Adjectives examples with pictures

Adjectives in English explained in pictures

[“look” is the sense verb for things we can see]Adjectives are the words we use to describe nouns, things like people, animals, plants, objects, places, situations and experiences. They help us add detail to what we are saying by talking about colour, shape, size and other qualities.

For example, adjectives can describe:

Opinions/characteristics: 

The clothes are pretty.  The shoes are comfortable.

Size:

The bag is big.

Feelings:

The woman is happy.

Temperature:

The weather is hot.

Age:

The woman is young.

Shape:

The earrings are round.

Colour:

The shirt is yellow.

Origin:

The woman is English.

Material:

The trousers are jeans.

Adjectives are usually is placed in front of the noun they describe

We most often place adjectives before the word they are describing, not after. Be careful as this is the opposite structure from many other languages.

For example:

A red car.  An old car. A fast car

NOT a car red. A car old. A car fast.

After the verb “to be” and sensing verbs we can use adjectives

Another way we can use adjectives is with the verb “to be” or with verbs that describe the senses, like “to look, taste, sound, feel, smell” or “to seem”. In this structure, we place the adjective after the verb.

For example:

In the picture above the couple at the table use “to be” and many sense verbs to describe their food:

The cake is great. [using “to be”]

It looks delicious. [“look” is the sense verb for things we can see]

It smells wonderful. [“smell” is the sense verb for smells and odours]

It tastes amazing. [“taste” is the sense verb for things we can eat]

It feels soft. [“feel” is the sense verb for things we can touch]

They seem satisfied. [“seem” is the sense verb for things we can guess]

Adjectives do not change their form

In English, adjectives always stay the same even if the number of things we are describing changes. This means adjectives in English are invariable.

For example:

One brown dog

Two brown dogs.

Twenty brown dogs.

So no matter the number or quantity, the adjective stays the same.

Use “very” and “really” to emphasise adjectives

We can make adjectives stronger in meaning by using “very/really” in front of them. This emphasises the meaning of the adjective. 

For example:

It is hot. >It is very hot.

It is cold. > It is really cold.

Multiple adjectives are put in a specific order

When we want to use more than one adjective, there is a natural order we usually place them in, depending on which quality they describe. The order goes like this:

Quantity, Opinion, Size, Temperature, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material

For example:

[Three] [beautiful,] [small] flowers.  [Quantity] [Opinion] [Size]

A [Warm,] [new,] [long] scarf. [Temperature] [Age] [Shape]

[Brown,] [swiss] [chocolate] rabbits. [Colour] [Origin] [Material]

We know that remembering this order can be quite difficult, so you can use a memory trick called a “mnemonic” to help you. Below is an example we thought of, or you have fun making your own mnemonics. The way mnemonics work is that the letters at the start of each word in the mnemonic phrase correspond the first letters of the words you want to remember:

Queen OctoPus SIngs To All Shy Crabs On Mondays =

(Quantity, OPinion, SIze, Temperature, Age, SHape, Colour, Origin, Material) 

Summary

Adjectives in English are quite simple to use as don’t change in any way, but remember that they usually go before the word they are describing, and be careful of the word order when you are using lots of adjectives together. Being able to describe things is a basic part of any language so we see and use adjectives all the time. Check out some of the songs bellow which use lots and lots of adjectives! Can you think of any more? Leave us a comment with your suggestions.

What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE

The Logical Song – Supertramp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD7HJcpJD9U

You Gotta Be – Des’ree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZXJD1NVW0

For other examples of grammar explained in pictures, check out our GRAMMAR INDEX here.

Examples of Adjectives and How to Use Them

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Where would we be without adjectives? How would we describe a pretty flower or enjoy an enchanting evening? Simply put, adjectives add further description to nouns. More specifically, they provide flourish to the English language and added a dose of color. When you spend some time examining examples of adjectives, you can electrify your writing with the appropriate injection of adjectival beauty. Ready to have some fun? Dive into a list of adjective examples and how to use them in sentences.

Popular Adjectives Examples

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Printable List of Adjectives

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How to Use Adjectives

Adjectives are used within sentences to modify nouns. So they might tell you what something looks like "beautiful hat" or the number of something "ten flowers." Adjectives are handy within sentences because they provide readers more information. Additionally, adjectives are found with the noun they are modifying. To understand how an adjective is used within a sentence, check out a few example sentences with adjectives.

• We watched the scariest movie yesterday.
• He had a blue bike in his yard.
• He was carrying four flowers.
• The mean dog growled at the mailman.
• I have a messy desk.

Additionally, you can use adjectives to complement a linking verb called a predicate adjective. So the adjective might provide more about how something is feeling.

• My brother is sad.
• It looks messy in the living room.
• Walking is slower than skating.
• My dog is excited.

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Mind Your Love for Adjectives

Now that we've seen a nice sampling of adjectives, there's one thing left to note. It's best to use discretion with adjectives. You never want to overdo it. Generally, nouns and verbs should do most of the descriptive work in your writing. Don't simply tell your reader something is beautiful, exciting or interesting. Use your words to set a detailed scene and consider using a sprinkling of adjectives rather than a heavy dousing.

As you seek to strike that balance, expand your adjectival toolbox a little further with this list of positive adjectives. Having a wide variety of options at your disposal will allow you to choose the right adjective at the right time.

Adjective in Russian: ranks, degrees, forms.

Author:

Newton

03 June 2019 12:38

Tags: Grade 2   Grade 3. knowledge   adjective   Russian language   parts of speech  

Subject: adjective. Russian language. 2nd grade, 3rd grade. What is an adjective? Lesson about adjectives: parts of speech, the essence of the concept of "adjective". Adjective questions. Degrees of adjectives. Adjective forms. Endings, suffixes of adjectives. Short form of an adjective.

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An adjective in Russian is an independent part of speech denoting a sign of an object, living being or phenomenon. The adjective answers the questions what? which? which? which? whose? whose? whose? whose?

Adjectives. Examples
Good character.
Beautiful girl.
Short dress.
Big changes.

Important! The sign of action is not an adjective, but an adverb.

Read about other parts of speech in Russian

A noun denotes an object.

An adjective is a sign of an object.

The pronoun indicates the subject.

The verb denotes an action.

Adverb - a sign of action

Interjection conveys an exclamation, sound, emotion.

Classes of adjectives. Qualitative, relative and possessive adjectives

Adjectives are divided into three categories: qualitative, relative and possessive.

Qualitative adjectives denote a feature that may be manifested to a greater or lesser extent. For example, warm - you can be warmer and less warm. Warm is a quality adjective.

Examples of quality adjectives
Smart person
Slow train
Interesting book
Big tree
Cold morning

Relative adjectives name fixed qualities, expressing them through relation to other objects. For example, steel means made of steel. Steel is a relative adjective.

Examples of relative adjectives
Gold chain (gold chain)
Night walk (night walk)
Bottom row (bottom row)
Two-year-old girl (two-year-old girl)
Cavalry gait (trooper gait)

Relative adjectives are sometimes used in a figurative sense and then acquire the meaning of qualitative features. Such relative adjectives pass into the category of qualitative ones. For example, iron health (synonymous with good health) or golden hands (skillful hands).

Possessive adjectives indicate that an object belongs to someone and answer the question whose?

Possessive adjectives are formed with the help of suffixes: -in-/-yn, -ov-/-ev, -й/-й.

Examples of possessive adjectives
Grandfather's clock (grandfather's clock)
Vasya's smile (Vasya's smile)
Crocodile tears (tears of a crocodile)
Tsaritsyn meadow (the queen's meadow)

kind - kind; evil - angry.

Most quality adjectives have two forms:
smart - clever
far - far
short - short
cheerful - cheerful

Depending on the hard or soft stem, adjectives in the masculine gender end in -oy or -y/-y (crazy, green, soft), in the feminine - in -aya/-yaya (large, ancient), neuter - on -th / -her (big, powerful).

The syntactic role of an adjective in a sentence

In a sentence, an adjective is most often a definition, it denotes a feature or quality of an object, person, phenomenon, but it can also be a predicate.

Full form adjectives agree with the noun they define in number, gender and case - they act as an agreed definition:
I read an interesting book.
The shaggy dog ​​ran up to the boy.
The dark forest was lost in the evening mist.

The adjective can also be part of a compound nominal predicate:
The child was cheerful and talkative.
He became educated and cultured.
I was annoyed.

An adjective in the short or comparative form is a predicate:
She is rich and successful.
This morning I am cheerful.
You are smarter than me.

Case of adjectives. Declension of adjectives. Three types of declension

In Russian adjectives change by gender, case and number. An adjective has the same case, gender, and number as the noun it refers to. This is called negotiation:

Good person. Good man. Good person.
Nice car. Good car. Good car.
Good mood. Have a good mood. Good mood.
Good people. Good people. Good people.

Declension changes the endings of adjectives.

There are three types of adjective declension.

Adjectival type - qualitative and relative adjectives in full form are declined according to it. For example, green, kind.

Pronominal type - possessive adjectives decline according to it. For example, mother, fox.

Zero declension - it includes adjectives that do not change, remain the same in all forms. For example, khaki, indigo, mini.

Degrees of comparison of adjectives: relative and superlative

Qualitative adjectives form degrees of comparison: comparative (more, less) and superlative (largest, smallest).

Comparative degree means that a feature is stronger or weaker than another subject.
For example: The first one was stronger. The second one was less powerful.

The comparative degree can be simple and compound. The simple form of the comparative degree is formed using the suffixes -she, -che, -e, -ee, -ey:
weak - weaker
sad - sadder

The compound form of the comparative degree is formed with the participation of the words "more", "less" and the initial form of the adjective:
interesting - more interesting
light - less light

The superlative degree indicates that the feature is manifested to the greatest extent than in other objects. The superlative form is also simple and compound.

A simple form is formed using the suffixes -eysh-, -aysh-.
beautiful - the most beautiful
close - the closest

Compound superlative form can be formed in two ways:
simple - least simple

Add to the simple comparative degree of the word "total" or "all" strong - stronger than all
simple - easiest

Read more: Degrees of comparison of adjectives in Russian. Rules and mistakes

Morphological analysis of adjectives

Morphological analysis of adjectives takes place according to the following plan:

I. Constant features
Rank by value (qualitative, relative or possessive)
Degrees of comparison (for qualitative adjectives)
Full or short form

II. Non-permanent signs
number
gender
case

Morphological analysis of the adjective. Example

There were two houses on a distant street.

On the distant - an adjective, denotes a feature of the object: (on which?) distant, the initial form is (what?) distant.

Permanent morphological features: qualitative

Non-permanent morphological features: used in the full form, in the prepositional case, in the singular, in the feminine.

Syntactic role - in a sentence is a definition. On the street (what?) Far away.

Written morphological analysis of the adjective
On the street (what?) distant
n.f. - distant
Post. signs: quality
signs: full form, Pr.p., singular, f.p.
on the street (what?) Distant - definition.

See also: Spelling NOT with adjectives. Merged or separate?

Tags: 2nd grade  3rd grade. knowledge   adjective   Russian language   parts of speech  

Ranks of adjectives by meaning. Qualitative adjectives

Outline of the lesson of the Russian language in grade 6

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Topic : Discharges of adjectives by meaning. Qualitative adjectives

Purpose and objectives:

- give an initial idea of ​​the categories of adjectives and the distinguishing features of each category;

- learn to determine the ranks of adjectives by meaning, as well as develop the skill of finding quality adjectives in texts, knowing their distinctive features;

- to form the ability to distinguish adjectives from other parts of speech, to determine the main grammatical features of an adjective, to develop logical thinking, to expand the vocabulary of schoolchildren through the use of adjectives in speech, the ability to work independently;

- promote a sense of friendship, mutual understanding, respect for each other, responsibility for the work done.

Lesson type: combined

Equipment : handout, records on the board, pictures with items

Lesson Course

1. Organizational moment 9000 9000

2. Motivation to work as a single team, which will be called "Smile". Let's read the motto of our lesson in chorus: