Attributive Adjectives

An attributive adjective is used before a noun to modify it.

attractive, beautiful, lovely, fair, graceful, interesting, ……………………….

an attractive bag a beautiful girl, those lovely children

Note:

1. Johnson, who is intelligent but lazy, seldom cares to do his homework.

John, intelligent but lazy, seldom cares to do his homework.

2 Rahim, who is poor but generous, often donates money to the charity

society. Rahim, poor but generous, often donates money to the charity

society.

1. Value 2.Size 3. Age 4. Temperature 5. Shape

6. Colour 7. Origin 8. Material 9. Purpose

The guide: “Very Soon A Train Should COMe” (the acronym of the words in order)

[These two big purple cloth shopping bags] look very attractive.

i) After verb-to-be:

is was

are were

have

has had been

being

can / could

may / might

shall / should be

will / would

must

ought to

ii) After linking verbs

1. appear 2. become 3. fall 4. feel 5. get 6. go 7. keep

8. look 9. seem 10. smell 11. sound 12. stay 13. taste

14. turn

George is kind to his poor neighbour.

He has been kind to his poor neighbour since he moved there.

He was kind to the children of his poor neighbour by giving a bicycle to them last year.

Samy felt very sleepy after recess and fell asleep in class yesterday.

Jack has to be early to work tomorrow.

Children ought to be obedient and well-disciplined.

Note:

F2 and F4 can function as adjectives. They are called Verbal Adjectives