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Adjectives in English – Grammar Guide
🎯 Adjective + Noun
Adjectives come before nouns to describe them.
It’s an expensive guitar.
It’s a guitar expensive. ❌✅ She has a new car.
❌ She has a car new.
🎯 Be + Adjective
Use am / is / are + adjective to describe things or feelings.
This guitar is expensive.
Her car is new.
In questions, the adjective comes after the subject.
Is your car new?
Are your classmates nice?
🎯 Feel / Look / Smell / Sound / Taste + Adjective
These verbs are followed directly by an adjective, not an adverb.
Your idea sounds interesting.
I don’t like this soup. It tastes horrible.
You look tired.
These cookies smell delicious.
I feel depressed.
🚫 Adjectives Have No Plural Form
Adjectives do not change in the plural. They stay the same!
These are my favorite shoes.These are my favourites shoes. ❌She has blue eyes.She has blues eyes. ❌🔍 Using Very and Quite
Use very and quite before adjectives to add emphasis.
It’s very expensive.
It’s quite expensive.
💡 “Quite” is a bit less strong than “very”.
📌 Key Rules Recap
- Adjectives go before nouns: a new car
- Use be + adjective: It is interesting
- Use sensory verbs + adjective: It looks nice
- Adjectives have no plural form: not “blues eyes”
- Use very/quite + adjective for emphasis