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| 1. Two Positions Generally, there are two possible ways to place an adjective in a sentence. |
| 1.a. Attributive position or adjective before a noun |
| Examples: The new movie is out. She's marrying a fine man. My uncle is a charming man. |
| 1.b. Predictive position or adjectives after link verbs (be, seem, look, and become) |
| Examples: I feel sick today. Lisa seems unwell. The dog looks hungry. |
| 2. Adjectives Before Nouns There are adjectives must only be only before nouns. If used after verbs, other words should be used. |
| Examples: (elder and eldest) My elder brother is an engineer. Her eldest son is coming home. |
| (live) I caught a live fish. There's a live bug in the bottle. |
| (little) Hana likes the little pony. She built a little tree house. |
| 3. Adjectives After Verbs Adjectives which begins with a- (afloat, afraid, alight, alike, alive, alone, asleep, awake, etc.) are used mainly after linking verbs. |
| Examples: Toby's asleep. The ball's still afloat. He wasn't so afraid of the dark. |
| 4. Verb+Object+Adjective Adjectives are also used after an object using the structure verb+object+adjective. |
| Examples: I'll get the kids ready. The trip really made me happy. He planning to paint the fence black. |