{"id":599,"date":"2016-02-22T03:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T08:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2016-02-22T04:43:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:43:41","slug":"function-of-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=599","title":{"rendered":"FUNCTION OF ADJECTIVES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=513\">English Grammar<\/a>\u00a0&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=594 \">Adjectives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adjectives describe the aspects of nouns. When an adjective is describing a noun, we say it is &#8220;modifying&#8221; it. Adjectives can:<\/p>\n<p>Describe the quantity<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are <strong>four<\/strong> teams.<\/li>\n<li>The house has <strong>two<\/strong> levels.<\/li>\n<li>The neighbor has <strong>a lot<\/strong> of cats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Describe feelings or qualities<\/span><\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is a <strong>lonely<\/strong> man.<\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>honest<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Express a judgement or a value<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That was a\u00a0<strong>fantastic<\/strong>\u00a0film.<\/li>\n<li>Grammar is\u00a0<strong>complicated<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell more about a thing&#8217;s characteristics<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a\u00a0<strong>flashy<\/strong>\u00a0car.<\/li>\n<li>The knife is\u00a0<strong>sharp<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Tell us about size and measurement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John is a\u00a0<strong>tall<\/strong>\u00a0man.<\/li>\n<li>This film is\u00a0<strong>long<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell us about the temperature<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This <strong>hot<\/strong> tea is good.<\/li>\n<li>Ice cream is <strong>cold<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell us about age.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He&#8217;s a\u00a0<strong>young<\/strong>\u00a0man.<\/li>\n<li>My coat is\u00a0<strong>old<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell us about shape<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I sat at a\u00a0<strong>round<\/strong>\u00a0table.<\/li>\n<li>The envelope is\u00a0<strong>square<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Tell us about colour<\/span><\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul wore a\u00a0<strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0shirt.<\/li>\n<li>The sunset was\u00a0<strong>crimson<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Give nationality or origin<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I heard a <strong>French<\/strong> song.<\/li>\n<li>This clock is <strong>German<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Our house is <strong>Victorian<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Tell us what something is made of<\/span><\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The table is <strong>wooden<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>She wore a <strong>cotton<\/strong> dress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Grammar\u00a0&gt; Adjectives Adjectives describe the aspects of nouns. When an adjective is describing a noun, we say it is &#8220;modifying&#8221; it. Adjectives can: Describe the quantity EXAMPLES There are four teams. The house&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}