A explanation of the use of Adjectives in English with examples.

1. ADJECTIVES
Adjectives describe nouns. They can go BEFORE the noun* and we can have
more than one adjective. They tell us facts about the noun (size, age, shape,
colour, origin, material, etc.) and also opinions about the noun (e.g. nice,
horrid, interesting, etc.).
See vocabulary for:
‘Colours’ at http://www.memrise.com/course/301910/colours-97/
‘Shapes and Sizes’ at http://www.memrise.com/course/306597/shapes-sizes-and-
measurements/
‘Opinions’ at http://www.memrise.com/course/305267/adjectives-opinion-adjectives/
Examples
Good, new, pretty, black, happy, cold, expensive, some, early, Colombian.
There are many good restaurants in the centre.
I like red peppers but my friends prefer green ones.
There is some food in the fridge.
There are a lot of pretty girls at the party!
*we can have the adjective after a verb like ‘be’, ‘seem’ and ‘look’ to describe a
noun we have mentioned before or will mention later:
That man is strange.
My parents are married.
That bar seems expensive; let’s go to a cheap one!
*Remember* Adjectives DO NOT CHANGE depending on number:
I have a beautiful cat.
I have three beautiful cats.
There is a red pen on the table.
There are many red pens on the table.
As well as describing things, adjectives describe how we feel.
See vocabulary for:
‘Feeling adjectives’ at http://www.memrise.com/course/305254/adjectives-feeling-
adjectives/
‘How we physically feel’ at
http://www.memrise.com/course/305239/adjectives-how-we-physically-feel/

2. We usually use the verb be to describe how we feel:
I am happy.
She is angry with me.
But we can also use verbs like feel, seem and look:
My girlfriend feels jealous about my new group of friends.
You seem worried; is everything ok?
They look cold. Go and tell them to come inside.
–ed or –ing?
A lot of adjectives use the same base form but with endings –ed and –ing
Exciting – excited
Boring – bored (pronunciation: bord)
Interesting – interested
Tiring – tired
My exciting teacher is not boring.
That film is interesting.
I am tired.
-ed describes how we feel, our emotions (look for them in the ‘list of feeling
adjectives’)
-ing describes a thing/action and is used like all other adjectives
I am excited about this class
This class is exciting/This is an exciting class.
We were frightened by the film.
That film is frightening/That is a frightening film.
I feel tired.
This marathon is tiring/This is a tiring marathon.
I am annoyed by that song
That is an annoying song/that song is annoying.
Remember the difference:
I am bored – you feel bored because of something you are doing.
I am boring – you are a boring person, everyone is bored with you.