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Interrogative, Exclamatory and Emphatic Adjectives

Read these sentences.

1. Which tree did the boy love? (Interrogative)
2. What a generous tree! (Exclamatory)

3. What lovely flowers! (Exclamatory)

4. Only I could attend the party. (Emphatic)
In sentence 1, ‘which’ is used to ask a question, so it is an interrogative adjective.
In sentences 2 and 3, ‘what’ has been used to show exclamation, so it is an exclamatory

adjective.
In sentence 4, ‘only’ is used for emphasis, so it is an emphatic adjective.

E. Identify the adjectives and state their kind in these sentences.
1. The big boy did not climb the tree.

2. Which house did the boy want to buy?
3. The boy made one boat and sailed away.

4. Rajeev was the second runner to finish the race.
5. Only she knows the truth.

6. What lovely gems and stones!
7. There is some sugar in the bowl.

8. That scarf is Rita’s. My scarf is here.

Placement of an Adjective in a Sentence

We can use an adjective either attributively (before the noun or pronoun it describes) or
predicatively (i.e., at the end of a sentence).

Read these sentences.
1. Suresh is a kind person. (Attributive use)
2. Suresh is kind. (Predicative use)

When we use an adjective just before a noun, it is called attributive use of an adjective.
When it is used at the end of a sentence, it is said to be in predicative use.

F. Circle the adjectives and state whether they have been used
attributively or predicatively.

1. The soldiers of our country are brave.
2. My mother is an affectionate person.

3. I know people who are always helpful.
4. The kind lady helps the needy.

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