Adjective Placement and Order For beginners

Here, you'll learn how to place adjectives before nouns, like 'a red car'. Simple explanations and exercises to help you understand.

"Adjective Placement and Order" in English Grammar

Where are Adjectives Placed?

'Adjectives' are words that describe nouns. They can come before nouns, or after 'to be' verb.

Before Nouns

As we mentioned above, an adjective can be used before the noun it is describing. Look below:

A beautiful girl

'Girl' is a noun.

The wild cat

A fluffy sheep

The kind witch

Now, take a look at their placement in complete sentences:

I can see a red circle.

He is a sad boy.

After 'To Be' Verb

We can also place adjectives after 'to be' verbs. Check out the following examples:

The dog is black.

The panda is sleepy.

I am angry.

That old woman is kind.

Here, 'old' is an adjective before the noun and 'kind' is an adjective after the 'to be' verb.

Number of Adjectives

We can have two or more adjectives before the noun we want to describe. Look at the following examples:

I ate a big, delicious, creamy birthday cake yesterday.

Look at those beautiful blue roses over there.

Quiz:


1.
Choose the correct option for the placement of the adjective in the sentence: "The soup_____."
A
hot.
B
is hot.
C
hot is.
2.
Choose the option that uses the adjective in the correct place.
A
The man tall is walking.
B
Man the tall is walking.
C
The tall man is walking.
D
Tall the man is walking.
3.
Sort the words to form a grammatically correct sentence.
brown
the
fast
dog
won
race
.
the
4.
Fill the table with the correct adjective placement type.
SentenceAdjective placement
She is quiet.
I have a bright yellow balloon.
He is confident.
The sky is clear.
I see a red car.
after "to be"
before noun

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