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Concept of Adjective – English Grammar

Concept of Adjective – English Grammar

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Usage:

An adjective is a descriptive word which qualifies a noun, making it more specific:

The red car.

The old red car.

The big old red car.

The two young professors lived in Greenwich Village.

A bright light flashed through the window of the house.

Adjectives are usually arranged in the order of specificity. Words normally used to perform other grammatical functions may be used as adjectives. These can be recognized by their position before the noun to which they apply: remote-control car war effort Christmas cookies spring carnival Adjectives can also be used to form a predicate with the verb to be:

Chocolate is yummy.

Normally, only �true� adjectives can be used to form this kind of predicate. It is not possible to say:
Wrong: The cookies were Christmas, or

Wrong: The carnival was spring.

In such cases, it is necessary to use the prop-word, one:
The cookies were Christmas ones.

There are three forms of a �true� adjective.

Normal: big beautiful
Comparative: bigger more beautiful
Superlative: biggest most beautiful

No agreement to noun is necessary for an adjective.

Note: Questions on Grammar constitute an important part of English section which carries a weightage of 40 marks in CLAT. Questions in the form of English usage come from Grammar, the other two areas under English being Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary. Being Grammatically correct is the most important thing in English.You can’t learn grammar in a day or within a forthnight. For this, you need constant reading and referring to some good standard grammar books. We will also be guiding you time to time with our write-ups on Grammar every week. The above topic has been contributed by The Knowledge Tree ( Patna’s premier coaching institute for CLAT and other law entrance exams like AILET, SET,LSAT etc) with the help of Manhattan Review. For Crash Course for CLAT 2015 and Test Series for CLAT 2015, please call us on +91 82943 94519.

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