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<div class="pg_page_title"> How do you use Adjectives in English?</div> | |||
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You can use adjectives in the ways suggested below. | You can use adjectives in the ways suggested below. | ||
Use two or more adjectives to describe a noun in greater detail | ==Use two or more adjectives to describe a noun in greater detail== | ||
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• small grey cat, | • small grey cat, | ||
• desperate, brazen thief Show comparison and contrast using parallel phrases such as ‘not only … but also’, ‘as … as’. | • desperate, brazen thief | ||
==Show comparison and contrast using parallel phrases such as ‘not only … but also’, ‘as … as’== | |||
E.g. | |||
• Beatrice is not only intelligent, but also hardworking. | |||
• Tom is as strong as his father. | |||
==Use adjectives to express opinions== | |||
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• What a boring play! The director was unimaginative. | • What a boring play! The director was unimaginative. | ||
==Examples== | |||
Adjectives describe many different things, such as size, shape, colour, quality, origin or nationality, material, and the speaker’s or writer’s opinion. | Adjectives describe many different things, such as size, shape, colour, quality, origin or nationality, material, and the speaker’s or writer’s opinion. | ||
It is common to find two or more adjectives before a noun. However, they cannot be strung together randomly; rather, they follow a fairly strict order, from top to bottom: | It is common to find two or more adjectives before a noun. However, they cannot be strung together randomly; rather, they follow a fairly strict order, from top to bottom: | ||
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• beautiful colourful Turkish rug | • beautiful colourful Turkish rug | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
https://www.languagecouncils.sg/goodenglish/-/media/sgem/document/additional-sgem-resources/pdf/grammar-rules-_-speak-good-english-movement.pdf?la=en | https://www.languagecouncils.sg/goodenglish/-/media/sgem/document/additional-sgem-resources/pdf/grammar-rules-_-speak-good-english-movement.pdf?la=en | ||
==Other Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-do|Collocations with do]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Difference-between-Mood-Tense-Voice|Difference between Mood Tense Voice]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/‘Differ-with’-and-‘Differ-from’|‘Differ with’ and ‘Differ from’]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/The-Possessive-Case|The Possessive Case]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Positions-of-Adjectives-in-Sentences|Positions of Adjectives in Sentences]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/GERUNDS|GERUNDS]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/More-on-Omission|More on Omission]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/INFINITIVES|INFINITIVES]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Tenses|Tenses]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Abstract-nouns-and-concrete-nouns|Abstract nouns and concrete nouns]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 27 March 2023
How do you use Adjectives in English?
You can use adjectives in the ways suggested below.
Use two or more adjectives to describe a noun in greater detail[edit | edit source]
E.g.
• small grey cat,
• desperate, brazen thief
Show comparison and contrast using parallel phrases such as ‘not only … but also’, ‘as … as’[edit | edit source]
E.g.
• Beatrice is not only intelligent, but also hardworking.
• Tom is as strong as his father.
Use adjectives to express opinions[edit | edit source]
E.g.
• What a boring play! The director was unimaginative.
Examples[edit | edit source]
Adjectives describe many different things, such as size, shape, colour, quality, origin or nationality, material, and the speaker’s or writer’s opinion.
It is common to find two or more adjectives before a noun. However, they cannot be strung together randomly; rather, they follow a fairly strict order, from top to bottom:
| Observation/Opinion : | lovely, boring, beautiful, fascinating |
| Size : | petite, gigantic, high, long |
| Shape : | round, square, oval, circular |
| Age : | old, new, young |
| Colour : | red, blue, green, yellow |
| Nationality/Origin : | Chinese, American, British, Christian |
| Material : | gold, silver, silk, linen |
E.g.
• small old wooden box
• beautiful colourful Turkish rug
Sources[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Collocations with do
- Difference between Mood Tense Voice
- ‘Differ with’ and ‘Differ from’
- The Possessive Case
- Positions of Adjectives in Sentences
- GERUNDS
- More on Omission
- INFINITIVES
- Tenses
- Abstract nouns and concrete nouns