Question

What type of adjective is highlighted in the given sentence?
Some people think that they are so clever that they can play mischief and get away unnoticed.
a- Adjective of quality
b- Adjective of quantity
c- Adjective of number
d- Demonstrative Adjective

Answer 1

Hint: An adjective refers to a word that is used to describe a noun or a pronoun in a given sentence. We use ‘some’ to indicate the amount or value of something or someone that is unknown or unquantified.

Complete answer:
 We use ‘some’ with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
Example- i) There are some children playing in the garden.
ii) There is some butter in the fridge.
Here, in i) ‘some’ is used with the plural countable noun, ‘children’, whereas in ii) ‘some’ is used with the uncountable noun ‘butter’.
In the given question: ‘Some’ is used with plural countable noun ‘people’. And we use ‘adjective of number’ with countable nouns.
Now, let’s look at the given options-
Option a- ‘Adjective of quality’ is used to describe the quality or nature of a noun or a pronoun. Example- Silky suit, soft bed etc. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option b- ‘Adjective of quantity’ is used to indicate the unspecified value or amount of something. It is generally used with uncountable nouns. Example- Few books, little water etc. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option c- ‘Adjective of number’ is used to indicate the position of a noun or a pronoun in a specific order. It is used with countable nouns and ‘people’ is a countable noun. Hence, it is the correct option.
Option d- ‘Demonstrative adjective’ is used to indicate the position of a noun or a pronoun in time or space. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘c’.

Note:
 ‘Some’ is known as a ‘quantifier’ or a ‘indefinite numeral adjective’ that is used to indicate the unspecified quantity or value of something or someone.