what are the adjectives in english?
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What Are Adjectives? Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.
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Most adjectives have three different forms to show degrees of comparison—the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is used to describe one item, group, or person. The comparative is used to describe two items, people, or groups.
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['Este. Este is used to describe a noun that is close to the speaker and listener. ... ', 'Ese. Ese is used to point out nouns that are further from the speaker and not easily within reach. ... ', 'Aquel.']
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['Parts of Speech. In English grammar, the eight major parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.', 'Nouns. The easy way to remember nouns is that they refer to people, places, or things. ... ', 'Pronouns. ... ', 'Adjectives. ... ', 'Verbs. ... ', 'Prepositions. ... ', 'Conjunctions. ... ', 'Interjections.']
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An adjective is a name (a word, or representation, etc) for some quality (always abstract) which adheres to an object (always a noun). ... They are abstract.
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['magical.', 'moist.', 'muggy.', 'natural.', 'oppressive.', 'patriotic.', 'perfect.', 'poolside.']
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['emotional. adjective. affected by and expressing strong emotion, especially sadness or anger.', 'passionate. adjective. showing or expressing strong beliefs, interest, or enthusiasm.', 'ardent. adjective. ... ', 'impassioned. adjective. ... ', 'tempestuous. adjective. ... ', 'intense. adjective. ... ', 'soulful. adjective. ... ', 'histrionic. adjective.']
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['handsome.', 'happy.', 'hardhearted.', 'harmonious.', 'harsh.', 'hateful.']
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['A: absentmindedly, adoringly, awkwardly. B: beautifully, briskly, brutally. C: carefully, cheerfully, competitively. ... ', 'A: after, afterwards, annually. B: before. D: daily. ... ', 'A: abroad, anywhere, away. D: down. E: everywhere. ... ', "E: extremely. N: not (this includes n't) Q: quite."]
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['deep.', 'great.', 'high.', 'lengthy.', 'protracted.', 'tall.', 'prolonged.', 'stretch.']
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Unlike adverbs, adjectives do not modify verbs, other adjectives, or adverbs. Adjectives usually precede the noun or pronoun they modify. Adjectives do not have to agree in number or gender with the nouns they describe. Adjectives answer the following questions: What kind?, How many?, or Which ones?
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Noun: a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality e.g.'nurse', 'cat', 'party', 'oil' and 'poverty'. ... Adjective: a word that describes a noun e.g. 'big', 'boring', 'pink', 'quick' and 'obvious'.
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['Noun – A noun is generally defined as a person, place, or thing; however, ideas are also nouns. ... ', 'Verb – A verb is a word that describes action or a state of being. ... ', 'Pronoun – A pronoun is a word that is used to replace a noun For example, instead of saying “Sam likes pizza” we can use “He” as a substitute for Sam.']
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Most students learn that adjectives are words that modify (describe) nouns. Adjectives do not modify verbs or adverbs or other adjectives. Margot wore a beautiful hat to the pie-eating contest. ... In the sentences above, the adjectives are easy to spot because they come immediately before the nouns they modify.
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['accidentally.', 'accusingly.', 'adamantly.', 'angrily.', 'anxiously.', 'argumentatively.', 'automatically.', 'badly.']
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['Fab wonderful; fabulous; extremely pleasing.', 'Fabulous astonishing; exceedingly pleasing; outstanding.', 'Facile easy; easily achievable or done; quick; ready.', 'Factual real; genuine; containing or characterized by facts.']
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Nouns are naming words (place – beach, object – apple, person – Henry, animal – cat) Verbs are action/doing words (ate, swim, bake and sing) Adjectives are describing words (rainy, spotty, huge, green) Adverbs are words that describe a verb (softly, quickly, carefully, happily)