Adjectives

 An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

 Adjectives usually comes before the noun or pronoun they modify.
 Adjectives answer :
 How many?
 What kind?
 Which ones?

Examples

1. Tom bought a used car. (used describes what kind of car Tom bought.)
2. Sally baked ten pies for the school bake sale. (ten tells how many pies Sally baked.)
3. Bob climbed that tree in the backyard. (that specifies which tree Bob climbed.)

Exercise

Fill in the gaps with the adjectives given below

polite hesitant lucky afraid rude

sorry disappointed proud glad surprised

1. She was __________ to survive the earthquake.

2. I was __________ to go to the movies with you.

3. It is __________ to interrupt people.

4. I am __________ to stay home alone.

5. Were you __________ to see your father on television?

6. Gary was __________ to hear the bad news.

7. I’m __________ to play as a goalkeeper in my football team.

8. Matthew is __________ to run in the marathon.

9. I was __________ to lose the contest.

10. It’s __________ to open the door for someone.