Chinese, Japanese, Nepalese, Russian

5. Possesive Adjective

E.g. My, our, your, his, her, its, their

6. Distributive Adjective

E.g. Each, every, either, neither

7. Demonstrative Adjective

E.g. This, that, these, those, such, the same, some, any, a certain, certain, any other, other, another

8. Interrogative Adjective

E.g. What, which, whose

9. Emphasizing Adjective

E.g. Own, very

10. Exclamatory Adjective

E.g. What

Correct use of adjective

11. We use ‘some’ in an affirmative sentence before a singular uncountable noun to indicate quantity and before a plural countable noun to indicate a number

I have some milk

I have some books

We use ‘any’ in negative sentence before a singular uncountable noun to indicate quantity and before a plural countable noun to indicate a number

He did not give me any milk

There is not any ink in the bottle

‘Some’ or ‘ any’ both is used in interrogative sentence

Will you give me some sugar

Have you any money

Some or any are used in form of pronoun also

Sweta has not any milk but Nilu has some

Nilu has some milk but Sweta hasen’t any

Some is used to express “about”

Mukesh gave me some fifty rupees

‘Any’ is not used before ‘no’

I have not any money (correct)

I have no any money (incorrect)

I have no money (correct)

I have not a book (correct)

I have no a book (incorrect)

12. Use of ‘Much’ and ‘Many’

Much is used to indicate quantity before a singular uncountable noun

I don’t know how much money he spent on his marriage

Have you much money

‘Many’ is used to indicate quantity before a plural countable noun

I have not many friends in the town

Have you many problems?

‘Many’ and ‘much’ is not used in affirmative sentence before an object

In place of many ‘A great many of’, ‘A good many of’, ‘A great number of’, ‘great numbers of’, ‘plenty of’, ‘a lot of’, ‘lots of’, ‘numerous’, ‘a large number of’, ‘large numbers of’ and ‘enough of’ is used

In place of much ‘a great deal of ‘, ‘a good deal of’, ‘a large quantity of ‘, ‘plenty of ‘enough of’ and ‘a lot of ‘ is used

I know many men (incorrect)

I know a lot of/a large number of men (correct)

He has much money (incorrect)

He has a lot of /plenty of money (correct)

13. Use of ‘little’ ‘a little’ and ‘the little’

‘Little’ is used to denote quantity for singular uncountable noun. It has negative meaning

Example: He has little money

‘ A Little’ is used to denote quantity for singular uncountable noun. It has positive meaning

He has a little money

‘The little’ is used to denote quantity for singular uncountable noun. It has both positive and negative meaning

Example: I spent all the money I had (positive)

                 The money I had was not much (negative)

14. Use of ‘few’, ‘a few’ and ‘the few’

‘Few’ is used to denote quantity for plural countable noun. It has negative meaning

Example: I read few books

‘ A few’ is used to denote quantity for plural countable noun. It has positive meaning

I read a few books

‘The few’ is used to denote quantity for plural countable noun. It has both positive and negative meaning

I read  the few books I had

15. Use of ‘all’ and ‘whole’

‘All is used to denote the quantity both in case of plural countable noun and singular uncountable noun

Example: All the books were old

All the money has been spent

‘Whole’ is used denote the quantity in case of singular noun

Her whole body was covered

16. Use of ‘A certain’ and ‘ Certain’

‘A certain’ is used to denote something which is unknown or which cannot be described in case of singular countable noun

Example: She met a certain boy yesterday

‘Certain’ is used to denote something which is unknown or which cannot be described in case of plural countable noun

Example: Certain boys were playing in the playground

17. Use of ‘other’, ‘another’ ‘any other’ and ‘no another’

Example:

The other hand (S.C.N.)

The other boys (P.C.N)

Another book (S.C.N)

Another books (P.C.N)

Usha is better than any other girl in the class (correct)

Usha is better than no other girl in the class (incorrect)

No other girl in that family is as good as Anupam (correct)

Any other girl in that family is as good as Anupam (incorrect)

18. Use of ‘ Each’ and ‘Every’

Each is used in case of two or more than two person in case of singular countable noun

Example: Each student has a pen

Every is used in case of two or more than two person in case of singular countable noun

Example: Every boy of this class is handsome

For two person‘every’ is not used

Every of the two girls is beautiful (incorrect)

Each of the two girls is beautiful (correct)

‘Every’ is used after ‘nearly’, ‘almost’, ‘practically’, ‘without exception’

Manisha has read almost every book she had (correct)

Manisha had read almost each book she had (incorrect)

If ‘numeral adjective’ appear after ‘every’then plural noun is used in place of singular noun

Every ten girls (correct)

Every ten girl (incorrect)

19. Use of ‘this and ‘that’

‘This’ and ‘that’ is used in form of demonstrative adjectives for singular countable noun or singular uncountable noun’

This book is very useful

This water is fit for drinking

20. Use of ‘Either’ and ‘Neither’

Either is used to denote options between two in case of singular countable noun

Example: Either book is red

Neither is used none between the two in case of singular countable noun

Neither of the students is laborious