Adjetivos comunes en Ingles

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Grammar and Structure » List of Common Adjectives
List of Common Adjectives
Examples of Common Adjectives Explanation
That exciting Web site made me research the
topic further
The team is excited by the project.
Many adjectives are formed by adding -ing or
-ed to a verb. These adjectives are participles.
Common participles used as adjectives
amazed / amazing
amused / amusing
bored / boring
confused / confusing
depressed / depressing
discouraged / discouraging
encouraged / encouraging
engaged / engaging
embarrassed / embarrassing
excited / exciting
exhausted / exhausting
fascinated / fascinating
frightened / frightening
horrified / horrifying
pleased / pleasing
satisfied / satisfying
shocked / shocking
stimulated / stimulating
terrified / terrifying
How participles work as adjectives
Example
Verb: to excite
Meaning: to make someone feel excited
Participles: excited / exciting
Excited: a person is excited, feels
excited
Exciting: a person or thing causes
others to feel excited
* usually a person is “–ed” by something
that is “–ing”:
I was excited by that exciting Web site.
NOT: I was exciting by that excited Web site.
Isaac is a talented man. Adjectives can be placed before a noun.
Isaac is talented.
The monitor looks old.
The Web site looks good.
Adjectives can be placed after certain verbs,
such as: be, look, smell, feel, taste, sound,
get, become.
The expensive, small, blue PDA is mine.
Opinion + size + colour + noun
I want to buy that well-designed, state of
the art, silver, Japanese cellphone.
Opinion + age + colour + origin + noun
Adjective word order:
Opinion + size + age + colour + origin +
material + purpose + noun

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The PDA is fastand efficient. Use “and” before the last adjective when more
than one adjective comes after a verb.
That fast, efficient device is a PDA.
Do not use “and” before the last adjective
when more than one adjective comes before
a noun.
I use that well-designed, state of the art,
digital camera.
Use commas to separate long lists of
adjectives.
That new silver cellphone belongs to Peter.
Do not use a comma between an adjective
and the noun it describes.
It is not necessary to use commas with short
common adjectives.