Adjectives : describing words
 
 
 
ADJECTIVES : Describing words.

Adjectives in English

What are Adjectives?

"Adjectives are describing words."

A word used with a noun to express the quality, quantity, numbers or point out person / thing, is called adjectives. They tell us what kind of, how many, how much, what color etc. persons, places, animals and things are.

» Adjectives are used as:

(1) Attributive use

(2) Predicative use

Uses of Adjectives:
(1) Attributive use

When an adjective word(s) are used with a noun, is called attributive use.

Word Adjective+Noun   Word Adjective+Noun
Girl Beautiful Girl Building Large Building
Tree Tall Tree Book Nice Book
Flower Lovely Flower Student Clever Student
Examples:
  • • This is a tall tree.
  • • Rose is a lovely flower.
  • • Mona is a beautiful girl.
  • • That is a large building.
  • • Krish is a clever student.
  • • English Mirror is a nice book to learn grammar.
(2) Predicative use

When an adjective word(s) are used with a verb and forms a part of predicate is called predicative use.

Examples:
  • • He is alive.
  • • She is afraid.
  • • They are dead.
  • • The boy is lazy.
  • • He looked happy.
Other usage of Adjectives : (Before Noun and After Noun)

Usually / Generally adjective is placed before the noun but sometimes it is placed after noun also.

Examples: Adjective Before Noun
  • • She has a sweet (Adj.) voice. (Noun).
  • • We found an empty (Adj.) room. (Noun).
  • • Anu likes spicy (Adj.) food. (Noun). - (What kind of food?)
  • • Alok won three (Adj.) prizes. (Noun). - (How many prizes?)
  • • I gave her a red (Adj.) rose. (Noun). - (Rose of what color?)
Examples: Adjective After Noun
  • • The Sun (Noun) is bright. (Adj.)
  • • Her voice (Noun) is/was sweet. (Adj.)
  • • The room (Noun) is/was empty. (Adj.)
Related Topics :
Types of Noun in English Language
Types of Pronoun in English Language
Types of Verb in English Language
Types of Adverb in English Language
Types of Adjective in English Language
Kinds of Preposition in English Language
Types of Conjunction in English Language
Uses of Interjection words in English Language

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