ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

What is adjective?

An adjective is a word that describes, identifies or further defines a noun or a pronoun. There are thousands of adjectives available to describe how something feels, looks, sounds, tastes and acts

Kinds of adjectives

There are many kinds of adjectives. However we are going to focus on two kinds of adjectives highly used to describe places:          

a.        Demonstrative adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives are used to demonstrate or indicate specific things. This, that, these and those are all demonstrative adjectives.

1.    Singular: This, That

2.    Plural: These, Those

Examples:

a.    If I hear that parrot again, I will call the TALKI.

(That is a demonstrative adjective. It refers to a specific parrot.)

b.   Medals will only be given to those runners who complete the marathon in less than 8 hours.

(Those is a demonstrative adjective. It refers to specific people.)

b.        Descriptive adjectives 

The descriptive adjectives can be simply defined as the type of adjectives that are used to express the size, color, or shape of a person, a thing, an animal, or a place. They are used to provide more information to a noun by describing or modifying it.

A descriptive adjective adds meaning to the noun that it modifies. This kind of adjective describes a noun in detail by giving an attribute to that particular word. Descriptive adjectives usually express things that are observable through the five senses (touch, taste, sight, smell, and sound).

Examples of descriptive adjectives.

You should always eat green leafy vegetables.

The old man asked the pretty girl for food.

The attractive guy fell off his black horse.

      These type of adjectives are used to qualify the noun.

Color       : Violet, turquoise, orange, purple, beige.

Size          : Big, large, small, tiny, heavy, light, thin, thick, Shallow, deep.

Shape       : Round, square, oval, conical, rectangular, triangular.

Age          : Old, young, new, modern, ancient, old- fashioned, updated.

Weather  : Rainy, stormy, sunny, windy, snowy, damp, dry, icy,foggy, overcast,

Texture    : Hard, soft, rough, smooth, solid, liquid, sticky, slippery, uneven, blunt

Sound      : Silent, noisy, quiet, deafening, melodic, shrill

Appearance: beautiful, ugly, clean, dirty, complex, difficult, easy, neat, messy

The Order of Adjective

As a general rule, adjectives are usually placed in this order:

Opinion | Size | Quality | Age | Shape | Colour | Origin | Material | Type | Purpose | Noun

order	relating to	examples
1	opinion	unusual, lovely, beautiful
2	size	big, small, tall
3	physical quality	thin, rough, untidy
4	shape	round, square, rectangular
5	age	young, old, youthful
6	colour	blue, red, pink
7	origin	Dutch, Japanese, Turkish
8	material	metal, wood, plastic
9	type	general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped
10	purpose	cleaning, hammering, cooking

Examples:

c.    This is Saint Paul´s Cathedral, a beautiful, big, ancient, baroque, English, religious building.

d.   That is  Santa Marta snow mountain, an atractive, enormous, green and white, Colombian landmark

e.    That is Venice, an interesting, romantic, big, colorful, European, ancient city.

References:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-adjectives.html