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Using Adjective in English

USING ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH

Adjectives in English are invariable. They do not change their form depending on the gender or number of the noun.

EXAMPLES
  • This is a hot potato.
  • Those are some hot potatoes.

To emphasise or strengthen the meaning of an adjective, use the adverbs very or really in front of the adjective you want to strengthen.

EXAMPLES
  • This is a very hot potato
  • Those are some really hotpotatoes.

Adjectives in English usually appear in front of the noun that they modify.

EXAMPLES
  • The beautiful girl ignored me.
  • The fast red car drove away.

Adjectives can also appear after being and sensing verbs like to be, to seem , to look & to taste.

EXAMPLES
  • Italy is beautiful.
  • I don't think she seems nice at all.
  • You look tired.
  • This meat tastes funny.

SOME EXCEPTIONS

Adjectives appear after the noun in some fixed expressions.

EXAMPLES
  • The Princess Royal is visiting Oxford today.
  • The President elect made a speech last night.
  • He received a court martial the following week.

The adjectives involved, present & concerned can appear either before or after the noun that they modify, but with a different meaning depending on the placement.

EXAMPLES
Adjective placed after the nounMeaningAdjective placed before the nounMeaning
I want to see the people involved.I want to see the people who have something to do with this matter.It was an involveddiscussion.The discussion was detailed & complex.
Here is a list of the people present at the meeting.Here is a list of the people who were at the meeting.The presentsituation is not sustainable.The current situation is not sustainable.
I need to see the man concernedby this accusation.I need to see the man who has been accused.A concernedfather came to see me today.A worried father came to see me today

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