ADJECTIVE

WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? Certain adjectives are used only in the predicative position.
(Afraid, alone, ashamed, asleep, awake.)
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun such
as person, place, thing or idea. An adjective is a describing He seems afraid. The afraid man.
word. An adjective gives more information about something. She is alone for Chris. The alone woman.
He feels ashamed. The ashamed man.
Blue is an adjective. The baby is asleep. The asleep baby.
Cold is an adjective. She is awake. The awake girl.
Happy is an adjective. 3. MOST ADJECTIVES ARE USED IN BOTH POSITIONS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qakXdVoPMT0 4. AFTER FIND / MAKE / KEEP + OBJECT
He found the article interesting.
ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH HAVE ONE FORM Alcohol makes him tired.
Coffee keeps me awake.
The form of the adjective is the same for singular nouns and
plural nouns. The adjective functions as an object complement.
For example the adjective red. 5. ADJECTIVES ALWAYS GO AFTER THESE WORDS
(Anything, Everything, Nothing, Something, Anywhere,
One red car.
Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere)
Red is an adjective. It gives us more information about the Did you do anything exciting yesterday?
car. We describe the car. The car is red. I want to go somewhere quiet.
When there is more than one car, for example two cars, the There wasn´t famous at the party.
adjective RED does not change. 6. ADJECTIVES WITHOUT NOUNS
We say:
Two red cars. The + adjective

Red is used with one car and Red is used for two cars. We use the expression the + adjective to describe certain
We do not say two reds cars. No. (There is no S at the end of groups of people.
red)
Example: The unemployed
WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVE?
The meaning is general. We are generalizing.
Where do we put the adjective?
The expression
Do we say… The green monster OR The monster green?
The correct order is…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfIpyLOJJXE
The green monster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRAY3DlCeNk
1. BEFORE A NOUN (ATTRIBUTIVE POSITION)
The order is: Adjective + noun ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
There is a small dog in the garden.
I have some new shoes.

Certain adjectives are used only in the attributive position.

(Elder, eldest, live, main)

My elder sister is a teacher. My sister is elder.

There is a live fish in the aquarium. The fish seems live.
I crossed the main road. The road is main.
2. AFTER LINK VERBS (PREDICATIVE POSITION)

The order is: (appear, be, become, feel, get, look, seem,
smell, taste) + Adjective.

The car is old.

Jane is feeling cold.
The flower smells nice.

The adjective functions as a subject complement.