{"id":3191,"date":"2025-07-15T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:20:54","slug":"english-adjective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/english-adjective\/","title":{"rendered":"English Adjective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"toc-2\" name=\"toc-2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<div class=\"summary\">An adjective is a word that describes or gives more information about a noun (a person, place, thing or idea).<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"toc-3\" name=\"toc-3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In-depth Explanation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"explanation\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adjectives describe or modify nouns. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>green\u00a0<\/strong>apple<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>tall\u00a0<\/strong>building<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>three<\/strong>\u00a0cats<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unlike some other languages, English adjectives do not change based on the gender or number of the noun they describe. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a\u00a0<strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0shirt<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0cars<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a<strong>\u00a0young<\/strong>\u00a0boy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a\u00a0<strong>young\u00a0<\/strong>girl<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"toc-4\" name=\"toc-4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Adjective Placement<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Adjectives\u00a0<strong>usually come<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>before the noun<\/strong>\u00a0they describe. For example:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I like the\u00a0<strong>blue<\/strong>\u00a0car.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this example, &#8220;blue&#8221; is the adjective describing the noun &#8220;car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sometimes, adjectives come<strong>\u00a0after the verb<\/strong>, especially when using verbs like &#8220;to be&#8221; (am,\u00a0is,\u00a0are,\u00a0was,\u00a0were) or &#8220;to seem.&#8221; For example:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The car is\u00a0<strong>blue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this example, &#8220;blue&#8221; describes the car and comes after the verb &#8220;is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"toc-5\" name=\"toc-5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Word Order with Adjectives<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When you use more than one adjective to describe a noun, they usually follow a specific order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Opinion:\u00a0<\/strong>lovely,\u00a0interesting,\u00a0boring<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Size:\u00a0<\/strong>big,\u00a0small,\u00a0tall<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Age:<\/strong>\u00a0old,\u00a0young,\u00a0new<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Shape:<\/strong>\u00a0round,\u00a0square,\u00a0thin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Color:\u00a0<\/strong>blue,\u00a0red,\u00a0green<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Origin:<\/strong>\u00a0American,\u00a0Chinese,\u00a0French<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Material:\u00a0<\/strong>wooden,\u00a0plastic,\u00a0metal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Purpose:\u00a0<\/strong>sleeping\u00a0(as in\u00a0sleeping bag)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For example:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A\u00a0<strong>big old<\/strong>\u00a0house\u00a0(size, age)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A\u00a0<strong>beautiful wooden<\/strong>\u00a0bowl\u00a0(opinion, material)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary An adjective is a word that describes or gives more information about a noun (a person, place, thing or idea). In-depth Explanation Adjectives describe or modify nouns. Here are a few examples: green\u00a0apple tall\u00a0building three\u00a0cats Unlike some other languages, English adjectives do not change based on the gender or number of the noun they &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[281,283,284,274,285,269,268,277,286,290,276,278,288,292,261,282,275,287,280,270,279,264,265,289,262,272,260,271,291],"class_list":["post-3191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adjective","tag-adjective-examples","tag-adjective-exercises","tag-adjective-grammar","tag-adjective-in-english","tag-adjective-vocabulary","tag-bai-tap-tinh-tu","tag-cach-dung-tinh-tu","tag-color-adjectives","tag-comparative-adjectives","tag-danh-sach-tinh-tu","tag-descriptive-adjectives","tag-emotion-adjectives","tag-english-adjective","tag-hoc-tieng-anh-voi-eduma","tag-hoc-tinh-tu","tag-how-to-use-adjectives","tag-learn-adjectives","tag-learn-english-with-eduma","tag-list-of-adjectives","tag-ngu-phap-tinh-tu","tag-size-adjectives","tag-tinh-tu-cam-xuc","tag-tinh-tu-kich-thuoc","tag-tinh-tu-mau-sac","tag-tinh-tu-mieu-ta","tag-tinh-tu-so-sanh","tag-tinh-tu-tieng-anh","tag-tu-vung-tinh-tu","tag-vi-du-tinh-tu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3195,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions\/3195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}