Adjective Written by Cat Carol & Bamboo

Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Definition

For example: A wooden chair

A beautiful flower

A new Lamborghini

Some fresh vegetables

Your turn now(1) Some/three thick books

Adjectives can be formed by adding: able al ar ary ate en ible ic ish ive ful less ly some ous y

For example: reasonable national regular imaginary legitimate wooden flexible energetic foolish talkative careful fearless lovely quarrelsome cautious healthy

Adjective patterns Adjectives expressing emotion or desire are usually followed by an infinitive. Such as: sorry, glad, happy, anxious, eager, curious, (un)willing, reluctant.

Present participles & past participles also follow the same pattern. Present participles:delighting, interesting, surprising. Past participles:pleased, delighted, shocked.

For example: We are glad to know that you have recovered. I am pleased to meet you. The crying baby is my sister.

Personal qualities kind, good, bad, nice, naughty, wise, foolish, cruel may be used in any of these patterns: You were kind to help us. It was kind of you to help us. How kind of you to help us.

Impersonal Adjectives Necessary, dangerous, easy, difficult, (im)possible, important, essential, etc are used in this pattern: It was easy (for him) to work out the problem.

Which of the following clauses are correct? 1a. little brown house b. brown little house   2a. Italian red sports car b. red Italian sports car

Order of Adjective: Ⅰ Determiners Ⅱ Observation Ⅲ Size & shape Ⅳ Age Ⅴ Color Ⅵ Origin Ⅶ Material Ⅷ Qualifier

More examples: delicious Thai some food Some delicious Thai food

Your turn now(2a) hair her black long Her long, black hair.

Your turn now(2b) my younger lazy selfish fat brother My lazy, selfish, fat, younger brother.

Adjective clause If a group of words containing a subject and verb acts as an adjective, it is called an Adjective Clause

For example: My sister, who is much older than I am, is a computer engineer.

Adjective Phrase If an adjective clause is stripped of its subject and verb, the resulting modifier becomes an Adjective Phrase

For example: He is the man who is keeping my family in the poorhouse.

Position of Adjectives In a sentence, adjectives nearly always appear immediately before the noun or noun phrase that they modify.

For example: Stella is a careful girl. It is a red book.

Degree of Adjective Positive than Comparative than The The Superlative

For example: PositiveComparativeSuperlative richricher richest lovelylovelier loveliest beautifulmore beautiful most beautiful

Irregular comparative & superlative forms PositiveComparativeSuperlative goodbetter best badworse worst farfurther furthest littleless least

Adjective & preposition good at tennis. fond of She is interested in about it? Are you sure of his honesty?

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