Parts of Speech
4. Adjectives
Adjectives
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing.
Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns/names.
Examples
|
Person |
Thing |
|
Mandy is a careful girl. |
This is a nice car. |
|
Mandy is careful. |
The car is nice. |
|
She is careful. |
It is nice. |
Where do adjectives go?
An adjective can be put before the noun. Then it is an attribute.
Mandy is a careful girl
An adjective can be put after the verb to be (is). This is called predicative position.
This car is nice car