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Parts of Speech - Adjective

In the series of PARTS OF SPEECH now we are going to learn about two of the parts of speech called ADJECTIVE. What is an ADJECTIVE? A word that describes about the noun in a sentence is adjective. It takes place generally in the left side of a noun. A pronoun cannot be used with an adjective. Examples: James is a good singer. In the above sentence GOOD is an adjective, which describes about the noun James. See more examples. That temple is very powerful. THAT is adjective because it describes about a temple. We all know that all temples are powerful, but here THAT describes a particular temple as a powerful one. So THAT a demonstrative pronoun here plays the role of an adjective. We can use demonstrative pronoun as an adjective. See another example. All politicians are not honest in our country. (HONEST describes the noun all politicians). See more examples: 1. John has been a tremendous scientist since 1980. (tremendous describes about John’s