Adjectives are words that describe nouns. In the sentence, Bob is reading a funny book; the adjective funny tells us what kind of book Bob is reading. Adjectives help us tell more about nouns. We say that adjectives modify nouns. Modify means to change a little. An adjective changes a noun by telling more about the noun.
Adjectives can come immediately before the noun they modify, as in the following sentence.
John wore a red shirt.
Adjectives can also come after the main to be verb as in the following sentence.
John is intelligent.
Adjectives do not have plural forms so they never end in ~s.
Roses are beautiful flowers.
NOT Roses are beautifuls flowers.
Using nouns as adjectives.
Sometimes nouns can be used as adjectives. For example, flower is normally a noun, but in the sentence, Mary has a flower garden, flower is functioning as an adjective to describe Mary's garden. What kind of garden does Mary have? Mary has a flower garden. When a noun is used as an adjective, the noun is singular NOT plural.
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