Adjectives: Old, interesting, expensive, etc.

Adjectives: Old, interesting, expensive, etc.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct forms with adjectives to complete the following sentences.

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1With this makeup, your eyes look differentlook differentsdifferent look.

2These are documents importantimportant documentsdocuments importants.

3Are they happyAre happy theyAre they happies in their new house?

4He has a job interestingan interesting job.

5Sit down. You look tiredsmell tiredtired look.

6Our holidays fantastic areare fantasticsare fantastic.

7John has problems at home. Are his marks goodAre goods his marksAre good his marks?

8Their project sounds interestingtastes interestinginteresting looks.

9These cookies are excellentsexcellent areare excellent.

10Her eyes blue areare bluesare blue.

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Adjectives in English – grammar chart

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Adjective + noun

When we use adjectives with a noun in English, the adjectives go before the noun.

• It’s an expensive guitar.
• It’s a guitar expensive. 
• She has a new car.
• She has a car new.

Am/is/are + adjective

We can also use adjectives without a noun after the verb be.

• This guitar is expensive. 
• Her car is new. 

In questions, the adjective can go after be + subject.

• Is your car new? 
• Are your classmates nice? 

Feel/look/smell/sound/taste + adjective

We can also use adjectives without a noun after the verbs of the senses: feel, look, smell, sound, taste.

• Your idea sounds interesting. 
• I don’t like this soup. It tastes horrible.
• You look tired. 
• These cookies smell delicious. 
• I feel depressed. 

No plural

Adjectives in English have no plural. They are always singular.

• These are my favourite shoes.
• These are my favourites shoes.
• She has blue eyes.
• She has blues eyes.

Very/quite

We can use very and quite before the adjectives.

• It’s very expensive.
• It’s quite expensive.