adjectives We use adjectives to modify nouns. However, unlike a noun, an adjective has no plural form. There were three black dogs. NOT There-were-three-blacks dogs. We put most adjectives before a noun.. We've got a new teacher. He's wearing an old jumper. .. oF after ‘linking’ verbs like be, seem, look, feel, etc. That teacher is new. His jumper looked old. There are certain adjectives that we normally only use with linking verbs. The most common are well, ill, afraid, alive, alone, asleep, aware, content, glad, ill, ready, sure, and well. BUT... NoT. William looked afraid. Frightened children often cry Afraid children often cry The children were il, She looks after sick children. __She-dooks-after iH-ehildren, Jam glad that you've come. Jane is a happy girl. seneise glad gin! ee chin Nisei iS dt ill ab There are many adjectives formed from either the past participle or the ~ing form of a verb. For ‘example: surprised - surprising, bored - boring, tired - tiring, confused ~ confusing, etc. There is an important difference between the two. We use the past participles of verbs as We use the present participles of verbs as adjectives (ending with -ed) to describe how —_adiectives (ending with -ing) to describe the ‘we feel about something or someone. thing or person that produces the feeling. You must be tired after the journey. it must have been a very tiring journey The match was very bad and was bored. Itwas a boring match and I fell asleep. We were amused by Leonor's jokes We found Leonor’ jokes amusing, We can make adjectives stronger or weaker with words like very, a bit, quite, extremely, etc What was the talk like? Oh, it was very interesting, Yesterday it was quite warm, but it’s extremely cold today. ‘You cannot put very or extremely before some adjectives because they are already ‘extreme’. Examples of these ‘extreme’ adjectives are: wonderful, fantastic, excellent, awful, terrible, etc. You can, however, use absolutely o really before these adjectives. That's a really excellent book NOT That's @-very excellent book He scored an absolutely fantastic goal. NOT He-scorectan-extremely fantastic goo! Sometimes we want to use two or more adjectives before a noun. Adjectives which express opinion always go before other adjectives. Other adjectives usually go in the order given below. opinion size shape age colour origin material purpose noun lovely old English sheep dog Al attractive large round wooden table An interesting scientific experiment beautiful red allan sports car tall American basketball player LCT