Adjectives

An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. It tells us something more about the quality, amount, nature, appearance, etc., of a noun or pronoun.

Examples:

• I like beautiful scenery.
  (what kind of scenery?-quality)
• Please give me some sugar.
  (how much sugar? - amount)
• Ram is an honest man.
  (what kind of person?-nature)
• Aaryan is a strong boy.
  (how does Aaryan look like?-appearance)

An adjective may come either before or after a noun.

• Ashoka is a long tree.
• The cute baby is sleeping.
• The girl is good at English.
• The old man is weak.

But an adjective always comes after a pronoun.

• He is handsome.
• I am young and tall.
• She is intelligent and beautiful.
• It is big and shiny.

Adjectives are also called describing words.

Opposites

Read the group of words given below:

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• a big ball
• a small ball

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• a long rope
• a short rope

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• a cup of hot tea
• a glass of cold juice

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The highlighted words are opposites. They are adjectives.