Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, giving more information about it.

In the sentence 'The tall tree swayed in the wind,' 'tall' is the adjective describing the tree.

Adjectives tell us about the qualities, quantities, or states of nouns.

The adjective is 'fluffy'.

Adjectives make writing more interesting and help readers understand more about the nouns.

Yes, adjectives can compare things, like in 'taller' or 'smaller'.

A descriptive adjective describes the qualities of a noun, like 'happy', 'blue', or 'old'.

A quantitative adjective tells us how many or how much, like 'three', 'some', or 'many'.

The adjectives are 'red' and 'green'.

A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun and is always capitalized, like 'American' in 'American culture'.