Common Adjectives

1. What are adjectives?

Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns (people, things, places, animals).
They give more information about something.
Examples:

• a small house
• a red dress
• a happy child
• an old car

Adjectives help describe things more clearly.

2. Common types of adjectives

Size

big, small, tall, short, long, tiny

Examples:

• a big dog
• a small room

Color

blue, green, red, yellow, black, white

Examples:

• a blue bag
• a red car

Age

old, new, young

Examples:

• an old phone
• a new teacher

Feelings

happy, sad, tired, angry

Examples:

• a happy child
• a tired student

Opinion

good, bad, nice, beautiful

Examples:

• a good movie
• a beautiful garden

Difficulty

easy, hard, difficult

Hard = difficult.

Examples:

• an easy test
• a difficult question

3. How to use adjectives in sentences

3.1 Adjective + noun

Structure: (a/an/the) + adjective + noun (for singular nouns). We usually put the adjective before the noun.

Examples:

• a small house
• a red dress
• a happy child

Full sentences:

• “I have a small house.”
• “She is wearing a red dress.”
• “We watched a good movie.”
• “He has two big dogs.”

3.2 Noun + be + adjective

Structure: Noun + be + adjective
Use the adjective after the verb be (am/is/are).
Present be forms: I am, you/we/they are, he/she/it is.

Examples:

• “The house is small.”
• “Her dress is red.”
• “The children are happy.”

4. Adjectives do not change

Adjectives stay the same in singular and plural sentences.

Examples

• one big house
• two big houses
• one happy child
• three happy children

We do not add -s to adjectives.
Incorrect: two bigs houses
Correct: two big houses.

5. Recap examples

Remember: adjectives can go (1) before a noun or (2) after be.

Size

• adjective + noun: a small house
• be + adjective: The house is small.

Color

• adjective + noun: a red dress
• be + adjective: The dress is red.

Age

• adjective + noun: a new phone
• be + adjective: The phone is new.

Opinion

• adjective + noun: a good book
• be + adjective: The book is good.

6. Key takeaways

• Adjectives describe nouns.
• Adjectives usually come before nouns.
• Adjectives can also come after be.
• Adjectives do not change for plural nouns.