{"id":605,"date":"2016-02-22T04:15:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2016-02-22T04:21:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:21:33","slug":"using-adjectives-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=605","title":{"rendered":"USING ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=513\">English Grammar<\/a>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=594 \">Adjectives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adjectives in English are invariable. They do not change their form depending on the gender or number of the noun.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a <strong>hot<\/strong> potato.<\/li>\n<li>Those are some <strong>hot<\/strong> potatoes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To emphasize or strengthn the meaning of an adjective, use the adverbs <em>very<\/em> or <em>really<\/em> in front of the adjective you want to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a <strong>very hot<\/strong> potato.<\/li>\n<li>Those are some<strong> really hot<\/strong> potatoes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adjectives in English usually appear in front of the noun they modify.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>beautiful<\/strong> girl ignored me.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>fast red<\/strong> car drove away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adjectives can also appear after being and sensing verbs like <em>to be, to seem, to look <\/em>and<em> to taste<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Italy is <strong>beautiful<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t think she seems <strong>nice<\/strong> at all.<\/li>\n<li>You look <strong>tired<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This meat tastes <strong>funny<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0SOME EXCEPTIONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adjectives appear after the noun in some fixed expressions.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Princess Roya<\/strong>l is visting Oxford today.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>President elect<\/strong> made a speech last night.<\/li>\n<li>He received a <strong>court martial<\/strong> the following week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The adjectives <em>involved, present <\/em>and<em> concerned<\/em> can appear either before or after the noun that they modify, but with a different meaning depending on the placement.<\/p>\n<style><!--\n\t.demo {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\nborder-collapse:collapse;\npadding:5px;\n}\n.demo th {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\npadding:5px;\nbackground:#F0F0F0;\n}\n.demo td {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\npadding:5px;\n}\n--><\/style>\n<table class=\"demo\">\n<caption>\u00a0<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Adjective placed after the noun<\/th>\n<th>Meaning<\/th>\n<th>Adjective placed before the noun<\/th>\n<th>Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0I want to see the people <strong>involved<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0I want to see the people who have something to do with this matter.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0It was an <strong>involved<\/strong> discussion.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0The discussion was detailed and complex.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Here is a list of the people <strong>present<\/strong> at the meeting.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Here is a list of the poepl who were at the meeting.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0The <strong>present<\/strong> situation is not sustainable.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0The current situation is not sustainable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0I need to see the man <strong>concerned<\/strong> by this accusation<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0I need to see the man who has been accused.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0A <strong>concerned<\/strong> father came to see me today.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0A worried father came to see me today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Grammar\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Adjectives Adjectives in English are invariable. They do not change their form depending on the gender or number of the noun. EXAMPLES This is a hot potato. Those are some hot potatoes. 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