Adjectives.

Adjectives are words that are used to tell you more about nouns. Adjectives are of many different kinds. Sometimes they are kinds that we often do not think of as adjectives For example: A red house. One man.

Grammar of adjectives.
There are two ways to use grammar with adjectives - before a noun or after a verb. For example: A big ball The ball is big (You will notice from this that the verb "to be" is often found with adjectives es!ecially adjectives after verbs." Sometimes adjectives are made from nouns # For example: English from England $ Hungry from hunger %r from verbs For example: Slippery from to slip $ Shiny from to shine. &ouns can also be made into adjectives without any change For example: Hotel rooms $ Computer software $ London underground. Adjectives don't change in (nglish. They don't have !lurals and they don't change if they are describing men or women. For example: A happy man. $ A happy woman. $ Two happy girls. $ Two happy boys. Adjectives have a certain order# . number !. descri!tion ". si)e #. age $. colour %. material &. nationality '.noun adjective$!artici!le. For example: ()o beautiful small ne) blac* leather Spanish riding boots. *ut we do not normally use more than three adjectives before a noun. +nstead we !ut an e,tra !art (called a clause+ afterward. For example: The big old house was dar* and empty. $ She had t)o big blac* dogs which were noisy and friendly.

+f we use more than one adjective after a verb we usually !ut and between the adjectives# For example: The house was old and dar* and empty." +f we are making a list we can !ut several adjectives after a verb (usually "to be"" with only one and For example: She is la,y stupid slo) and rude.

Some special types of Adjective

As well as the usual adjectives there are some s!ecial kinds to remember# Adjectives of number# For example: There are t)o ducks. $ There are many !eo!le here. $ Take the third bus. Adjectives of feeling. Sometimes you find these where you might e,!ect an adverb For example: You sound happy. $ + feel bad. $ -e seems angry. Adjectives of time. For example: +t is early. $ -esterday afternoon. -e is a fre.uent visitor. Some adjectives are small sentences by themselves. These "com!ound adjectives" are often joined by hy!hens ( - " For example: A seventeen/year/old boy. *ut not always # For example: A 0e) -ear1s 2ay !arty. Still to come ... There are also adjectives called !artici!les but we will do them at another time. .e often com!are things using adjectives - but that is for another lesson (on comparatives"