Adjectives are words used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. The adjectives express physical and other qualities (large, quiet, friendly) and the writer’s opinion or attitude(excellent, beautiful).
Adjectives have many forms.
Adjective are formed when we add a suffix to a noun or verb.
For example,
Adding suffix -ful to the noun beauty, makes the adjective beautiful,
Adding the suffix -able to the verb read makes the adjective readable.
Other suffixes often used to create adjectives include -al, -ary, -able and –ible, –ish, -ic, -ical, -less, -like, -ous, -some, and -y.
Some adjectives take the form of participles (verbs ending in -ed or -ing), and
Many are not formed from nouns or verbs but are original—for example, close, deep, slow.
Comparative and superlative adjectives
There are three degrees of adjectives:
Positive adjectives (e.g., beautiful, fast): express a quality of an object without comparing it to anything else.
Comparative adjectives (e.g., more beautiful, faster): compare the qualities of two things or groups of things.
Superlative adjectives (e.g., most beautiful, fastest): express that one thing has a quality to a greater degree than two or more other things or the best among the class.
Forming comparatives and superlatives degree
1.To create a comparative or superlative adjective out of a single-syllable adjective ending in a single vowel followed by a single consonant.
Double the vowel and add the suffix—e.g., fat, fatter, fattest.
2.When the positive adjective ends in a silent – e, remove the –e and add the suffix—e.g., late, later, latest.
3. Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most instead of -er and –este.g., Beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
4. Some adjectives of two syllables also take more and most—e.g., active
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Order of adjective
The categories in the following table can be described as follows:
Determiners — articles and other limiters.
Observation or Opinion — post determiners and limiter adjectives (e.g., a real hero, aperfect idiot) and adjectives such as (e.g., beautiful, interesting)
Size and Shape — e.g., wealthy, large, round
Age — e.g., young, old, new, ancient
Color —e.g., red, black, pale
Origin —e.g., French, American, Canadian
Material —e.g., woolen, metallic, wooden
Qualifier — final limiter, often regarded as part of the noun (e.g., rocking chair, huntingcabin, passenger car, book cover)
Examples:
I like that really big old blue antique sculpture that is in your drawing room. [quality – size – age – color – qualifier]
My neighbour has a beautiful big black dog. [quality – size – color]
A wonderful old Indian car. [opinion – age – origin]
A big square blue box. [size – shape – color]
A disgusting pink plastic bucket. [opinion – color – material]
My small new red sleeping bag. [size – age – color