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Read and learn about adjectives!
Adjectives are words that describe, modify, or provide more information about nouns or pronouns. They tell us about qualities, quantities, or characteristics of a noun.
For example: The blue sky is beautiful.
Descriptive adjectives describe qualities of a noun.
For example: happy, tall, small, red, intelligent
Quantitative adjectives indicate quantity or amount.
For example: some, many, few, several, ten
Demonstrative adjectives point to specific nouns.
For example: this, that, these, those
Possessive adjectives show possession or ownership.
For example: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Interrogative adjectives are used in questions.
For example: which, what, whose
Proper adjectives are derived from proper nouns and are capitalized.
For example: French wine, American culture, Shakespearean drama
Comparative and superlative adjectives are used for comparison.
For example: big → bigger → biggest
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When multiple adjectives are used, they follow a specific order:
Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose
Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose
For example: A beautiful (opinion) small (size) old (age) round (shape) red (colour) Italian (origion) wooden (material) table.
Adjectives usually go before the noun they describe.
For example: A red dress.
Adjectives can also go after a linking verb.
For example: The dress is red.
Adjectives modify nouns (a happy child), while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (sings happily).