Adjectives

Learn English adjectives with clear definitions, examples, and grammar tips. Improve your vocabulary and describe people, places, and things more accurately
Qualifying
They serve to qualify the noun, add more information and description about it.
Happy
The happy dog is running.
Tall
He is a tall man.
Cold
We drank cold water.
Beautiful
She wore a beautiful dress.
Old
They live in an old house.
Demonstrative
They indicate the proximity of the person with whom or about who we are talking. They determine the location of the noun with respect to the elements in the sentence.
This
I like this book.
That
That car is very fast.
These
These shoes are comfortable.
Those
Look at those birds in the sky.
Quantitative
They express quantity imprecisely. They also qualify the noun imprecisely.
Some
She has some friends in the city.
Many
There are many books on the shelf.
Few
Only few people came to the meeting.
Much
He doesn’t have much time.
Several
We saw several animals at the zoo.
Any
Do you have any sugar?
Little
There is little water in the bottle.
Interrogative
They modify the Noun in the interrogative sentences.
Which
Which dress do you like?
What
What book are you reading?
Whose
Whose bag is this?
Possessive
They establish a possessive relation respect to the noun.
My
This is my house.
Your
Is this your phone?
His
He lost his keys.
Her
She loves her cat.
Our
Our team won the game.
Their
They cleaned their rooms.
Its
The dog wagged its tail.
Numerical
They complement the noun, express a quantity or number of things.
One
She has one brother.
Two
I bought two apples.
Three
They live on the third floor.
First
He finished in first place.
Twenty
There are twenty students in the class.