Adjectives

Adjectives

Jane has been doing the same job for a very long time. Every day she does exactly the same thing again and again. She doesn´t enjoy it any more and would like to do something different.

Janne´s job is boring

Jane is bored (with her job)

Somebody is bored if something (or somebody else) is boring. Or, if something is boring, it masses you bored.  So:

·         Jane is bored because her job is boring.

·         Jane´s job is bored (not Jane is boring)

If a person is boring, this means that they make other people bored:

         Gorge always talks about the same thing. He´s really boring.

Compare adjectives ending in ing and ed:

                        Boring:  I am bored with my job.

                        Interesting:  I am not interesting in my job

My job is         Tiring:  I am always tired when I finish work.

                         Satisfying:  I am not satisfied with my job

                         Depressing

·         Julia thinks politics is very interesting   

·         Julia is very interested in politics

 Quality Adjective

An adjective that ascribes to its noun the valve of an attribute of that noun ex: “a nervous person.

Adjective: a word that expresses an attribute of something.

Common adjectives:

Big – large –short- fast- hot - good- old – pretty- fat- happy - full- dark- funny- cheap- high-Deep- healthy- rich- soft- easy - clean- safe – strong- beautiful - handsome- small- tall- long-Great- friendly-  little – slow – cold – bad – new- young – ugly – thin – skinny – sad – full –Emply -Light- serious- boring- expensive – low- shallow- sick/ill- poor- hard difficult- dirty- dangerous.