What is an Adjective?
An adjective is a word that tells more about a noun(person, place, thing, or idea) or pronoun are called describing words or adjectives.
It tells what kind, which one, how many, or how something looks, feels, or behaves.
Examples of an Adjective
For example:
- There is some water in the glass.
- She is friendly.
- Ram is tall boy.
- These fruits are rotten and not good to eat.
In the above sentences, the bold text are adjectives because they describes more about nouns or pronouns.
Some More Examples with Explanations
Let’s see some more examples to find out which word is an adjective and what it descibes in those sentences.
| Sentence | Adjective | What it describes |
|---|---|---|
| She has a beautiful dress. | beautiful | dress |
| The red car is fast. | red | car |
| He is a tall man. | tall | man |
| I have three apples. | three | apples |
| This is an interesting story. | interesting | story |
What Adjective tells Us?
An adjective can tell us more about the quantity/number, opinion, size, shapre, age, and color of a noun.
| Quantity/number | Opinion | Shape | Size | Age | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Some | Sad | Rectangular | Small | Old | Black |
| Several | Happy | Triangular | Large | Young | Blue |
| Half | Strong | Circular | Tall | new | Fair |
| Full | Hard | Square | Short | ancient | Wheatish |
Positions of Adjectives
1. Attributive Position (Adjective Comes Before Noun)
The structure for this is Adjective + Noun.
For example:
- A beautiful flower present in the roof.
- A red car running on the road.
- A small dog is looking strong.
- The blue sky looks beautiful.
2. Predicative Position (Adjective Comes After a Linking Verb)
The structure for this is Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective.
For example:
- The flower is beautiful.
- The car is red.
- A small dog is looking strong.
- The blue sky looks beautiful.
3. Postpositive Position (Adjective Comes After a Noun)
Adjective comes right after noun.
For example:
- Nothing important in this chapter.
- Something new will happen today.
4. Adjectives Used as Noun
Adjective represents as group of people.
For example:
- The poor man is calling you.
- The rich person is looking good.
- A blind man is looking physically strong.