Formation of Adjectives

It is very important to know the formation of Adjectives. The adjectives can be formed from the nouns, the verbs and other adjectives by adding prefixes and suffixes. 

Common suffixes used to form adjectives:

Common prefixes used to form adjectives:

Forming adjectives from Nouns:

Forming adjectives from Verbs:

Formation of Adjectives from other Adjectives:

Points to Focus:

Sometimes, we get confused with

-ing adjectives and -ed adjectives.

–ing adjectives – They describe the effect

-ed adjectives – They describe how a person feels

• His speech bored the audience. So they started clapping before it ended.
• His speech was very boring
• I am very much interested in his speech.
• His speech is very interesting.
• We were shocked to hear the news.
• It was very shocking news

• Proper Adjectives
• Adjectives of Quality (Qualitative Adjectives/Descriptive Adjectives)
• Adjectives of Quantity (Quantitative Adjectives)
• Adjectives of Number (Numeral Adjectives)
• Demonstrative Adjectives
• Interrogative Adjectives
• Distributive Adjectives
• Possessive Adjectives (Pronominal)
• Emphasizing Adjectives
• Exclamatory Adjectives
• Participle Adjectives
• Relative Adjectives
• Compound Adjectives