How to learn Adjectives
Channel: Aesha talks
Date: 2020-08-14

Adjectives
We use adjectives to describe nouns.
Most adjectives can be used in front of a noun…:
- They have a beautiful house.
- We saw a very exciting film last night.
or after a link verb like be, look or feel:
- Their house is beautiful.
- That film looks interesting.
Adjectives: -ed and –ing
A lot of adjectives are made from verbs by adding -ing or -ed:
- amusing                   - boring
- interesting               - terrifying
- worrying                  - annoying
- shocking                  - frightening
- disappointing         - surprising
- tiring                        - exciting
- If you call something interesting you mean it interests you. 
- If you call something frightening you mean it frightens you.
- I read a very interesting article in the newspaper today.
- That Dracula film was absolutely terrifying.
-ed adjectives:
- annoyed
- disappointed
- tired
- bored
- closed      
- excited
- worried
-delighted
If something annoys you, you can say you feel annoyed. 
- If something interests you, you can say you are interested.
- The children had nothing to do. They were bored.
Order of adjectives 
Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:
- He was a nice intelligent young man.
- She had a small round black wooden box.

Some adjectives give a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:
- good
- beautiful   - brilliant
- bad - excellent
- lovely    - nice 
- strange  - awful
Some adjectives give a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun:
Food: tasty; delicious
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly
We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion:
- Nice tasty soup.
- A nasty uncomfortable armchair
- A lovely intelligent animal
Usually we put an adjective that gives an opinion in front of an adjective that is descriptive:
- a nice red dress; - a silly old man; - those horrible yellow curtains


We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:
- a handsome young man; - a big black car; - that horrible big dog
Sometimes we have three adjectives, but this is unusual:
a nice handsome young man;
a big black American car;
that horrible big fierce dog
It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.