Lesson 13

What is an adjective ?

The simplest definition of an adjective is that it is a word that describes or clarifies a noun. Adjectives describe nouns by giving some information about an object's size, shape, age, color, origin or material. 

• It's a big table. (size) 
• It's a round table. (shape) 
• It's an old table. (age) 
• It's a brown table. (color) 
• It's an English table. (origin) 
• It's a wooden table. (material) 
• It's a lovely table. (opinion) 
• It's a broken table. (observation) 
• It's a coffee table. (purpose) 

When an item is defined by its purpose, that word is usually not an adjective, but it acts as one in that situation. 

• coffee table 
• pool hall 
• hunting cabin 
• baseball player

The problem with the adjectives usually appears when we should use more than one in a sentence. The next lesson will be exactly on this question.

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