Types of Adjectives

Let us go ahead in Adjectives by learning its Types and with some examples.

Common Types of Adjectives

We are going to briefly examine 13 different types of adjectives. If you’d like to learn about each type of adjective in more detail -
1. Comparative adjectives
2. Superlative adjectives
3. Predicate adjectives
4. Compound adjectives
5. Possessive adjectives
6. Demonstrative adjectives
7. Proper adjectives
8. Participial adjectives
9. Limiting adjectives
10. Descriptive adjectives
11. Interrogative adjectives
12. Attributive adjectives
13. Distributive adjectives

1. Comparative Adjectives

Comparative adjectives are used to compare two different people or things to each other. Some examples of comparative adjectives include words such as smaller, faster, more expensive, and less reasonable.

Whales are larger animals than dolphins.
We moved to a cheaper apartment.
This dress is more expensive than the one you bought for me.

2. Superlative Adjectives

Superlative adjectives are used to compare more than two people or things by indicating which one is the most supreme or extreme. Some examples of superlative adjectives include words such as smartest, loudest, most impressive, and least valuable.

Adrian is the fastest member of our team.
Out of all my books this one is the oldest
We are trying to figure out the least confusing way to explain the lesson to the new students.

3. Predicate Adjectives

Predicate adjectives are adjectives that appear in the predicate of a sentence as a subject complement rather than directly next to the nouns or pronouns that they modify. Predicate adjectives follow linking verbs in sentences and clauses.

Tom is tall.
Laura became angry.
The cake looks delicious.

4. Compound Adjectives

Compound adjectives are adjectives that are formed from multiple words, which are usually connected by hyphens. Some examples of compound adjectives include never-ending, cross-eyed, high-quality, well-known.

The Artist who came to the museum today is world-famous.
She bought an old-fashioned leather jacket.
This is a long-lasting perfume that I bought from Paris.

5. Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives are often used to express possession or ownership. The most commonly used possessive adjectives are my, your, its, her, his, our, their, and whose.

My favourite singer is Taylor Swift.
Rosy spent a day with her parents.
Their house is very big and lovely.

6. Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives are used to express relative positions in space and time. The most commonly used demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these, and those.

This weekend is going to be really fun.
These flowers are adorable.
He wants those skating shoes for practice.

7. Proper Adjectives

Proper adjectives are adjectives formed from proper nouns. In general, proper adjectives are commonly used to say that something is related to a specific person or place. Proper adjectives include words such as African, Napoleonic, and Shakespearian.

He was reading a russian newspaper.
I think mexican food is tasty.
Egyptian pyramids are world-famous architecture.

8. Participial Adjectives

Participial adjectives are adjectives that are based on participles, which are words that usually end in -ed or -ing and derive from verbs. Participial adjectives include words like amazing, impressed, and fascinating.

The disappointed fans left the stadium early.
The wrinkled shirt needed to be ironed.
The annoying mosquito buzzed around our heads.

9. Limiting Adjectives

Limiting adjectives are adjectives that restrict a noun or pronoun rather than describe any of its characteristics or qualities. Limiting adjectives overlap with other types of adjectives such as demonstrative adjectives and possessive adjectives. Limiting adjectives include words such as these, your, and some.

There are few students who want to go for trip.
She found four apples in the basket.
I got many presents for Christmas.

10. Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive adjectives are adjectives that describe the characteristics, traits, or qualities of a noun or pronoun. Most adjectives are descriptive adjectives. Words such as purple, friendly, and attractive are examples of descriptive adjectives.

A lot of interesting people visited this park.
The Leaves turned red and orange in autumn.
We watched a funny program on TV.

11. Interrogative Adjectives

Interrogative adjectives are adjectives that are used to ask questions. The interrogative adjectives are what, which, and whose.

What color is your favourite?
Which shirt do you want to wear?
Whose turn is it to wash the cat?

12. Attributive Adjectives

Attributive adjectives are adjectives that are directly next to the noun and pronoun that they modify. Usually, attributive adjectives come directly before nouns and pronouns but they modify. But they can sometimes appear after them.

She has a beautiful handwriting.
The hungry gorilla ate the fresh bananas.
Jack gave his dad something special for his birthday.

13. Distributive Adjectives

Distributive adjectives are used to refer to members of a group individually. Examples of distributive adjectives include each, every, either, and neither.

I'll be happy if either candidate wins the election.
The women were both french.
Every member of the team scored a goal.