By Juliana Moriones
TOTAL ENGLISH SITE
THE ADJECTIVE
Adjectives are words that describe or give information about things, ideas and people.
The adjective in English never changes, it doesn't matter if the noun is male or female, singular or plural.
THE GIRL IS SAD
THE BOY IS SAD
THE KIDS ARE SAD
The adjectives could be:
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Numeric, numbers are adjectives
One, two, three hundred
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Quantitative tell the quantity of the noun
Some, half, more, all...
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Qualitative describe the features of the noun
Color, size, smell, shape...
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Possessive show possession
My, your, his, her...
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Demonstrative indicate not only a specific item or items but also where they are in relation to the speaker
This, that, these, those
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Interrogative modify nouns and are used to make questions
Whose, what, which
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OPINION
Kind
Nice
Good
Bad
Awful
Delicious
SIZE
Large
Tall
Small
Big
Little
Huge
AGE
Young
Old
New
Antique
Middle-aged
COLOR
Red
Blue
Orange
Brown
Black
Purple
NATIONALITY
Colombian
Chinese
Japanese
American
Spanish
Mexican
MATERIAL
Golden
Plastic
Rubber
Ceramic
Silver
Glass
Sometimes in a sentence we need more than one adjective:
YOUNG
FAT
TALL
INTELLIGENT
WHITE
COLOMBIAN
HE IS AN INTELLIGENT TALL YOUNG FAT WHITE COLOMBIAN BOY
When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to the type.
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My bag
They show who owns or possesses something
MY
YOUR
HIS
HER
ITS
OUR
THEIR
Possessive adjectives are placed before the noun
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Their bag
His bag