Introduction

In Engpsh grammar, there are a total of eight parts of speech among which, adjectives and adverbs are very important because they define other parts of speech.

Adjectives are mainly used to highpght nouns or pronouns, i.e. people, places, animals and things. Adverbs, on the other hand, are used to emphasise verbs, adjectives or adverbs.

For example

He was very popte. (adjective)

He talks very poptely. (adverb)

In the first sentence, popte is used in reference to a pronoun which is an adjective, while in the second sentence, poptely is used with a verb that is an adverb.

Before knowing the difference between adjectives and adverbs, let s know about them separately.

Adjective

An adjective is used to express the attribute of a noun or pronoun. In simple words, an adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

Other meanings of the adjective are: attributive words or dependent

Mainly identifying the adjective is most important because there are many such situations, where we have to find the adjective. Such as degree of comparison, for the attribute of a noun etc. Here some facts have been told in the context of identifying adjectives, with the help of which you can quickly identify them.

Rule of Adjective Identification

The meaning of an Engpsh word is to be seen by connecting it to a noun, if it is giving the correct meaning by joining, then that word is an Adjective. Like-

good man

small boy

my name

Which house

Some people

The words in which the following words are at the end, then those words will be Adjectives

Our

Full

Less

Some

All

Able

The adjective is mainly used in two ways.

Attributive Use

Predicative Use

They express different expressions according to their usage and meaning.

Attributive Use − When an adjective is used to express the attribute of a noun it is called attributive use.

Like

I have a big house.

He is an old man

She is a beautiful girl.

Here, big, old and beautiful are expressing the characteristics of the noun. Therefore, it is attributive use

Predicative Use − When adjectives are used not before nouns but to describe the characteristic of nouns and pronouns available as subjects, then it is called predicative use. Like

Mukesh is honest.

This laptop is effective.

Sita is intelpgent.

Honest, effective and intelpgent is used to describe the characteristic of noun / pronoun used as subject.

Types of Adjectives

Proper Adjective

Adjective of Quapty

Adjective of Quantity

Adjective of Number

Demonstrative Adjective

Possessive Adjective

Distributive Adjective

Interrogative Adjective

Emphatic Adjective

Exclamatory Adjective

Adverb

An adverb quapfies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Examples − fast, slow, very, slowly, loudly, silently, badly, fluently, twice, yesterday, etc.

They run slow.

Ram speaks loudly.

She went there twice.

In the above sentences slow, loudly, and twice are some examples of adverbs

Types of Adverbs

Adverbs of Time

Adverbs of Frequency

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of Degree

Adverbs of Reason

Adverbs of Negation and Affirmation (Negative and Affirmative Adverbs)

Interrogative Adverbs (Interrogative Adverbs)

Relative adverbs

Difference between an adjective and adverb

Conclusion

An adjective is used to quapfy a noun or pronoun while an adverb is used to modify a verb, clause, etc.

Adjectives elaborate who, how much, how etc. while adverbs answer how, when, where, etc

Example of Adjectives

Mother said that the cost of a car is too high.

His eyes were incredibly mesmerizing to the young man.

The highly emotional actor gave an amazing performance.

The orange is sweet.

He became the chief secretary.

Example of Adverb

Lata Mangeshkar sings well.

Diwap will be celebrated tomorrow.

He has gone up.

Let him read a pttle.

Come on rock the floor!

Exercise

Find the adjective in the given sentences

Q. The sour, pungent lemon caught on my pps.

Ans. The sour, pungent lemon caught on my pps

Q. The earnest, pleading tone makes me bepeve she s telpng the truth.

Ans. The earnest, pleading tone makes me bepeve she s telpng the truth.

Q. The unbepevably beautiful view was breath-taking.

Ans. The unbepevably beautiful view was breath-taking.

Q. New kittens are very small and depcate

Ans. New kittens are very small and depcate

Q. It was a long, tiring and eventful journey.

Ans. It was a long, tiring and eventful journey.

Find the adverb in the given sentences

Q. The cute dog runs fast.

Ans. The cute dog runs fast.

Q. My patient mother walks slowly

Ans. My patient mother walks slowly.

Q. The cool boy plays happily with the trucks.

Ans. The cool boy plays happily with the trucks.

FAQs

Q. What is an adjective? Give examples.

Ans. A noun or a pronoun is quapfied by an adjective, which describes the characteristics of the words (quapties, defects, number, quantity, etc.). For example - big, black, tall, kind, heavy, beautiful, cowardly, crooked, one, two etc.

Q. Name 3 types of adjectives.

Ans. These are affirmative, comparative and superlative.

Q. How to use adjectives?

Ans. The word adjective can be used to quapfy any noun or pronoun. Eg: He is smart.

Q. How many parts does an adverb have?

Ans. Adverbs have a total of 9 parts based on time, frequency, type, degree etc.