Watch, 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.
Classification of adjectives:
- 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
Comparison of Adjectives
Before learning more about adjectives, review what you already know about them from 5th grade — Comparison of Adjectives.
Comparative and superlative adjectives are used for comparison.
For example:
big — bigger — biggest
Order of Adjectives before the Noun
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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.
Place of Adjective in the Sentence
Adjectives usually go before the noun they describe.
For example:
A red dress.
Adjectives can also go after a linking verb "to be".
For example:
The dress is red.
Adjectives modify nouns (a happy child), while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (sings happily).