Adjective

Numeral Adjective for Class 5 English

Numeral adjectives indicate the place, position or number of nouns in a specific order. It is used to indicate the number of persons or objects. In this chapter students will learn the numeral adjective definition, its usage and common errors that might occur while using them.

In this learning concept, students will learn the following:

• Types of adjective of number with examples and explanation.
• Adjective of number examples in sentences.
• Definite numeral adjective examples, sub-types(ordinal adjective cardinal adjective etc.) and definition.
• Indefinite Numeral adjective with explanation and examples.
• Distributive numeral adjective with definition and examples.

All the learning concepts of class 5 have used vivid examples, illustrations and mind maps to make them interesting and easy to understand. Students can also access the adjective of number worksheets to check their understanding of the topic. The solutions to these worksheets are also available in easily downloadable PDF format.

Definition

Adjective of number shows the number of nouns or pronouns and their position. It is also known as numeral adjectives.

Types of Adjectives of Number

There are three types of adjectives of numbers. They are as follows:

1. Definite Numeral Adjective
• They show exact numbers. There are three types of definite numeral adjectives.
• Adjective of number is used with the countable nouns.


Examples:

1. You will get only one piece of cake.
2. She has stood second in the race.
3. All double rooms have been booked in this hotel.
2. Indefinite Numeral Adjective

Adjectives speak about the number of adjectives. These words show indefinite numbers.

Examples:

1. My grandmother has sent a lot of mangoes.
2. Today there were few vehicles on the road.
3. He ate all the chocolates in that packet.

Let us take a look at a set of indefinite numeral adjectives given in the table below:

Indefinite Numeral Adjectives
all	any
anything	enough
few	One
Some	no
certain	several
most of	many
everything	none

3. Distributive Numeral Adjective
• A distributive numeral adjective shows every individual in the whole group has the quality. They slightly modify the meaning of a sentence.
• They basically refer to singular nouns among many. These adjectives are usually followed by a single noun and a verb.

Examples:

1. Every student received their report cards.
2. He carried the luggage using both hands.
3. Each student will get a bar of chocolate for scoring more than 60%.

Let us take a look at a set of distributive numeral adjectives given below in the table.

Common Mistake

1. Students tend to get confused between words used as indefinite numeral adjectives with the correct noun.

Examples:

1. I have bought some mangoes.
2. There are enough players in their team.
2. Distributive numeral adjective is followed by the singular noun and singular verb. Do not use plural nouns in the sentence.

Examples:

Every student stood up when the principal entered.

3. However, while using words like every one of, each of, neither of, either of, plural nouns and verbs are used in the sentence.

Examples:

Either of the girls got a gift for the teacher.