Free English Lessons: Adjectives

adjectives adjectives are used to describe nouns they give more details or information about the nouns they are associated with tell me about your boyfriend well he is tall dark and handsome sounds like mine adjectives can be used to answer the questions what kind of or which one hi I'm calling about the car you are selling it's a great car it's an excellent condition what kind of seats does it have they're very comfortable seats soft plush just like a sofa uh I think I'll sleep on it hand me a book which one do you want the red book adjectives come before the nouns they modify not after three happy hippies lived in the heart quake hotel adjectives can also be used with linking verbs to describe the subject of a sentence when used in this manner the adjectives come after the linking verb my mother is tall and slender seem become appear and verbs of perception can also be used as linking verbs note how they are used with adjectives in the following can you identify the linking verbs and the adjectives the journey seemed long it appeared strenuous and boring you smell nice today what kind of Cologne are you wearing what do you want to do this weekend bowling shopping a movie bowling sounds good caution be careful Tom looked greedy he appeared to be a greedy person the adjective greedy is used to describe Tom Tom looked greedily at the pie on the table he saw it and wanted it for himself the adverb greedily is used to describe Tom's action adjectives are the same for all nouns they do not change for plurals example 3 tired Tigers tried to tie a triangular tie