Question

Identity which class the underlined adjective belongs :
He is a man of few words.
a) Definite Numeral Adjective
b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective
c) Distributive Adjective
d) Demonstrative Adjective

Answer 1

Hint: Adjective is a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. Its semantic role is to change the information given by the noun.

Complete answer:
There are many classes of adjectives. In the given question, we are asked to identify the class of adjectives of the given/underlined word, that is, “few”. Few is: consisting or amounting to only a small number. For example One of our few plans. Few is – at least some but intermediately small in number. It is used as an adjective.

Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer:
Option ‘a’ is a Definite Numeral Adjective. This is an adjective that tells us about how many or how much or in what order the noun is in. It uses cardinals(numbers used in an amount) and ordinal(numbers used as an order). For example three, third.
Option ‘b’ is Indefinite Numeral Adjective. It gives us an idea as to how many but not specifically. For example little, few.
Option ‘c' is Distributive Adjective. It tells us something about the group.
Option ‘d’ is Demonstrative Adjective. These are special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space. For example: this, that, these, those.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the class of adjectives of the underlined word, few, is – Indefinite Numeral Adjective.
So, the correct answer is “Option b”.

Note:
Don’t get confused between a distributive adjective and indefinite numeral adjective. They both have, unlike terms and definitions.