Adjectives are the words that describe or modify nouns or pronouns. They do so by answering questions such as these about the entity they modify – What kind is it? How many are there? Which one is it? For example:
- Incessant anxiety has undermined his health.
In this sentence, “incessant” is the adjective that describes the noun “anxiety”. What kind of “anxiety” are we talking about? We are talking about the anxiety that never stopped. So anxiety has been modified by “incessant”. .
- Every cloud has a silver lining.
This famous proverb contains the adjective “silver” that modifies the noun “cloud”. This word defines the color of the cloud.
- Maria has to prepare two dishes for dinner.
In this sentence, “two” is the adjective that describes the noun “dishes”. How many dishes? Two dishes.
- Tom takes pleasure in working on challenging projects.
In this sentence, “challenging” is the adjective that describes the noun “projects”. What kind of projects? Challenging projects.
So as you saw in the above three example sentences, adjectives provide some more information about the entity that they describe. Now in the examples above we saw single words that act as adjectives. However, phrases and clauses can also act as adjectives. Read here to learn more.
Adjectives can also be used to make comparisons. When we make comparisons, we need to use adjectives in their comparative or superlative forms. Read this post to learn more about Usage of Comparative and Superlative Adjectives.
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