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