Adjectives

Do you remember? They describe a n __ __ __ or a p __ __ __ __ __ __

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Noun

For example:
MiraCosta College is a great school!

A pronoun

(I, you, he, she, it, we,

they)
For example:
I am hungry!

Adjectives and Examples

Number: one, two, ten, 20,000 Personal opinions about quality, appearance, emotion, value: wonderful, excellent, horrible, ugly, repulsive, thrilling, sad, expensive, important Size / dimension: gigantic, miniscule, petite, enormous Form / shape: round, circular, square Age: ancient, young, brand-new Color: ROYGBIV (colors of the rainbow and more) Origin: American, British, Asian Material: denim, plastic, polyester, wooden, metal Nouns as adjectives (qualifiers): baseball hat, speed boat, sports car

Where to place an adjective

Adjectives typically are located

1. in front of the noun they describe
An interesting person

2. after verb to be
She is delighted.

3. or after a state of being verb (seem, appear, looks, sound, feel, taste, smell)
The soup smells wonderful.

Adjective Order
More than one adjective can be placed in front of a noun Test yourself. Put these adjectives in order: 1. A (old Italian wonderful) clock. 2. A (square blue big) box. 3. A (pink disgusting plastic) ornament. 4. Some (slim French new) trousers.

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A wonderful old Italian clock. (opinion - age origin) 2. A big square blue box. (dimension - shape color) 3. A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - color - material) 4. Some slim new French trousers. (dimension age - origin)
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Notice that the adjectives are not separated by commas.

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Adjective Order

Source: http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/partsofspeech.html#adj

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