ADJECTIVE A WORD USE TO DESCRIBE THINGS ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVE A WORD USE TO DESCRIBE THINGS ADJECTIVES
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Adjective = a word use to describe things

Adjectives are used in a language to describe something or someone.

Adjectives express an attribute of a place, thing, an event or a person.

Adjectives precede the noun in a sentence

Adjectives describe qualities, personality traits, colors, sizes, shapes, sounds and feelings. (see list)

ADJECTIVES

Good

Upset

Beautiful

Pretty

Noun = the name for something

Silvia

Miss Universe

Jennifer

Flower

Egg

OPPOSITE

BIG

LONG

OLD

HOT

Adjectives Describing Color

Using colors as adjectives is one of the most common forms of describing nouns (appearance of things, people, etc.)

Azure	Aqua	Blue	Black
Crimson	White	Yellow	Purple

NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL

SINGULAR PLURAL

a) one pen two pens

one apple three apples

one cup three cups

one elephant five elephants

To make the plural form of most nouns add -s

b) baby babies

city cities

country countries

nationality nationalities

End of noun: consonant + -y

Plural form: change -y to -i, add -es

c) boy boys

key keys

monkey monkeys

bay bays

toy toys

End of noun: vowel + -y

Plural form: add -s

d) wife wives

thief thieves

half halves

End of noun: -fe or -f

Plural form: change -f to –v add -es

e) dish dishes

match matches

class classes

box boxes

End of noun: -sh, -ch, -ss, -x

Plural form: add -es

f) tomato tomatoes

potato potatoes

End of noun: consonant + -o

Plural form: add -es

g) zoo zoos

radio radios

End of noun: vowel + -o

Plural from: add -s

Irregular Plural Form

Singular Plural

child children

foot feet

man men

mouse mice

tooth teeth

woman women

fish fish/fishes

deer deer

sheep sheep

SINGULAR

What is this? What is that?

What’s this? What’s that?

It is a desk. It is a desk.

This is a desk. That is a desk.

PLURAL

What are these? What are those?

They are chairs. They are chairs.

These are chairs. Those are chairs.

Articles

English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a / an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article.

the = definite article

a/an = indefinite article

For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book. If I say, "Let's read a book," I mean any book rather than a specific book.

The indefinite article a is usually pronounced with the schwa sound / /.

NOUNS

a nurse

a teacher

a professor

a doctor

a janitor

a librarian

a carpenter

a shop assistant

a fashion designer

a model

a businesswoman

a businessman

a computer programmer

a secretary

a dentist

an accountant

an architect

an artist

an actor

an astronaut

an alligator wrestler

an engineer

an electrician

an interpreter

an explorer

an orphan

an apple

an egg

an elbow

an envelop

an idiot

an invitation

an itchy pants

an inch

an igloo

an orange

an octopus

an ostrich

an umbrella

an undershirt

Exceptions to the Rule (Sound – you or your)

a university

a uniform

a unicorn

a UFO an unidentified flying object

a unit

a European

a unicycle

a unusual problem

Sound

an hour

an honor

It’s water. It’s a bottle of water.

It is juice. It is a glass of juice.

It’s milk. It’s a liter / litre of milk.

It’s jam. It’s a jar of jam.

There is - There are ADJECTIVE A WORD USE TO DESCRIBE THINGS ADJECTIVES

We use there is (singular) / there are (plural) to say that something or someone is located in the place or exists:

e.g. There is a book on the desk. / There are many books on the shelf.

There are eight students in the classroom. / There is one teacher in the classroom.

We use there isn’t (singular) / there aren’t (plural) to say that something or someone isn’t located in the place or doesn’t exist:

e.g. There isn’t a book on the desk. / There aren’t any books on the shelf.

There isn’t an animal in the classroom. / There aren’t two teachers in the classroom.

We use Is there…? (singular) / Are there...? (plural) to ask whether something or someone is located in the place or exists:

e.g. Is there a book on the desk? / Are there any books on the shelf?|

Is there a teacher in the classroom? / Are there any students in the classroom?

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