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Adjective is always a qualifying word and it always qualifies only a Noun or a Pronoun.
Adjective is an attributive word and it always attributes either a Noun or a Pronoun.

It may be said that Adjectives are the adjuncts to a Noun or a Pronoun. So Adjectives are always NP related. Without being related with a Noun or a Pronoun an Adjective has no access to a Sentence.

A parasite never can survive beyond another tree. Likewise an Adjective cannot exist without being associated with a Noun or a Pronoun.

Suppose, ?He is an honest man?. Here, man is a Noun and the words ?an? and ?honest? are related to the word ?man?, so both the words are Adjectives.
But if we write ?He is an honest? which is not possible because there is no Noun or Pronoun for the words ?an? and ?honest? to qualify. So the Adjectives ?an? and ?honest? have no access to the sentence.

On the other hand if we rewrite the sentence just only omitting the article ?an? as He is honest?, it is quite possible. In this sentence the word ?honest? instantly goes to be related to the Subject ?He?, a Pronoun.

We should know one thing that an Article, as a part of a sentence, is an Adjective first because it is always related to a Noun and then it is an Article. ?Articles? is a sub-class of Adjective.

It does not a matter where an Adjective is arranged in a sentence, but it does a matter whether it is related to a Noun or a Pronoun or not. If not, it is never an Adjective but if it is related to a Noun or Pronoun, in any sentence, wherever its position maybe, it must be an Adjective, irrespective of its form and face.

And also it should be noted that in a sentence, there may be more than one Adjective to qualify or describe even a single Noun or a single Pronoun.

So an Adjective is a qualifying word that qualifies or describes only a Noun or a Pronoun, irrespective of its position in a sentence as well as irrespective of its form and face.

If it is not related to a Noun or a Pronoun it is never an Adjective. So to identify an Adjective we must find out its relation to a Noun or a Pronoun in the Sentence.
I need a red pen. Here, ?a? and ?red? is related to ?pen?. ?pen? is a noun here because it is the Object of the Verb ?need?. So ?a? and ?red? is related to a Noun. That?s why ?a? and ?red? must be Adjectives.

Note that an Adjective should be used in adjective form. For example, ?good? and ?well? bear nearly the same meaning but they are used in sentences differently.

Follow the sentences: ?He is a good boy? but never possible that ?He is a well boy?.

On the other hand, ?She dances well? but never possible that ?She dances good.? Because, both have the same meaning but ?good? is in Adjective form but ?well? is in Adverb form. Only Adjectives but never Adverbs qualify or describe a Noun or a Pronoun.

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Verb is a word that indicates an action that means to do something. So it must have a doer. Nothing can be done without a doer. So every verb must have a Subject.

Suppose, walk. It is not a verb because it has no subject i.e. the action is done by none. But the word is in verb form. It can be used as a verb with a Subject. But without a Subject it cannot be called a Verb.

So a word is a Verb when it indicates an action and takes a Subject. No finite Verb is possible without a Subject and also no Subject is possible without a finite Verb. Subject and finite Verb are closely related to each other.

Of course, in the sentence ?Read the book?, there is no Subject or no doer and also the verb ?Read? is not a finite Verb. It is a non-finite Verb having no Subject. And the Sentence is an Imperative Sentence. All the Imperative Sentences are Informal English.

We can consider another Verb in a Sentence ?He is honest? where the Subject ?He? does nothing i.e. no action is performed by the Subject. In spite of that in the Sentence ?is? is the Verb and a finite Verb because it has a Subject ?He?.

Here it is called a Linking Verb. Because whenever Verb ?to be? is used as a Principal Verb, it is always Linking Verb.

          So we can also say that Verb is a word that can take a Subject.

          ?You should man the orphan?, here, the word 'man' took the place of a Verb and also takes a Subject ?you?, that is why ?man? is a Verb. Similarly, in ?I shall book a ticket, ?book? is also a verb.

  ?Think before you ink?, here, ?ink? is a verb because it has a Subject ?you?.
So Verb is an action word but it must have a Subject. And even not being an action word, whenever it takes a Subject, it must also be a Verb.

Adverb is a modifying word. Its function in a sentence is to modify the Adjectives, Verbs and other Adverbs. Like Adjective, an Adverb cannot be used in a Sentence independently without being related to other words or other Parts of Speech. But unlike Adjective, Adverb is related to Adjective, Verb and Adverb whereas Adjective is related to Noun and Pronoun.

The functions of Adjective and Adverb are nearly the same but their fields are different. Adjective follows the Noun and the Pronoun, on the other hand, Adverb follows the Adjective, the Verb and the Adverb.

Adjective never qualifies other than Noun and Pronoun but Adverb never modifies a Noun and a Pronoun. Adverb always modifies other than a Noun and a Pronoun.

?He is very slow?, here, ?slow? qualifies the Pronoun ?He?. So ?slow? is an Adjective. But ?very? modifies ?slow? which is an Adjective. So ?very? is the Adverb.

Again, in ?He walks very slowly?, ?slowly? is related to the Verb ?walks?. So ?slowly? is an Adverb. Again, as ?very? modifies the Adverb ?slowly?, ?very' is also an Adverb. Now it is clearly observed that an Adverb can also modify another Adverb.

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Follow the Sentences: He is a good boy. Here. ?good? is related to and qualifies the Noun 'boy'. So ?good? is Adjective here. But in ?He played well today?, here, both ?well? and ?today? are related to and modify the Verb ?played?. So both of them are Adverb but ?well? is Adverb of Manner and ?today? is Adverb of Time.

We get an Adverb normally by adding ?ly? to an Adjective.

That is (Adjective + ly) = Adverb. For example, slow + ly= slowly, wonderful + ly = wonderfully, final + ly = finally and so on.

So whenever we will use a word to modify an Adjective or a Verb or an Adverb, we must turn the word into an Adverb.

Remember that an Adjective qualifies only a Noun and a Pronoun and never an adjective, a Verb and an Adverb. On the other hand, an Adverb always modifies an Adjective, a Verb and another Adverb and never a Noun and a Pronoun.

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