Elementary - Adjectives

1) Adjectives describe nouns. Adjectives are always put before the nouns, and there can be more than one adjective.

• Sara has a big dog.
• There are some good restaurants in the area.
• It is a useful tool for gardening.
• We need to buy a new car.
• I have a new red jacket.

Adjectives don't change depending on number.

• I have a beautiful cat.
• I have three beautiful cats.

2) Many adjectives derived from verbs can end in -ed or -ing.

• The film was boring.
• She was bored by the film.

When an adjective ends in -ed, it describes a state i.e. the feeling given by something.

• I was interested in the book.
• I'm excited about tomorrow.
• I was surprised to see you.
• The bored man fell asleep.

When an adjective ends in -ing, active in meaning i.e. it describes the feeling given by something.

• Modern art is interesting.
• The news was shocking.
• The book is really confusing.
• The shocking news left us without words.

3) We use suffixes to form different parts of speech.
Noun suffixes: -ness, -ence. Adjective suffixes: -ful, -y, -ous, -al, -ly, -ic, -ent.