ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. Nouns are words that name a place, a person, a thing, or an
idea.

An adjective is a word that gives more information about the noun that goes with it. It is a part of speech.

Adjectives or describing words normally indicates quality, size, shape, duration, feelings, contents, and more
about a noun or pronoun.

Examples

 I like blue skies and fluffy clouds.

 He is a nice man.
 It was a very 'cold' day.
 My friend is very tall with brown eyes
 They are good people.

Often, the adjective is before the noun it describes. Sometimes an adjective is not followed by a noun:

 The sky is blue.

 The joke she told was so funny, I could not stop laughing all day.
 There is a tall man.

It is still an adjective, because we could have "the blue sky", "the funny joke", and "the crazy man". The adjective is
still describing the noun though they are not side by side.

Some Adjectives used in Basic English

able • acid • angry • automatic • beautiful • black • boiling • bright • broken • brown • cheap • chemical • chief •
clean • clear • common • complex • conscious • cut • deep • dependent • early • elastic • electric • equal • fat •
fertile • first • fixed • flat • free • frequent • full • general • good • great • grey • hanging • happy • hard • healthy •
high • hollow • important • kind • like • living • long • male • married • material • medical • military • natural •
necessary • new • normal • open • parallel • past • physical • political • poor • possible • present • private •
probable • quick • quiet • ready • red • regular • responsible • right • round • same • second • separate • serious •
sharp • smooth • sticky • stiff • straight • strong • sudden • sweet • tall • thick • tight • tired • true • violent • warm
• wet • wide • wise • yellow • young

Most Common Adjectives in English

The table below shows some popular

adjectives.

The adjective list is in the categories

for which they modify their nouns and
pronouns:

Examples for each type -

The flowers smell good.

There are eleven players in a football

team.

This is my watch.

It is his bicycle.

Which is the largest river in India?

Neither of you are allowed in the class.