adjectives

2.  Before a noun
-- She has a beautiful handwriting
 After a verb
-- Her handwriting is beautiful

3.  Amusing
 Shocking
 Surprising
 Frightening
 Interesting
 Disappointing
 Exciting
 Tiring
 Worrying
 Boring
 Terrifying
 annoying
 Amused
 Shocked
 Surprised
 Frightened
 Interested
 Disappointed
 Excited
 Tired
 Worried
 Bored
 Terrified
 annoyed
If you call something interesting
you mean it interests you.
If you call something frightening
you mean it frightens you.
I read a very interesting article
in the newspaper today.
That Dracula film was absolutely
terrifying.
If something annoys you, you
can say you feel annoyed.
If something interests you, you
can say you are interested.
The children had nothing to do.
They were bored.

4. 1. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
A) dirty old flannel
B) flannel old dirty
C) old dirty flannel
2. Pass me the ________ cups.
A) plastic big blue
B) big blue plastic
C) big plastic blue
3. All the girls fell in love with the
________ teacher.
A) handsome new American
B) American new handsome
C) new handsome American
4. I used to drive ________ car.
A) a blue old German
B) an old German blue
C) an old blue German
ANSWERS : 1 A – 2 B – 3 A – 4 C

5. 5. He recently married a ________
woman.
A) young beautiful Greek
B) beautiful young Greek
C) beautiful Greek young
6. This is a ________ movie.
A) new Italian wonderful
B) wonderful Italian new
C) wonderful new Italian
7. She is a ________ supermodel.
A) beautiful slim Brazilian
B) Brazilian beautiful slim
C) slim Brazilian beautiful
8. It's in the ________ container.
A) large blue metal
B) blue large metal
C) blue metal large
9. He sat behind a ________
desk.
A) big wooden brown
B) big brown wooden
C) wooden big brown
10. She gave him a ________
vase.
A) small Egyptian black
B) black Egyptian small
C) small black Egyptian
ANSWERS : 5 B – 6 C – 7 A – 8 A – 9 B – 10 C

6. a pullover (nice/new)
a nice new pullover
a pullover (new/green)
a new green pullover
a house (beautiful/old)
a beautiful old house
a pair of gloves (black/leather)
a pair of black leather gloves
a film (old/American)
an old American film
a face (thin/long)
a long thin face
clouds (black/big)
big black clouds
a day (sunny/lovely)
a lovely sunny day
an avenue (wide/long)
a long wide avenue
a table (wooden/beautiful/round)
a beautiful round wooden table
a box (metal/black/small)
a small black metal box
a cat (fat/big/black)
a big fat black cat
a little village (old/lovely/little)
a lovely little old village
hair (long/black/beautiful)
beautiful long black hair
an umbrella (red/enormous/yellow)
an enormous red, yellow umbrella
a wall (brick/red/high)
a high red brick wall
a dress (colorful/long/silk)
a long colorful silk dress
a painting (old/interesting/French)
an interesting old French painting
a temple (ancient/Buddhist/tall)
a tall ancient Buddhist temple
a witch (toothless/ugly/old)
an old ugly toothless witch

7. Descriptive adjective or adjective of quality
These adjectives describe nouns that refer to action, state, or quality
dangerous chemicals
green vegetables
a square box
a big house
a tall tree
a cold morning
a true story
English language
Mediterranean country.

8. Adjective of quantity
An adjective of quantity tells us the number (how many) or amount
(how much) of a noun.
He has eaten three apples.
I don’t have much money.
There is so much wine for the guests.
This long, thin centipede has many legs.

9. Demonstrative adjective
A demonstrative adjective (this, that, these, those) shows the noun it
modifies is singular or plural and whether the position of the noun is
near or far from the person who is speaking or writing. A demonstrative
adjective also points out a fact about the noun.
This red balloon is mine and those three yellow ;ones are yours.
This cute baby is his brother. That cute baby is his sister.
These two fat cats have tails, but that thin cat doesn’t have a tail.

10. Possessive adjectives/pronouns
Singular Plural
my Our
your Your
his Their
her their
its their
Possessive adjective
A possessive adjective expresses possession of a noun by someone or
something. Possessive adjectives are the same as possessive
pronouns. All the possessive adjectives are listed in the following table:
Examples of possessive
adjectives/pronouns:
I spent my afternoon cleaning the toilet.
This must be your cap.
His arms have a few tattoos.
Its skin is dry and rough.
Our grandmothers were classmates.

11. Some adjectives are used as nouns to describe groups of
people. Each of these groups follows the determiner the
(definite article).
There are the blind, the deaf, the elderly, the homeless,
the old, the rich, the sick, the young, etc.
Examples:
The injured were in the thousands.
Every year, millions join the ranks of the unemployed
worldwide.
There seems to have no plans to provide cheap housing for
the homeless.

12. Adjectives of one syllable
Adjectives of one syllable add -er and -est.
Adjectives ending on 'e' just add -r and -st.
Some adjectives double the final consonant.
Example: Small, Warm, Old, Nice, Big
Adjectives of two syllables
Some adjectives of two syllables add -er and -est.
For adjectives ending in 'y‘ – cut y then add -ier and -iest.
Adjectives ending in -ful, -less, -ing, -ed use more and most.
Some other adjectives of two syllables use more and most
(modern, famous, normal, correct, ...).
Example: Narrow, Happy, Useful, Boring, Moddern

13. Adjectives of three or more syllables
Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most.
Examples: Beautiful, Dangerous, Exciting
Irregular adjectives
Adjective Comparative Superlative
good (well)
bad
little
much, many
far
late
old
better
worse
less
more
farther, further
later
older, elder
best
worst
least
most
farthest
last, latest
older, oldest

14. The absolute form
We use the absolute degree to describe a noun or to
compare two equal things or persons.
Examples:
My uncle is bald.
My uncle is as bald as a cue ball.
His head is big.
His head is as big as my head.
His wife-to-be is very charming.
His ex-wife is not as charming as his wife-to-be.

15. The comparative form
When comparing two nouns, we use a comparative form of
adjective to describe how one person or thing is when compared
to another person or thing. “Than” is used for such comparisons
Examples:
A hen's egg is bigger than a pigeon's egg.
Our fingers are longer than our toes.
This basketball player is taller than that footballer.
She says her pet hen walks faster than her pet duck.
His head is bigger than my head.

16. The superlative form
When comparing more than two nouns, we use a superlative form
of adjective
Examples:
My great grandfather is the oldest one in the family.
She has the prettiest face in the whole school.
He talks the loudest in his circle of friends.
Bozo is the funniest clown in the circus.
His head is the biggest in the family.

17. There are other noun modifiers which function very much like
adjectives:
1. Nouns can function as adjectives. A noun can help describe an object.
A business meeting
2. Past participle can also be used to modify a noun
He was exhausted
The hidden secret
3. Compound adjectives are used to modify nouns. They are called
compound because they are made up of two or more words, usually
with hyphens between them.
A heart-breaking news
An English-speaking country .

18. An adjective clause (also called adjectival clause) is a dependent clause which
modifies a noun and usually begins with a relative pronoun (which, that, who,
whom, whose) or a relative adverb (where, when, why).
Examples:
Students who work hard get good grades.
The adjective clause who work hard modifies the noun students.
The book which you lent me is very interesting.
The adjective clause which you lent me modifies the noun the book.
Leila, whose father is a famous poet, invited me to her birthday party.
The adjective clause whose father is a famous poet modifies the noun Leila.
My grandmother remembers the days when there were no personal computers.
The adjective clause when there were no personal computers modifies the noun the
days.

20. 1. At home there is a ______ _____ _____table in the dining
room. (wooden , square , beautiful )
2. I was offered an ______ ______ring by my husband. (gold,
unusual )
3. My grandmother has knitted ___ ____ ____ ___pullover for
me. (woollen, nice, a, new)
4. I saw ___ ____ _____ _____movie with friends at home.
(interesting , an, American, old)
5. It may rain ! There are ___ ____clouds floating in the air.
(black, big)
6. It was such a ____ ____day that we decided to go out for a
walk. (lovely, sunny)
7. My daughter has ____ ____ _____hair. (long , beautiful,
black )

21. 1. Last week, I visited a ___ ____ ____village in a remote
place. (little, lovely, old)
2. The gallery exhibited mainly ____ _____ ______paintings.
(old, French, strange )
3. John was given an ____ _____ _____kitten by his sister
(black , adorable, little)
4. It started to rain so I opened an _____ ____ and _____
umbrella (red, yellow, enormous )
5. I came into a ____ _____house built in 1860 (picturesque,
old )
6. A ____ ___ ____ ____car was parked opposite my house.
(sports , new, shiny, Italian)

22. Write down suitable adjectives under each column
for the following