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Adjectives : describing words

ADJECTIVES : Describing words.

Adjectives in EnglishAdjectives 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.)


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