CLASS - V

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CLASS - V

• ENGLISH
• - by Prem kaur

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Adjectives
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What is an Adjective?

• An adjective is a word that tells us more about a
  noun or a pronoun.An adjective describes or
  modifies a noun.

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Three Questions

• Adjectives usually answer three questions about
  the nouns they describe 1. What kind of?
• I found a red rose in the cave.
• What kind of rose? Red 2. How many?
• Three tickets, please.
• How many tickets? Three. 3. Which one(s)?
• I would eat these muffins.
• Which muffins? These.

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Kinds of adjectives.

• 1. Adjectives of Quality
• 2. Adjectives of Quantity
• 3. Adjectives of Number
• 4. Demonstrative Adjective
• 5. Interrogative Adjective

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1. Adjectives of Quality (Descriptive Adjective)

• Adjectives of Quality (Descriptive Adjective)
  show the kind or quality of a person or
  thing.Example-1. London is a large city.2. He
  is an honest man.3. The foolish crow tried to
  sing.Adjectives formed from Proper Nouns (e.g.,
  French wines, Indian tea, Turkish tobacco) are
  sometimes called Proper Adjectives.Adjectives of
  Quality answer the question Of what kind?

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2. Adjectives of Quantity

• Adjectives of Quantity show how much of a thing
  is meant.Examples-1. I ate some rice.2. He
  has little intelligence.3. He showed much
  patience.4. He has lost all his
  wealth.Adjectives of Quantity answer the
  question How much?

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3. Adjectives of Number (Numeral Adjective)

• Adjectives of Number (Numeral Adjective) show how
  many persons or things are meant, or in what
  order a person or thing stands.Example-1. The
  hand has five fingers.2. Most boys like
  cricket.3. Sunday is the first day of the
  week.4. There are no pictures in this book.5.
  Here are some ripe mangoes.Adjectives of Number
  answer the question How many?

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Adjectives of Number 3 kinds

• a). Definite Numeral Adjectives, which denote an
  exact number as,One, two, three, etc. - These
  are called Cardinals.First, second, third, etc.
  - These are called Ordinals.

• b). Indefinite Numeral Adjectives, which do not
  denote an exact number,All, many, few, some,
  any, several, certain.c). Distributive Numeral
  Adjectives, which refer to each one of a number,
  asEach boy must take his turn.India expects
  every man to do his duty.Either pen will do.

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4. Demonstrative Adjective

• . Demonstrative Adjective point out which person
  or thing is meant.Example-That boy is
  clever.These mangoes are sour.I hate such
  things.This and that are used with Singular
  Nouns, these and those with Plural Nouns.

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5. Interrogative Adjective

• Interrogative Adjective - What, which and whose
  when they are used with nouns to ask
  questions.Example-What manner of man is
  he?Whose book is this?Which way shall we go?

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Let's Practice
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Can you find the adjectives?

• First find the nouns

He found two pennies on the ground.
Then ask, What words describe the
nouns? WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?
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Can you find the adjectives?
The rabbit followed the slow turtle.
Then ask, What words describe the
nouns? WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?
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Can you find the adjectives?

• First find the nouns

The children heard the loud bell.
Then ask, What words describe the
nouns? WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?
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Can you find the adjectives?

• First find the nouns

The brown dog growled at the tall man.
Then ask, What words describe the
nouns? WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?

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KEEP PRACTISING
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Degrees of Comparison

• Degrees of Comparison are used when we compare
  one person or one thing with another.There are
  three Degrees of Comparison in English.They
  are1. Positive degree.2. Comparative
  degree.3. Superlative degree.

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The comparative degree is usually formed by
adding _ er The superlative degree is usually
formed by adding _ est

• POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
• Short shorter shortest
• Dark darker darkest
• Lovely lovelier loveliest
• Quiet quieter quietest
• Fair fairer fairest
• Early earlier earliest

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POSITIVE DEGREEExamples

• This house is big.In this sentence only one
  noun The house is talked about. He is a tall
  student. This flower is beautiful. He is an
  intelligent boy.Each sentence mentioned above
  talks about only one noun.

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Comparative degree

• When we compare two persons or two things with
  each other,We use both the Positive degree and
  Comparative degree.

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Examples

• a. This church is bigger than that one.
  (Comparative degree)This church is not as big
  as that one. (Positive degree)The term bigger
  is comparative version of the term big.Both
  these sentences convey the same meaning.

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• c. He is more intelligent than this girl.
  (Comparative)
• She is not as intelligent as this boy. (Positive)
• The term more intelligent is comparative
  version of the term intelligent.Both these
  sentences convey the same meaning.

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Superlative Degree

• When we compare more than two persons or things
  with one another,We use all the three Positive,
  Comparative and Superlative degrees.

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Examples

• a. This is the biggest house in this street.
  (Superlative)This house is bigger than any
  other house in this street. (Comparative)No
  other house in this street is as big as this one.
  (Positive)
• The term biggest is the superlative version of
  the term big.All the three sentences mean the
  same.

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• b. This flower is the most beautiful one in this
  garden. (Superlative)This flower is more
  beautiful than any other flower in this garden.
  (Comparative)
• No other flower in this garden is as beautiful as
  this one. (Comparative)
• The term most beautiful is the superlative
  version of the term beautiful.All the three
  sentences mean the same.

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• c. He is the most intelligent boy in this class.
  (Superlative)He is more intelligent than other
  boys in the class. (Comparative)No other boy is
  as intelligent as this boy. (Positive)
• The term most intelligent is superlative
  version of the term intelligent.All these
  sentences convey the same meaning.

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• Degrees of Comparison are applicable only to
  Adjectives and Adverbs

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NAUGHTY COMPARISONS

• POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
• Good better best
• Little less/lesser least
• Bad worse worst
• Old older/elder oldest/eldest
• Many/much more most

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LETS PRACTISE
POSITIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
SMALLER
SMALL
SMALLEST
FASTEST
FASTER
FAST
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HAPPIER
HAPPIEST
HAPPY
FUNNY
FUNNIER
FUNNIEST
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BIGGEST
BIGGER
BIG
BEAUTIFUL
MORE BEAUTIFUL
MOST BEAUTIFUL
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DANGEROUS
MOST DANGEROUS
MORE DANGEROUS
MORE POWERFUL
MOST POWERFUL
POWERFUL
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