1. ADJECTIVES Giving Information about People and Things
2. Adjectives 1
When you want to give further information about something, than
you can give by using a noun alone, you can use an adjective
toidentifyit ordescribeit in more detail.
anewidea.
anew creativeidea.
Ideas there areimportant .
3. Adjectives 2
The form of an adjectivedoes not change : you use the same form
for singular and plural.
The nextgoodplac ewas forty-five miles further on.
Goodplac esto fish were hard to find.
4. Adjectives 3
When the adjective informationis notthe main purpose of a
statement, they are placedin front of a noun .
HotCoffee.
She had abeautifulsmile.
5. Adjectives 4
Sometimes the main purpose of a statement is to give the
information expressed by an adjective. When this happens,
adjectives are placesafter a linking verb .
Imcold .
She becameill .
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There is a large group of adjectives which identifies qualities
that someone or something has. These are calledqualitative
adjectives .
asadstory.
asmallchild.
I think it would bewiseto give up.
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There is another large group of adjectives which identifies
someone or something as a member of a class. These are called
theclassifying adjectives .
financialhelp.
abdominalpains.
amedievalmanuscript.
mydailyshower.
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There is a small group of adjectives which identifies the
colour of something. They are calledcolour adjectives .
herblueeyes.
aredballoon.
Thescarletletter.
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Another small group of adjectives are used to emphasizefeelings
or things you are talking about. These adjectives are
calledemphasizing adjectives .
He made me feel like acompleteidiot.
Some of it wasabsoluterubbish.
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There is a small group of adjectives which is used in a very
similar way to determiners to make the reference more precise.
These are calledpostdeterminersbecause their place in a noun group
is immediately after the determiner, if there is one, and before
any other adjectives.
Thefollowingbrief description
certainbasic human qualities.
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There are a large number of English adjectives ending in ing,
many of which are related to thepresent participleof a verb.
According to some grammars they are calleding adjectives .
a veryconvincingexample.
Asurprisingnumber of men stay bachelors.
a warmwelcomingsmile.
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There is also a large number of English adjectives ending in
ed, many of which are related to the past participle of a verb. In
some grammars they are calleded adjectives . The irregular past
participles are also included.
Was it abrokenbone?
adisappointedman.
sophisticatedelectronic devices.
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Compound adjectives are made up of two or more words, usually
written with hyphens between them.