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Adjectives
beautiful funny
colorful high
Definition of Adjective
We use an adjective to describe a noun and a pronoun.
a thing
Articles are adjectives :
A dog
The happy girl
An apple
Some apples
Few people
Example:
happy dog
tired boy
seven girls
Where an Adjective Goes in a Sentence
An adjective can also come after certain verbs.
These include:
be (am, is, are), seem, look, appear, sound,
smell, taste, feel,
get, become, remain, keep.
Incorrect:
The blacks dogs bark every night when
I go to sleep.
Exception: Demonstrative Adjectives:
this, that, these, those
Singular
This hat is mine.
That hat is yours.
Plural
These hats are mine.
Those hats are yours.
The laptop computer has a blue
screen and a black screen.
1
The big yellow bus is taking
the wrong road.
2
That big bad dog is always at
the park
3
We saw a gray elephant at the
zoo.
4
He found five coins on the ground.
5
The young boy is very, very
fat.
6
The football team
won the big game easily!
7
Mom and dad always
help me with my English
homework.
8
Adjectives: Word Order
Adjectives which give us objective Adjectives which tell us what someone
information are called fact adjectives: thinks of someone are called opinion
sunny, hot, young, large adjectives: nice, ugly, pretty
Sometimes there are two or more fact adjectives. Put them in the following
order:
a tall young man big blue eyes a small black plastic bag
Common Adjective Endings
Sometimes we can recognize an adjective by its ending.
Endings include:
-able, -al, -en, -ful, -ic, -ive, -less, -ous, -y
admirable active
natural careless
wooden funny
beautiful serious
Comic healthy