Topic 18
Adjectives
A. Qualitative Adjectives
B. Predicative Adjectives
C. Attributive Adjectives
Adjectives
may be formed from nouns / verbs by
adding ‘al /able/ en / ful / less / ish/ ive
/ ous / some………..’
Adjectives are
words which modify nouns. Qualitative
Adjectives are adjectives that identify a quality that someone / something
has. Verbal Adjectives are Qualitative
Adjectives, too.
A. Qualitative Adjectives
1.
able (ability) 2. accidental (accident)
3. admirable (admire) 4. adventurous (adventure)
5. affectionate (affection) 6.
angry (anger)
7. anxious (anxiety) 8. athletic (athlete)
9. attentive (attention) 10. attractive (attract)
11. beautiful (beauty) 12. big (-)
13. bold (boldness) 14. boyish (boy) girl (girlish)
15. brave (bravery) 16. brief (-)
17. believable (belief) 18. boastful (boast)
19. careful / careless (care) 20. restful / restless (rest)
21. cautious (caution) 22. central (centre)
23. cheap (-) 24. changeable (change)
25. childish (child) 26. choosy (choose)
27. circular (circle) 28. collective (collect)
29. comfortable (comfort) 30. competitive (compete)
31. correct (correction) 32. curable (cure)
33. courageous (courage) 34. cowardly (coward)
35. crafty
(craft) 36.
critical (critics)
37. cruel (cruelty) 38. creative (create)
39. dangerous (danger) 40. decisive (decide)
41. decorative (decoration) 42. descriptive (describe)
43. destructive (destroy) 44.
disastrous (disaster)
45. distant (distance) 46. dutiful (duty)
47. energetic (energy) 48. enjoyable (enjoy)
49. envious (envy) 50. endurable (endure)
51. faithful (faith) 52. famous (fame)
53. (father)ly/(mother)ly/(brother)ly 54.
faulty (fault)
55. friendly
(friend) 56. favourable (favour)
57. fiery (fire) 58. foolish (fool)
59. forceful (force) 60.
forgetful (forget)
61. fortunate (fortune) 62. furious (fury)
63. great (greatness) 64. glorious (glory)
65. golden (gold) 66.
graceful (grace)
67. good (-) 68. gigantic (giant)
69. habitual (habit) 70.
harmful (harm)
71. hateful (hate) 72.
healthy (health)
wealthy (wealth)
73. hot (heat) 74. high (height)
75. helpful (help) 76. heroic (hero)
77. hopeful (hope) 78.
horrible (horror)
79. imaginative; imaginary (imagine) 80. industrious; industrial (industry)
81. intelligent (intelligence) 82. inventive (invent)
83. joyful (joy) 84.
jealous (jealousy)
85. lawful (law) 86. long (length)
87. loveable (love) 88.
luxurious (luxury)
89. major (majority) 90. minor (minority)
91. marvellous (marvel) 92. merciful (mercy)
93. mischievous (mischief) 94. mountainous (mountain)
95. musical (music) 96.
mysterious (mystery)
97. national (nation) 98. natural (nature)
99. noisy (noise) 100.
northern (north) southern (south)
101. noticeable (notice) 102.
nosey (-)
103. obedient (obey) 104. occasional (occasion)
105. original (origin) 106. organic (-)
107. parental (parent) 108. patient (patience)
109. personal (person) 110. peaceful (peace)
111. picturesque (picture) 112. pitiful (pity)
113. poetic (poet) 114.
poisonous (poison)
115. proud (pride) 116.
prosperous (prosper)
117. quarrelsome (quarrel) 118. queer (-)
119. reasonable (reason) 120. rich (richness)
121. scientific (science) 122. sensible (sense)
123. shady (shade) 124. silky (silk)
125. skilful (skill) 126.
smoky (smoke)
127. sorrowful (sorrow) 128. spiritual (spirit)
129. stormy (storm) 130. strong (strength)
131. studious (study) 132. successful (success)
133. talkative (talk) 134. terrible (terror)
135. thoughtful (thought) 136. troublesome (trouble)
137. thirsty (thirst) 138.
truthful (truth)
139. valuable (value) 140. victorious (victory)
141. volcanic (volcano) 142. watery (water)
143. western (west) 144. wintry (winter)
145. wise (wisdom) 146. witty (wit)
147.
woollen (wool) 148. young (youth) 39
B. Predicative
Adjectives
Predicative
Adjectives are adjectives that occur without a noun after Verb-to-be and other
linking Verbs.
Intensive Verbs
a) Verb-to-be
am
is was
are were
have
has had been
can / could
may / might
shall / should be
will / would
must
ought
to
b)
other linking verbs
1) appear 2) become 3) fall
4) feel 5) go 6) get 7) keep
8) look 9) prove
10) seem
11) smell 12) sound 13) stay
14) taste 15) turn
Examples:
1. [I] am tired now.
xxxxx
2. [You] are busy now.
xxxx
3. [Shelley] is kind to her pet.
[She] has been kind to her pet.
xxxx
4. [The little girl] must be hungry.
xxxx
5. [John] fell asleep in class yesterday.
xxxx
6. [Hassan] felt surprised to meet us
here.
xxxxxx
7. * Be more organised and
self-disciplined. (F4)
xxx xxxxx
8. [Tina] has to be hardworking and
obedient to gain points for a present.
---- xxxxxx xxxx
(xx ----- adjectives) ;
------ to-infinitive
C. Attributive
Adjectives
An Attributive Adjective is placed before
the noun to modify it.
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Examples:
1. [It] is /an interesting book/.
xxxxx
2. [Nobody] dares to get near (that
fierce dog).
xxxx
3. [George] is /an amicable boy/.
xxxxx
4. [Global warming] will result in food
crisis.
xxxx
5. [No one] likes (a naughty and
disobedient boy.)
xxxxxxx xxxxx
6. [Understanding parents] always create (conducive
environment) for (their children).
Xxxxxxxx xxxxxx
Most adjectives are both predicative and attributives.
Examples:
1. [This] is /an interesting book/. (attributive)
[This book] is /interesting/. (predicative)
2. [That fierce dog] belongs to Maria. (attributive)
[That dog] is fierce. [That dog] is very fierce. (predictive)
3. [He] has (a new car).
[His
car] is /new/.
4. Can you lift up (that heavy stone)?
[That stone] is very heavy.
5. Tom is /a very naughty boy/.
Tom is /very naughty/.
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