Lesson Fourteen

Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns.
This is an old radio.
The word “old” is an adjective.
radio
This is a hungry cat. The word “hungry” is an adjective.
cat eating
The banana is yellow. The word “yellow” is an adjective.
banana
His glass is empty.
The word “empty” is an adjective.
beer

Are you aware of the news?

The word “aware” is an adjective.

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She‘s Japanese. The word “Japanese” is an adjective.
japanese student

These adjectives are used to describe emotions and feelings:

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In English, adjectives usually go before a noun, but they sometimes appear after a noun if using the verb “be” as in the examples above. The banana is yellow.

This is a yellow banana.

This is a banana yellow.

English adjectives also don’t take a plural form. They’re always singular. That’s easy! The only time an adjective changes is in the comparative and superlative forms which we will study in later lessons.

Next: Lesson Fifteen
conjunctions