How to use adjectives in Sentences - Using adjectives in English Speaking

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Sarah and today we're going to learn how to use adjectives in English speaking

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Let's begin what is an adjective an adjective is a word that is used to

describe or tell more about nouns and pronouns adjectives help us to express

our ideas and opinions with greater complexity let's consider two examples

here is a sentence without an adjective I live in a house now let's try adding

some adjectives to give us more information about our noun house here is

the same sentence with one adjective I live in a small house and with two

adjectives I live in a small old house and finally with three adjectives I live

in a small old blue house let's look at one more example here is another

sentence without adjectives I like movies okay now I know you like movies

but we can be more specific by adding just a few adjectives with one adjective

I like new movies with two adjectives I like new exciting movies and with three

adjectives I like new exciting action movies you could even add more adding

adjectives helps the person you are talking to better understand you and

what you are talking about adjectives can be split into many categories like

shape words like square round and circular color words like red orange and

yellow and H words like old and today let's look deeper at three

categories of adjectives size quantity and quality there are many many

adjectives that can be used in each of these categories the ones we will learn

today are some of the most come first let's talk about size size is one of the

most commonly used types of adjectives these adjectives are mainly useful for

describing physical things two of the most well known size adjectives are big

and small but there are many many ways to express just how big or how small

something is let's take a look at this chart that shows size adjectives in

order from small to big on the Left we see a word for something very very small

miniature often in English we shortened this word to mini for example the boy

looks like a miniature version of his father or the boy looks like a mini

version of his father next is the word tiny something tiny is very small in a

sentence we can use the adjective tiny like this look at those tiny ants or did

you see the tiny puppy over there the word tiny implies that something is

smaller than usual or expected after tiny we see the word small which can be

used in any situation in which you want to express that something is less than a

normal size for example she's a small girl or my phone is so small there are

also adjectives we can use to express that something is neither bigger nor

smaller than expected but is a normal size the adjectives in the middle of the

chart can be used interchangeably normal sized average-sized and medium-sized

we'd use these terms in a sentence like this I want to buy a normal

table not too small or too big I have an average-sized apartment

it's a medium-sized car on the right side of the table we first have the

words big and large these two words are very common and can be used to express

that something is greater than a normal size for example this is a big classroom

or that's a large tree after big enlarge we have the word huge this adjective is

used to describe something very big or bigger than expected

for example that building is huge or this is a huge meal even bigger than

huge are the adjectives gigantic and enormous these adjectives are used for

things that are extremely big here are a few ways we can use these words Tokyo is

a gigantic city China has an enormous population next let's take a look at

quantity adjectives these adjectives tell us how much of something there is

it is important to note that the quantity adjectives we use depends on

the nap if it is a noun or person place or thing that can be counted in numbers

it is called a countable now these are words like car house and Frank these are

all things we can count for instance I can count five cars four houses

ten friends and so on if it is a noun that cannot be counted it is called an

uncountable noun these are words like stress and rain I cannot count rain or

stress I cannot say there are ten rains or I

have thirty five stresses therefore these words are uncountable nouns let's

take a look at the following chart of quantity adjectives blue words should

only be you with uncountable nouns red words should

only be used with countable nouns and black words can be used with any noun as

you'll see in the top right corner of the charts first we see the adjective

phrase a little just like the word little means small a little means there

is a small amount of something a little can be used with uncountable nouns for

example I'm a little stressed and I have a little water in my shoes next we see

the terms few and a few it is important to note that few and a few can only be

used with countable nouns a few implies that there is not much of something for

example there are few cars on the road today and we only have a few carrots in

the middle is the adjective some this is an adjective that implies that there is

a medium or average amount of something some can also be used with any type of

noun here are some examples will you get some snacks from the store let's listen

to some music while we study many is the next adjective and like few and a few

many can only be used with countable nouns remember countable nouns are

things you can count with numbers let's look at a few examples I don't have many

books at home she has many classes this semester the final quantity adjectives

we'll talk about today is a lot of or lots of these terms can be used with any

type of noun and in many different ways let's consider three examples she has a

lot of shoes there are lots of restaurants near my house there's a lot

of snow on the sidewalk last in today's lesson our adjectives that describe the

quality of something quality means how or bad something is these adjectives are

extremely useful and are used to describe opinions physical things

emotions and more let's take a look at our third chart for some of the most

common quality adjectives on the Left we see adjectives used to describe things

that are bad or that we dislike let's begin with the adjectives terrible and

horrible these words are used to talk about things that are really really bad

let's see the words in a sentence that was a terrible movie I had a horrible

flight awful is another word used to describe things that are really bad for

instance I have an awful headache that song it's awful bad can be used in any

situation if you want to express disliked or low-quality

bad can be used anytime without sounding as serious as words like awful and

horrible for instance I had a bad day this is not as serious as I had a

horrible day but still means it was not good in the middle of the chart we see

the neutral adjectives okay fine and decent these words mean that something

is not good in not bad just in the middle let's see it in context the pizza

was okay the class was fine he's a decent singer next on the right we see

words to describe things that are better than okay good great wonderful and

amazing good is like the word bad it can be used in any situation and expresses

like or good quality it is not so serious for example I had a good day is

not as serious as I had an amazing day great means

something is better than good for example this is great soup words like

wonderful and amazing are used to describe things that are really really

good for example she is a wonderful teacher

or I had an amazing vacation while students that concludes today's lesson

on expanding your use of adjectives remember using more and different types

of adjectives can help you better express yourself and can help others

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