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Unit 5: Parts of Speech: Adjective and Preposition

• The most common of the so-called a- adjectives are ablaze, afloat, afraid, aghast, alert, Notes
alike, alive, alone, aloof, ashamed, asleep, averse, awake, aware.
• A combination of verb and preposition is called a phrasal verb.

5.6 Keywords

Articles : A, An, and The are the articles.
Degrees : Used to compare the adjectives.

Comparative : Used for comparing two things.
Superlative : Used for comparing three or more things.
Determiners : Articles and other limiters.
Qualifiers : Find limiter, often regarded as part of the noun.
A-Adjectives : The words ablaze, afloat, afraid, aghast, alert, alike, alive, alone, asleep etc.
are called A-Adjectives.

5.7 Review Questions

1. Write down all parts of speech and explain.
2. Define adjectives and explain with examples.
3. What is preposition and how it is used?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. three 2. superlative
3. than 4. relationship
5. pronoun.

5.8 Further Readings

Books English for Competitive Exams, By Dr. R.P. Bhatnagar
Unique Quintessence of General English, Edited By Dr. S. Sen & Others and revised by
Dr. G.S. Mansukhani

A Background to the Study of English Literature, D.K. Patnaik, Swastik Publications

Online links www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/preposit.html

http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/grammar/ch34-degofadj.htm

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