To enlarge, quantify or modify the meaning of a noun.
A complete review of the different types of Adjectives, explaining how and when to use them. Examples, Exercises, Exams and downloads.
They serve to qualify the noun, add more information and description about it.
- Fat
- Short
- Good
- Long
- Cold
Examples
The cat is too fat.
That is not a good idea.
I live in a big house.
Where is my green book?
It is cold today.
They indicate the proximity of the person with whom or about who we are talking. They determine the location of the noun with respect to the elements in the sentence.
- This
- That
- These
- Those
Examples
This car is powerful.
Those apples look delicious.
That cat is going to jump!
These pencils are mine.
These drawings are perfect.
I like those jeans.
They express quantity imprecisely. They also qualify the noun imprecisely.
- Some
- Any
- Little
- Few
- Enough
- Many
- Much
Examples
I do not have enough money.
I want some biscuits, please.
There is not much time.
How many bottles are there?
I need a little change.
They identify the noun in the interrogative sentences.
- What?
- Who?
- Which?
- Where?
- When?
- How?
- Whose?
Examples
What are you doing?
Where is your bag?
Who are you looking for?
When are they coming?
How much is it?
They establish a possessive relation respect to the noun.
- My
- Your
- His
- Her
- Its
- Our
- Their
Examples
This is my car.
The dog is eating its bone.
They are our new friends.
She lost her bag.
Tom closed his shop.
They complement the noun, express a quantity or number of things.
- Five
- Ten
- First
- Second
- One
Examples
It is on the second floor.
I need one pencil.
There are five flowers.
Do you have ten minutes?
This is her first job.
- Good
- Fat
- Pretty
- Fast
- Cold
To identify the genre of the adjective, generally we have to take into account the attached noun.
Examples
She is a pretty girl.
This is a fast car.
This coffee is cold.
This dog is fat.
My book is good.
Excluding the quantitative and demonstrative adjectives, which have different form in singular and plural.
Examples
This flower.
These flowers.
Much milk.
Many biscuits.
Before The Noun
Generally, the adjectives are written before the noun.
The Tall Boy.
The (article) tall (adjective) boy (noun).
Examples
The tall boy.
My little dog.
The red bike.
I bought a pink dress.
She made a delicious cake.
When the adjective depends on the verb, it is written after it. Some examples...
- She looks beautiful.
- Andrew is intelligent.
- He feels bad.
- It smells good.
- They are blue.
We can use many adjectives together, there is an established order that has to be respected when we use several adjectives in the same sentence.
It is not necessary to use all the adjectives at the same time, generally we use no more than 3 of them in the same sentence to describe a noun. Some examples...
- A small pink bike.
- An awful new cotton hat.
- This is an enormous broken old American car.
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