Adjectives Definition – Basic Grammar

Things To Remember About Adjectives:

They can be used in various ways and positions in a sentence

1. Adjectives can come before nouns: a new car
2. Adjectives can come after verbs such as be, become, seem, look, etc.: that car looks fast
3. They can be modified by adverbs: a very expensive car
4. They can be used as complements to a noun: the extras make the car expensive

If there’s a string of adjectives, they should appear in a set order:

Size/shape + Age + Color + Origin + Material.

• A big brown house
• A Rectangular 5 Years Old Red London Based Building. 

Let’s Have A Look On The Main Kinds Of Adjectives:

1. Demonstrative: This, That, These, Those
2. Distributive: Each, Every, Either, Neither
3. Quantitative: Some, Any, No, Little/Few, Many, Much, One, Twenty
4. Interrogative: Which, What, Whose
5. Possessive: My, your, his, Her, Its, Our, Your, Their
6. Of Quality: Clever, Dry, Fat, Golden, Heavy, Square, Ugly, Good, Red
7. Present/ Past Participle: A moving bus, Tiring Journey
8. Relative Adjectives: Who, Which, That,
9. Emphatic Objectives: Own, Such, Same Vey
10. Proper Adjectives: Indian, Asian
11. Exclamatory Adjectives: What, Which, How