ALL
ABOUT ADJECTIVES------
ADJ CAN B USED IN 2
WAYS ----
ATTRIBUTIVE-----WHEN
ADJECTIVE IS PLACED JUST BEFORE NOUN
EG---THIS IS A SWEET
MANGO
PREDICATIVE----WHEN IT
IS USED AFTER NOUN
EG----THIS MANGO IS
SWEET
HEY BASICS SAB KO PATA
H TO M BAS IMPORTANT CHEEZAE LIKH RE HU
COMPARITIVE
DEGREE---- SOME FACTS
1.
IT IS USED WHEN TWO
PERSONS,,GROUPS,,,THINGS ARE COMPARED
EG---HE IS WISER THAN
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER
2. WHEN 2 DIFFERENT QUALITIES IN THE SAME PERSON ARE COMPARED ,,MORE IS USED INSTEAD OF ER TO
FORM COMPARITIVE….
EG----SHE IS FAIRER
THAN POLITE (WRONG)
SHE IS MORE FAIR THAN POLITE(RIGHT)
3. WHEN SELECTION IS TO BE MADE OUT OF 2 THEN COMPARITIVE DEGREE IS
FOLLOWED BY OFAND THE IS
USED BEFORE IT
EG----X IS TALLER OF
THE TWO
4. IF 2 COMPARITIVES R
USED IN SAME SENTENCE THEN BOTH SHOULD BE PRECEDED BY
DEFINITE ARTICLE…..
EG-----THE HIGHER U GO
THE COOLER IT IS
5.WHEN 1 PERSON OR
THING IS COMPARED WITH ONE ANOTHER OF SAME KIND THEN OTHER IS USED AFTER DEGREE……..USUALLY IN THESE
SENTENCES OTHER IS PRECEDED BY ANY OR ALL
EG-----KALIDAS IS
GREATER THAN ANY DRAMATIST(WRONG)
KALIDAS IS GREATER THAN ANY OTHER DRAMATIST(RIGHT)
6.THERE ARE CERTAIN
COMPARITIVE WORDS AFTER WHICH THAN IS NEVER USED
SENIOR,,,JUNIOR,,,,SUPERIOR,,,,INFERIOR,,,,PRIOR,,,,,ANTERIOR,,,,,PREFERABLE……
EG---DEATH IS
PREFERABLE THAN DISHONOUR(WRONG)
DEATH IS PREFERABLE TO DISHONOUR(RIGHT)
7.ALWAYS AVOID USE OF
DOUBLE COMPARITIVES
EG----X IS MORE
CLEVERER THAN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER(WRONG)
X IS CLEVERER THAN HIS
YOUNGER BROTHER(RIGHT)
SUPERLATIVE
DEGREE-----
1. USUALLY THIS DEGREE IS
PRECEDED BY THE AND FOLLOWED BY OF
EG----HE IS THE ABLEST OF ALL THE MEN OF THE TOWN
WHEN AN
ADJECTIVE IN SUPERLATIVE DEGREE IS PRECEDED BY POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE THEN THE SHOULD NOT BE USED….
EG-----WHICH IS
KALIDAS’S THE BEST PLAY(WRONG)
WHICH IS KALIDAS’S
BEST PLAY(RIGHT)
2.MOST IMPORTANT------- ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB WHICH ARE OF SINGLE
SYLLABLE TAKES ER IN COMPARITIVE AND EST IN SUPERLATIVE….
MATLAB JO WORDS
HM BINA BREAK K BOLAE JAISAE TALL, SMALL,,GREAT,,,ETC BOL K DEKHO JAB
BOLO GAE TO LIPS BAND NI HOGAE TO INHAE SINGLE SYLLABLE BOLTAE H…..
BUT AB AGAR BEAUTIFULL
BOLO TO LIPS EK BAAR BAND HOGAE TO ISKO HM ER YA EST NI LAGA SAKTAE
EG-----GITA IS
BEAUTIFULLAR THAN SITA(WRONG)
GITA IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
SITA(RIGHT)
SOME MORE RULES------
1.USE OTHER WITH THAN ANY OR THAN MANY OR THAN SOME IN COMPARITIVE DGREE….
EG----RUBY IS PRECIOUS
THAN MANY GEMSTONES(WRONG)
RUBY IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN MANY OTHER GEMSTONES(RIGHT)
2.SOME IS USED IN AFFIRMATIVE SENSE AND ANY IS USED IN NEGATIVE SENSE…
EG----THERE IS SOME
WATER IN THE BOTTLE
WILL YOU HAVE SOME MILK??
SOME IS NOT USED IN NEGATIVE SENSE BUT IT CAN BE USED IN NEGATIVE NATURE OF
QUESTIONS
EG---- CAN’T U SPARE SOME TIME FOR SOCIAL WORK
ANY IS USED IN----
IN NEGATIVE SENTENCE
IN INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE
AFTER HARDLY,SCARCELY,BARELY,IF
3.OLDER AND OLDEST BELONGS TO THE PERSONS WHO
DOES NOT BELONGS TO THE FAMILY
EG----X IS OLDEST
MEMBER OF THE STAFF…..
4.ELDER AND
ELDEST ARE USED IN RESPECT OF MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY…
BOTH OF THESE ARE NOT
FOLLOWED BY THAN
THEY CANNOT BE USED
FOR THINGS….
5 .FEW /LITTLE IS NEGATIVE AND IS OPPOSITE OF MANY. IT MEANS NOT MANY
A
FEW /A LITTLE IS POSITIVE AND
MEANS SOME AT LEAST. IT IS OPPOSITE OF NONE.
THE
FEW/THE LITTLE MEANS MINORITY/QUANTITY AND SUGGESTS WHETHER THERE IS….
EXERCISE OF ADJECTIVE--------
1. KALIDAS IS GREATER THAN ANY DRAMATIST……
++ANY OTHER
2. MR.X
RAISINGHANIA IS THE MOST INDUSTRIOUS AND NOBLEST MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE STAFF…….
++MR.X IS THE NOBLEST AND MOST
INDUSTRIOUS MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE STAFF….
EX----WHEN 2 ADJECTIVES IN THE
COMPARITIVE OR SUPERLATIVE DEGREE COME TOGETHER THE ONE FORMED BY ADDING MORE
OR MOST SHOULD BE GIVEN SECOND POSITION….
3. T.V.
HAS PROVED MUCH HARMFUL THAN USEFUL….
++ MORE IN PLACE OF MUCH
4. NO
LESS THAN 5 STUDENTS WERE DROWNED….
++ NO FEWER THAN
EX-----LESS DENOTES QUANTITY IN
SMALL NUMBER……WHILE FEWER DENOTES NUMBER…..
5. HEALTH
IS MORE PREFERABLE THAN WEALTH….
++ HEALTH IS PREFERABLE TO WEALTH
EX-----REMEMBER THERE WERE 8 WORDS
WHICH ARE NEVER FOLLOWED BY THAN…..AND PREFERABLE IS USED AS COMPARITIVE DEGREE
AND IT IS FOLLOWED BY TO…..
6. LESS
BOOKS ARE NEEDED FOR THE LIBRARY…..
++ FEWER
EX----SEE ABOVE
7. INDIRA
GANDHI WAS THE FIRST POLITICIAN OF HER TIME…..
++FOREMOST
EX----FIRST DENOTES THE POSITION
…..WHILE FOREMOST MEANS MOST NOTABLE……..
8. HE
HAD ONLY THE FEW RUPEES LEFT…..
++A FEW
EX---THE FEW MEANS MINORITY…..WHILE
A FEW MEANS ATLEAST SOME….
9. THIS
IS THE MOST PERFECT SYSTEM…
++MOST NI AIGA
10. X
GOT CENT PER CENT MARKS IN ENGLISH….
++HUNDRED PERCENT
EX----CENT PER CENT IS SLANG
11. NO
OTHER MAN OF THE TOWN IS MORE WISER THAN MR.X
++NO OTHER MAN OF THE TOWN IS AS
WISE AS MR.X
EX---- WHEN SENTENCE STARTS WITH NO
OTHER IT IS A CASE OF POSITIVE DEGREE SO WE ARE SUPPOSED TO USE AS…..AS IN SUCH
CASES….
12. HE
GOT ONLY PASSING MARKS IN THE ENGLISH….
++PASS MARKS…
EX----- PASSING MARKS IS A SLANG
13. THESE
DAYS PEOPLE PREFER COFFEE THAN TEA
++COFFEE TO TEA
EX----AS MENTIONED ABOVE PREFER
,,,,,PREFERABLE IS FOLLOWED BY TO NOT THAN
14. RADHA
IS OLDER OF THE TWO SISTERS …
++ ELDER
EX-----ELDER ELDEST IS USED FOR
MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY….
15. THIS
WATCH IS SUPERIOR THAN THAT…
++SUPERIOR TO
EX----REMEMNER THOSE 8 WORDS FOLLOWED
BY TO
16. MY
AUNT HAS BEEN SICK FOR A VERY LONG TIME….
++ILL
EX----SICK MEANS SLIGHT
INDISPOSITION MATLAB HALKI FULKI TABYAT KHARAB……WHILE ILL MEANS UNWELL JYADA
KHARAB….
17. THE
CARPENTER TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT FEWER THAN RS 500….
++LESS THAN
EX-----LESS MEANS QUANTITY….FEWER
MEANS NUMBER
18. THE
COMMON FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN X AND Y IS GROWING DAY BY DAY…
++MUTUAL IN PLACE OF COMMON
EX-----MUTUAL MEANS
RECIPROCAL,,,,,,WHILE COMMON MEANS BELONGING TO MANY
19. EACH
BOYS ARE INTERESTED IN THE DEBATE
++BOY IS
EX----EACH,EVERY,EITHER AND NEITHER
ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY SINGULAR NOUN……
20. MR.X
REACHED LATTER THAN I EXPECTED….
++LATER
EX-----LATTER MEANS SECOND IN
POSITION OR ORDER……WHILE LATER MEANS LATE IN TIME….
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