Examples of AdjectivesUse these examples of adjectives to help you understand adjectives a bit better. For more information, see the adjectives page. Quick Refresher: Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns.
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| Proper Noun | Proper Adjective |
| America | American |
| Britain | British |
| Canada | Canadian |
| China | Chinese |
| Christianity | Christian |
| France | French |
Articles
There are only three of these special types of adjectives: a, an , and the.
Regular Comparatives and Superlatives
Most adjectives can be described in degrees. This means that something can have more or less of the adjective's quality.
Regular comparatives end in -er or start with more.
Regular superlatives end in -est or start with most.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| ambitious | more ambitious | most ambitious |
| cold | colder | coldest |
| comfortable | more comfortable | most comfortable |
| dry | drier | driest |
| enchanting | more enchanting | most enchanting |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| hot | hotter | hottest |
| organized | more organized | most organized |
| pretty | prettier | prettiest |
| radiant | more radiant | most radiant |
| sharp | sharper | sharpest |
| wavy | wavier | waviest |
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
These can still be given in degrees, but they don't follow the patterns listed above.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| bad | worse | worst |
| good | better | best |
| little | less | least |
| many | more | most |
Adjectives That Cannot Be Comparative or Superlative
Some adjectives don't have degrees. There is only one level of these adjectives. (For example, something cannot be more half than something else. It either is half, or it isn't.)
| entire | fatal | final |
| half | main | pregnant |
How Do You Diagram Adjectives?
Seeing a examples of adjectives is a great way to learn what an adjective is.
Sentence diagramming can teach you what an adjective does.
Sentence diagramming is a visual way to show how the words in a sentence are related to each other.
When you see them diagrammed, it's easy to see that adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.
They go on a slanted line below the noun or pronoun that they modify.
Adjectives can also act as a predicate adjectives. This kind of adjectives only comes after a linking verb, and it describes the subject of the sentence.
You can learn more about diagramming by going to the English grammar exercise page which will take you step by step through diagramming.
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