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How are adjectives used with verbs?

There are times when an adjective is placed after the verb. This is more common when the verb being used is a "linking verb". In this case it is common that an adjective is used with with the "linking verb", but the adjective doesn't describe the verb. The adjective describes the subject that is performing the action. Adjectives are not used to describe the verb.

Examples:

• The cake looks good.
• Your hair looks great. Where did you get your hair cut.
• My mother lost her keys.
• The boys play ball all the time.

When using a adjectives and verb together, the adjectives comes after the verb. There are times when one adjective is not enough to describe the noun or the subject that is performing the action. When 2 or more adjectives are used together then there is a specific order of the adjectives that is usually followed. Please see multiple adjectives.

It is important is understand if an adjective is need or if a adverb is needed. There is an easy way to tell. Do I need to define the verb of the sentence or do I need to define the subject that is performing the action.

Example:

• Your hair grew slowly.
• The dog grew angry.
• The boys talk loudly.
• My brother talks big.

Vocabulary Word:

Adjective

xenial (comparative more xenial, superlative most xenial)

1. Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
2. Of the relation between a host and guest. To be friendly.

 

Adverbs

• Adjectives
• Adjectives with Verbs
• Order of Adjective
• Comparative Adjectives
• Structure of Comparative Adjectives
• Superlative Adjectives
• Superlative Adjectives Formation
• Superlative Adjective & Spelling

Vocabulary Word:

Noun

concatenation (plural concatenations)

1. (countable or uncountable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
   • 1927, Albert Einstein, as quoted by H. G. Kessler in The Diary of a Cosmopolitan (1971)

     Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.