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Adjectives
Adverbs
Determiners
Direct and Indirect Speech
Gerund and Present Participle (ing form)
Nouns
Passive
Possessive
Relative Clauses
The Infinitive
To Get
Verbs and Verb Tenses
1. Adjectives are invariable:
They do not change their form depending on the gender or number of the noun.
A hot potato Some hot potatoes
2. To emphasise or strengthen the meaning of an adjective use 'very' or 'really':
A very hot potato
Some really hot potatoes.
Position of adjectives
a) Usually in front of a noun: A beautiful girl.
b) After verbs like "to be", "to seem" , "to look", "to taste":
Examples
The girl is beautiful
You look tired
This meat tastes funny.
c) After the noun: in some fixed expressions:
Examples
The Princess Royal
The President elect
a court martial