Adjectives: Describing People and Things

Adjectives describe nouns. They come **before** the noun or **after** "be". **Before a noun:** a **tall** man, a **red** dress, **hot** coffee **After "be":** The movie is **boring**. The food was **delicious**. **Adjective order** (when using multiple): Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose - A **beautiful large old round brown antique wooden dining** table - Simplified: "a beautiful big old brown table" — opinion first, then physical. **Common pairs:** - -ed = how YOU feel: I am bor**ed**. I am excit**ed**. - -ing = what CAUSES the feeling: The movie is bor**ing**. The news is excit**ing**.