Lesson No 15B-Common Adjectives
Common Adjectives in English
Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. Here are some common adjectives used in English:
Descriptive Adjectives:
- Size: big, small, large, tiny, huge
- Color: red, blue, green, yellow, black, white
- Shape: round, square, triangular, oval, rectangular
- Age: old, young, new, ancient, modern
- Quality: good, bad, nice, terrible, wonderful
- Condition: wet, dry, hot, cold, soft, hard
Quantifying Adjectives:
- Many, much: used with countable and uncountable nouns, respectively.
- Few, little: used with countable and uncountable nouns, respectively.
- Several, a few, a little: used to indicate a small quantity.
- A lot of, lots of: used to indicate a large quantity.
Demonstrative Adjectives:
- This, that: used to point out things near or far.
- These, those: used to point out plural things near or far.
Possessive Adjectives:
- My, your, his, her, its, our, their: used to show ownership.
Would you like to practice using adjectives in sentences?
Here are some more examples of common adjectives and exercises to practice using them:
Examples:
- A big house
- A red car
- A round ball
- An old book
- A good friend
- Many people
- A few apples
- This book
- Their house
Practice Exercises:
1. Identify the adjectives in the following sentences:
- The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
- She is a beautiful woman.
- We went to the park yesterday.
- He plays guitar very well.
- I love pizza.
2. Write sentences using the following adjectives:
- big, small, large, tiny, huge
- red, blue, green, yellow, black, white
- round, square, triangular, oval, rectangular
- old, young, new, ancient, modern
- good, bad, nice, terrible, wonderful
3. Create your own sentences using adjectives.
