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Adjectives


What are adjectives?

1: An adjective is a word which modifies a noun or a pronoun. In the example below:
He’s got a beautiful car
Beautiful is an adjective modifying car(it gives more information about the noun car.)

2.-Adjectives may come before a noun
He found a nice job

3.-Adjectives may also come after certain verbs like be, feel, seem, look:
He is intelligent
I feel happy
She seems unhappy
They look fantastic

Adjectives versus adverbs

A distinction must be made between adjectives and adverbs.
1.-An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.
She lives in a big house.

2.-An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
She sings well
Her house is very big
She did it really well

Comparatives and superlatives

Adjectives can be used for comparison: New York is bigger than Paris. This is the nicest student in the class

Other noun modifiers

There are other noun modifiers which function very much like adjectives:
1.-Nouns can function as adjectives. A noun can help describe an object.
A business meeting

2.-Past participle can also be used to modify a noun
He was exhausted
The hidden secret

3.-Compound adjectives are used to modify nouns. They are called compound because they are made up of two or more words, usually with hyphens between them.
A heart-breaking news
A English-speaking country


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