Types of Adjectives in English

We are now going to look at the various different types of adjectives that can be used to spice up your sentences. There are two main types of adjectives as shown below.

Descriptive adjectives describe the quality of the noun. In fact, descriptive adjectives can be attributive adjectives or predicate adjectives.

Attributive adjectives appear before a noun in a sentence. In contrast, predicate adjectives tend to follow verbs. Become and look are examples of typical verbs in which adjectives follow.

While Limiting adjectives limit the noun being described. Each type of adjective helps to organize the almost limitless amount of adjectives. Where a particular adjective belongs depends on where we place it in a sentence.

There are different types of limiting adjectives as follows:

• Definite & Indefinite Articles
• Possessive Adjectives
• Demonstrative Adjectives
• Indefinite Adjectives
• Interrogative Adjectives
• Cardinal Adjectives
• Ordinal Adjectives
• Proper Adjectives
• Nouns used as Adjectives