English Short Notes:Adjectives Rules

January 25, 2016    


Dear SA'ians,

 Here we are providing the short notes on English topic (Adjective), which will help you to revise whole syllabus day by day...!!!


Basic Definition of Adjective : Simply we can say that Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns.
Examples :

Sizes : big, small, large, thin, thick
Shapes : triangular, round, square, circular
Colors : black, blue, white, green, red
Personality : happy, sad, angry, depressed
Time : Yearly , monthly, annually
Ages : new, young, old, brand-new, second-hand
Sounds : Loud, noisy, quiet, silent
Tastes : juicy, sweet
Qualities : good, bad, mediocre


now lets have a look at the Rules on Adjectives :
Shortcut Rule 1 :
In a comparison, the conjunction 'than' should be followed by 'any other' If a person / thing is compared with any other person / thing among some / many.

Shortcut Rule 2 :
In comparisons, the monosyllable words like "hot / easy / tall / small" should not be used with more / most.

Shortcut Rule 3 :
Elder / Eldest should be used with the members of the same family.
Older/ Oldest these comparative adjective denote the age of person / thing.

Shortcut Rule 4 :
 While comparing the objects, we should see that a noun is compared with another but not with some other word.

Shortcut Rule 5 :
One, Two, Three etc. are called Cardinal Numbers.
First, Second, Third etc are called Ordinal Numbers.
In usage the Ordinal number is used in the First Place.
Trick: CO

Shortcut Rule 6 :
The following comparative adjectives should be used 'to' in comparison but not 'than'. (More / Most should not be used).
Interior / Superior / Junior / Senior / Anterior / Posterior etc.


Shortcut Rule 7 :
 After 'comparatively / relatively' an adjective under positive degree should be used.

Shortcut Rule 8 :
After 'prefer / preferable' instead of than, 'to' should be used.

Shortcut Rule 9 :
More / Most should not be used with 'excellent / unique / perfect / major / complete / round / golden etc.

Shortcut Rule 10 :
 When we compare two qualities in the same person, we should say
 'Shivani is more wise than strong'

Shortcut Rule 11 : 
When two adjectives in different degrees of comparison are used in the same sentence, each should be complete in itself.




English Short Notes:Adjectives Rules 4.5 5 Yateendra sahu January 25, 2016 Dear SA'ians,  Here we are providing the short notes on English topic (Adjective), which will help you to revise whole syllabus da...


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