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Adjectives

December 14, 2013 by Bret Tutor

Adjectives

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Adjectives are used to describe or modify nouns such as a person, place or thing in a sentence. There are many different types of adjectives, but this is the most basic definition.

For example, “That’s a big house”, the word big is used to tell us something about the house.

They are also used before nouns.
For example:
This is such a pretty house.

We often use more than one adjective to describe a single noun.
For example:
It is a large, beautiful house.

Adjectives can be used to describe what something is, using the “to be” verb.
For example:
Jane is pretty.

They can be used to describe one subject in a sentence when the verb is after the subject.
For example:
Sally drove a large car.

Adjectives can also be placed at the end of the sentence when describing a subject.
For example:
That dog is ugly.

Adjectives that end with “ing ” usually describe a source of feelings. Such as, intriguing, horrifying, astonishing, amazing.

  • This is a horrifying movie.
  • The presentation was astonishing.

Adjectives that end with “ed ” usually refer to the receiver of a feeling: horrified, amazed, intrigued

  • Bill was horrified by the movie.
  • Her intelligence intrigued him.
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