What are adjectives?
- Adjectives are words that modify nouns or pronouns. That is, they give us specific information about these nouns/pronouns. This information can be related to appearance, size, color, behavior, etc.
- Adjectives don’t have a plural form; i.e., they never take the plural “s”.
Examples:
- Tom is an excellent student.
- Tom and his brother are excellent students.
Uses of adjectives
- Subject+verb+adjective+noun
When an adjective describes a noun, it is placed after the verb.
Examples:
- Peter and his parents live in a nice villa
- Paula speaks good English.
- Subject+to be+adjective
When an adjective describes the subject, it is placed after “to be”.
Examples:
- This exercise is difficult
- Rolls Royce cars are expensive.
Take a look at the table below, as it shows more adjectives uses.
Exercise
Use the words below to form correct sentences. Pay attention to adjective placements.
- neighbor-My-rich-is.
- brides-young-The-are.
- Is-Peter-intelligent
- woman-old–strong-very-is-The.
- good-He-now-is.
- are-fishermen-great-They.
- is-Shakespear-English-playwright-an.
- son-rude-His-was-him-to.
- a-Jane-player-is-tennis.famous.
- couldn’t-She-bear-pain-severe-the.
