What are the types of Adjectives?

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The Adjetives are of following types:

Type of Adjective

Function / Usage

Examples

Descriptive Adjectives

Tells about quality or kind of a person/thing

tall, beautiful, soft

Quantitative Adjectives/Adjectives of Quantity

Tell us about the quantity of a thing

many, few, some

Demonstrative Adjectives

Tell us about a specific thing or person which is meant

this, that, these, those

Possessive Adjectives

Show ownership or possession

my, your, his, their

Interrogative Adjectives

Asks questions about nouns

which, what, whose

Distributive Adjectives

Refer to individual members of a group separately

each, every, either, neither

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

Show comparisons between two or more nouns

bigger, best, more intelligent

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