Common Adjectives
Common Adjectives
1. What is an Adjective?
It gives us more information about the noun’s:
- Size: big, small, tall, short, long, tiny
- Color: blue, green, red, yellow, etc.
- Quantity: few, many, all, some
- Other qualities: happy, sad, old, new, round, square
- Use this when you talk about nouns directly.
- It is short, simple, and direct.
- “I have a small dog.”
- “I will read a short story.”
- “She is wearing a red dress.”
- Use this when you want to make a full sentence describing how something is.
- “The dog is small.”
- “The story is short.”
- “The dress is red.”
Adjectives do not change for singular or plural nouns: (d
- “a big house” → “two big houses”
- feel, look, smell, sound, taste
- Examples: “She seems happy.” / “The dinner smells delicious.”
- It is a small house.
- The house is small.
- She wears a red dress.
- Her dress is red.
- I bought a new phone.
- The phone is new.
Quantity / Amount
- I have a few friends.
- Only a few are my friends.
Feelings / Opinion
- It was an easy test.
- The test was easy.
Tips:
- Adjective + Noun → short description: “a small house”
- Noun + Verb to Be + Adjective → full sentence: “The house is small”
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27 wordssmall
adjective
Not large in size or amount
I have a small dog.
good
adjective
Of high quality; pleasing and positive.
She is a good student.
bad
adjective
Not good; unpleasant or of poor quality.
This food tastes bad.
hot
adjective
Having a high temperature; warm or heated.
The soup is too hot to eat.
cold
adjective
Having a low temperature; not warm
It is very cold outside today.
fast
adjective
Moving or capable of moving at high speed.
He has a fast car.
slow
adjective
Not fast; taking a long time to move or operate.
The turtle is slow.
old
adjective
Having lived for a long time; not young.
My grandmother is very old.
new
adjective
Recently made, produced, or discovered; not existing before.
I bought a new car.
long
adjective
Measuring a great distance from one end to the other.
The river is long and winding.
short
adjective
Having less length than usual or expected.
She wore a short dress to the party.
hard
adjective
Solid or firm; difficult to break or damage.
The rock is very hard.
easy
adjective
Not difficult; simple to do or understand.
This math problem is easy.
rich
adjective
Having a lot of money or valuable possessions.
She is a rich woman who owns several houses.
poor
adjective
Having little money or few possessions; not wealthy.
The poor family lived in a small house.
beautiful
adjective
Pleasing to the senses or mind; attractive.
The sunset is beautiful.
ugly
nice
adjective
Pleasant or agreeable in nature.
She has a nice smile.
mean
adjective
Not kind or friendly; unkind.
The mean girl bullied her classmates.
safe
noun
A strong container for keeping valuable things secure.
The jewels are kept in a safe.
dangerous
adjective
Able or likely to cause harm or injury.
The storm is dangerous for small boats.
sweet
adjective
Having a pleasant taste like sugar or honey
The cake is very sweet.
sour
adjective
Having a taste that is sharp, acidic, or tangy.
The lemon is sour.
clean
adjective
Free from dirt or unwanted marks
The kitchen is very clean after the renovation.
dirty
adjective
Not clean; covered with dirt or stains.
My hands are dirty after playing in the mud.
cheap
adjective
Low in price; not expensive.
These shoes are very cheap; I bought them on sale.
expensive
adjective
Costing a lot of money; high in price.
The new car is very expensive.