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Adjectives in English may not seem like they should cause any problems.
You do not need to change their endings according to the gender and
case of the noun they qualify, as in German. Nor do you have to know
whether they should be placed in front of or after the noun, as in French
*. In fact, however, there are a number of difficulties that English
adjectives can cause, even to the more advanced learners of the
language. Let's have a look at some of these.
Quiz
To test your knowledge of the use of adjectives in English, see if you can
answer these questions:
little
afraid
closed
shut
daily
3. Put these adjectives into the correct order to qualify the given noun:
4. A silly little girl and a silly, little girl are both possible. Is there a
difference in meaning between them?
handsome
narrow
stubborn
tired
clever
Answers
1. Attributive, predicative or both?
2. He's an old friend of mine means that I have known him for a long
time. To express the idea of his advanced age you would need to say
something like: he's a friend of mine. He's (very) old.
5. -er or more