| Adjectives | |
| Adjectives are used to describe nouns, pronouns, and noun phrases. An adjective "modifies" a noun (a nice poem ). Adjectives can come before a noun (I like white chocolate.) or after certain verbs (The sky is cloudy). We can often use two or more adjectives together (a nice blue Japanese car). They give more details or information about the nouns they are associated with. | |
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A: Tell me about Ahmad. B: Well, he is tall, dark, and handsome. | |
| Adjectives can be used to answer the questions What kind (of) … or Which one? | |
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A: Hi. I'd like to see the mosque you are building. B: It’s a great mosque. It’s huge . A: What kind of stones do you use? B: They’re very thick and expensive. A: Hand me a towel. B: Which one do you want? A: The red towel. The red one. | |
| Adjectives come before the nouns they modify (not after). | |
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Many fortunate people saw the prophet. What kind of people? Fortunate people. | |
| Adjectives can also be used with linking verbs to describe the subject of a sentence. When used in this manner, the adjective(s) come after the linking verb. | |
| My friend is tall and slender. | |
| Seem, become, appear, and verbs of perception can also be used as linking verbs. Note how they are used with adjectives in the following. | |
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Mount Uhud seemed high. The flowers smell nice today. A: What do you want to do this weekend? B: Swimming sounds good. | |
| Adjectives are the same for all nouns. They do not change for plurals. | |
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Example: I took a sick man to the
hospital. I took sick men to the hospital. | |
| If a group of words containing a subject and verb acts as an adjective, it is called an Adjective Clause. | |
| My brother, who is much richer than I am, is a teacher. | |
| If an adjective clause is stripped of its subject and verb, the resulting modifier becomes an Adjective Phrase. | |
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He is the friend | |