The Adjective

Adjectives describe the qualities of people,things,places etc.

I. Types of adjectives:

1.
Adjective proper: good,blue,alive.
Noun converted into an adjective because placed before another noun: (a five-) room (house), (a ten-) year (old boy).
Verb in the 3rd form,used as an adjective: (a) worried (man),
(his) bored (air), (her) confused (mind).
Compound adjective: goog-looking, long-lasting, open-minded, well-dressed.
-Ing form of verb used as an adjective: (an) amusing (fellow), (the) governing (authorities).

2. You can emphasize your feelings about something that you mention by using emphasizing adjectives:
pure bliss… a raving lunatic…
a complete idiot… the very thing…
absolute rubbish… …at the very beginning/end of …
in utter despair… in entire agreement with…
a total failure… outright best-seller…
a perfect success… a positive delight to…
a crashing bore… true/genuine pleasure to…

3. Attributive and predicative adjectives:
Most adjectives can be used both attributively (in front of the noun) and predicatively (after the verb BE, SEEM, LOOK etc).
e.g. She has read an interesting story. The story is interesting.
But there are some adjectives that can be used only in one way.





Attributive adjectives:
 Predicative adjectives:

 atomic
east/west/south/north
eastern/wetern/southern/…
indoor/outdoor
maximum
nationwide
occasional
supplementary
woolen
etc.




 afraid
alive
alone
apart
aware
glad
ill
likely
ready
safe
sorry
sure
unable
etc.


II. Position of adjectives:

1. before a noun: young woman.
2. after the verb BE, BECOME, SEEM, STAY: