Grammar - Adjectives

Adjectives

Read the following paragraph paying attention to the words highlighted.

 

This is Samanali. She is a clever girl. She is pretty and smart child too. She has long hair and round face with blue eyes. She has thin lips and rosy cheeks. She is a tall girl with a slim build. She is one of the smart students in her class. She is not only pretty but also kind and helpful person. Her friends like her a lot because she is a very talkative and outgoing girl. She lives in a small house in a remote village, her house is in big garden. There are many and colourful flowers in her garden. Those flowers are very beautiful. There are also many kinds of plants and huge trees in the garden. There is also a deep well. Ask mall brook flowers beside her garden. There is clear blue water in the brook. There are also colourful fish in it. There are many mango trees in her garden and they are filled with ripe mangoes during the fruit season. There are two cows in a small shed near the house and also five hens in the pen. She loves to spend in her garden but she has little time to spend in the garden as she has lot of other work to do.

 All the highlighted words in the above paragraph describes or give certain information about some other words.

Look at the following phrases taken from the paragraph.

clever girl

those flowers

two cows

little time

 

the words :

clever

those

two

little

says something about the words,

girl

flowers

cows

time

 

In the statement

Samanali is a clever girl.

the word 
clever
shows
what kind
of a girl is Samanali

 

In the sentence

Those flowers are very beautiful.

the word
  Those
points out
which

flowers are meant.

In the sentence

There are two cows in the field.

the word

two

shows
how many
cows are there in the shed.

In the following sentence,

She has little time to spend in the garden.

the word

little
shows
how much
time she  has to spend in the garden.

So those words are used with
 a noun
 to
describe
point out
 tell the number
tell the quantity
 of a
  person
animal
place
thing

Such words are called
 Adjectives
Therefore  

Adjective

is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to add something  for its meaning 

Adjective means added to

Let's learn the different kinds of adjectives.

Adjectives of Quality
or
Descriptive Adjectives

They show the
kind or quality
of
a person or a thing or a place

 

Examples: 
 
Samanali is a pretty girl.

She is a strong woman

He is a lazy boy.

He is a happy child.

They are playful dogs.

  It is a spacious house.

She has an innocent look.

  He was angry.

  Her mother is a hardworking lady.

My sister’s room is an untidy room. 

 

 

Do the following activities.

Activity 1

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

1. Pahan is a a clever boy.
2.  The garden is strewn with small yellow flowers.
3.  The elephant is a huge creature.
4.  In Nuwara Eliya they  have cold  weather.
5. My grand  father is a very kind person,
6.  My sister bought a new dress for the wedding.
7.  Tigers are fierce animals .
8. Colombo is a busy city  as it is the business capital.
9. The fruits in that tree  have a sweet taste.
10. Walave is a long river in Sri Lanka.

Activity 2

 

Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives  from the adjectives given below.

 

small/interesting/delicious/ favourite/strong/old/warm/big/white/sad

 

1. My mother prepares ……………….meals.
2. Hogana Pokuna  is a very ………………………………movie.
3. Madol Doova is his ……………………………… book.
4. Camel is a …………………… animal.
5. Hambanthota is a district with warm weather.
6. There is a an …………………. stupa in their village.
7. We don’t have a ………………….board in our class.
8. He related the  ………………………..  story of the  poor boy.
9. Lions  and tigers are very ……………………and fierce animals.
10. He lived in  ……………………….hut in a remote village.

Adjectives to point out or Demonstrative Adjectives They  point out  or demonstrate   which position , place or thing   Examples: These puppies are playful. She liked that soup. Look at this lesson. They are sitting under that tree.   Those girls are very studious. I like this story. Remember! this and that are used with singular nouns. these and those are used with plural nouns. this and these are used with things that are near that and those are used with  things that are  far.   Do the following activities. Activity 1   Underline the  most.suitable adjective  in the bracket. ………………….. girl over there is  my sister.(this , that, these) …………………star is called the evening star .(this , that, these) Do you like ………… .bangles I’m wearing?(those , that, these) I bought …………….flowers from …………shop over there.(this , that, these) ………………………… dress here are more expensive than ………..  dresses we bought yesterday. ?(those , that, these) …………………… students in the front row are working with interest than ………….students at the back. (those , that, these) ……………exercise is easier than …………………… exercises we did at the class last week. (those , this, these)  Have you seen ………………..man before? (those , that, these) I will buy …………………….. news paper. (this ,those, these)  ........................ mangoes are sour than the ones in our garden.(this , that, these)    To be continued