Adjectives

A1–B2

Describe people and things, and compare them the right way.

Lessons in this category

Describe people and things with the words that tell us what they're like.

Big red car, not red big car — the order adjectives follow before a noun.

Bigger, the biggest — comparing two things or picking out the most of all.

Bored or boring? Choosing between the -ed and -ing forms.

Say two things are equal, or not, with as...as.

Recognize adjectives built from nouns, verbs and other adjectives.

Less and the least — comparing downward instead of up.

Which preposition follows an adjective — afraid of, good at, interested in.

Very tired, but not very perfect — which adjectives can be graded.