INTRODUCTION

She is tall and slim.

She has black hair.
Don’t be silly.
He is quite young.
They are very clever.
He is old.
CATEGORIES

Adjectives fall into two categories:

descriptive limiting.

the color, size or place restrictions on

quality of a person, the words they
thing (noun or modify (quantity,
pronoun). distance,
possession, etc).
POSITIONS

when an adjective comes

before a noun, that is a
modifier of the noun or it is
The most also called an attributive
important adjective
positions
when adjectives also come
after the verb BE. In this
position, the adjective is
called the complement or a
predicative adjective.
ORDER

The order of adjectives before a noun is not

always fixed.

It is able to using ordering word such

describing, expressing, felling, size, age, color,
defining and noun.

But it can have more than two adjectives in a

series, including more than one adjective of the
same type.
EXAMPLES

The young should look after the old.

The English have a lot to learn from the Indonesian.
My sister keeps her room very tidy.
The boys involved were sent away to another college.
Angry and disappointed the crowd attached the building.
Careful!, Sorry!
A beautiful green carpet.
An old black horse.
Those funny little flowers.
A fine old friend.
A young Javanese medical worker.
A splendid white king chicken.
COMPARATIVE

Most adjective also have comparative form

using er or more, or superlative form using
est or most. But some adjectives do not
normally have comparative and superlative.

Good-Better-Best
Large-Lager-Largest
Fortune-More fortune-Most fortune
WORDS WHICH MODIFY

Very or another adverb of degree can modify

most adjectives, the adverb modifier + adjective
can modify the noun or act as complement.

This book was written by a very famous author.

The author of this book is very famous.
She had been singing a very beautiful classic song.
Every student has a very clever attitude character.
The Brasilia football team has a very fast response player.
Villa always provide with a very comfortable pool.
FORMS

Most common adjectives have no special

ending, they can usual be paired with
adjectives pf opposite meaning.

But it can recognized

many adjectives by
their ending al, ed, ic, id, ent, ble,
ing, ly, ive, an, ous,
ar, ful, less, like, ish,
en, ry and tish.
SPECIAL PATTERN

Some adjectives are followed by special

patterns which complete the meaning. The
most important patterns are adjective with
prepositional phrase, adjective with that clause,
it with be with adjective with that clause,
adjective with to with verb.
EXAMPLES
Actual, mental, physical, special.
Enjoyable, fashionable, sensible, probable.
Familiar, particular, popular, similar.
Amusing, disappointing, growing, willing
Careless, childless, harmless, harmless.
Daily, Solid, wooden, ordinary

I am afraid of heights.
You are hopeless at sport.
She is happy that you arrived safely.
It is essential that the parcel sent completely.
They are ready to sign the agreement.
This big car is difficult to park.