1. ADJECTIVES Giving Information about People and Things

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When you want to give further information about something, than you can give by using a noun alone, you can use an adjective toidentifyit ordescribeit in more detail.

anewidea.

anew creativeidea.

Ideas there areimportant .

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The form of an adjectivedoes not change : you use the same form for singular and plural.

The nextgoodplac ewas forty-five miles further on.

Goodplac esto fish were hard to find.

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When the adjective informationis notthe main purpose of a statement, they are placedin front of a noun .

HotCoffee.

She had abeautifulsmile.

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Sometimes the main purpose of a statement is to give the information expressed by an adjective. When this happens, adjectives are placesafter a linking verb .

Imcold .

She becameill .

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There is a large group of adjectives which identifies qualities that someone or something has. These are calledqualitative adjectives .

asadstory.

asmallchild.

I think it would bewiseto give up.

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There is another large group of adjectives which identifies someone or something as a member of a class. These are called theclassifying adjectives .

financialhelp.

abdominalpains.

amedievalmanuscript.

mydailyshower.

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There is a small group of adjectives which identifies the colour of something. They are calledcolour adjectives .

herblueeyes.

aredballoon.

Thescarletletter.

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Another small group of adjectives are used to emphasizefeelings or things you are talking about. These adjectives are calledemphasizing adjectives .

He made me feel like acompleteidiot.

Some of it wasabsoluterubbish.

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There is a small group of adjectives which is used in a very similar way to determiners to make the reference more precise. These are calledpostdeterminersbecause their place in a noun group is immediately after the determiner, if there is one, and before any other adjectives.

Thefollowingbrief description

certainbasic human qualities.

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There are a large number of English adjectives ending in ing, many of which are related to thepresent participleof a verb. According to some grammars they are calleding adjectives .

a veryconvincingexample.

Asurprisingnumber of men stay bachelors.

a warmwelcomingsmile.

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There is also a large number of English adjectives ending in ed, many of which are related to the past participle of a verb. In some grammars they are calleded adjectives . The irregular past participles are also included.

Was it abrokenbone?

adisappointedman.

sophisticatedelectronic devices.

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Compound adjectives are made up of two or more words, usually written with hyphens between them.

one-waytraffic.

apart-timejob.

agood-lookinggirl.

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This is a short explanation about the adjectives.

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