Adjectives

Adjectives are words that give quality to a noun (substantivo). They come
before a noun:

Its a nice (adjective) day (noun) today. ( not day nice)

Anna has brown eyes. (not eyes brown)

Theres a very old church in this town. (not church old)

David is a rich man. (not man rich)

Adjectives do not have plural:

A different place = singular

Different places = plural

Blue car = singular

Blue cars = plural

Adjectives come after the verb TO BE (am, is, are):

The weather is nice today. (not nice is)

Those flowers are beautiful. (not beautiful are)

The film wasnt good. (was = past of the verb TO BE)(not good wasnt)

Please, be quiet. (not quiet be)

Adjectives come after look/feel/smell/taste/sound:

He feels tired. (not tired feels)

They look happy. (not happy look)

It smells great. (not great smells)

The song sounds bad. (not bad sounds)

The chocolate tastes excellent. (not excellent tastes)

 Exercises:

1) The following words are adjectives or nouns. Use an adjective and a

noun to complete each sentence:

AIR HOTELS PERSON BLACK INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPH

CLOUDS JOB PROBLEM DANGEROUS KNIFE SERIOUS
EXPENSIVE FOREIGN SHARP LANGUAGES LONG HOLIDAY
FRESH OLD

a) Jack doesnt speak any foreign languages.

b) Look at those ______________in the sky! Its going to rain.
c) She works very hard and shes very tired. She needs a __________.
d) I enjoy talking to her. Shes an ___________________.
e) Fire fighting is a _____________________.
f) Can you open the window? We need some __________________.
g) This is an ______________________of Tom. He looks different now.
h) I have a ______________. I hope you can help me.
i) I need a _______________to cut these onions.
j) They have a lot of money. They always stay at ________________.

2) In these conversations you dont agree with Tom. Use the word in
parentheses ( ):

TOM
1. You sound happy.
2. Hes American.
3. Shes very rich.
4. You look cold.
5. They are very friendly.
6. That hamburger looks good.
YOU
Really? (feel) I dont feel happy.
Really? (sound) He doesnt _______.
Really? (look) She ______________.
Really? (feel) I ________________.
Really? (look) They _____________.
Really? (taste) It _______________.