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What are some adjectives that can go in front of nouns?

Here are some adjectives categorized by their function, with examples of how they can be used:

Descriptive Adjectives:

* Size: tiny, small, medium, large, enormous

* Example: "She bought a tiny house on the lake."

* Color: red, blue, green, yellow, orange

* Example: "The sunset painted the sky with vibrant orange hues."

* Shape: round, square, triangular, rectangular, circular

* Example: "The cake was a perfectly round chocolate delight."

* Texture: smooth, rough, soft, bumpy, silky

* Example: "The baby's skin was as soft as a peach."

* Taste: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy

* Example: "The lemon pie was both sweet and tart."

* Smell: fragrant, pungent, sweet, musty, floral

* Example: "The lilies in the garden released a fragrant aroma."

* Sound: loud, quiet, muffled, booming, gentle

* Example: "The ocean waves crashed with a loud roar."

* Age: old, young, new, ancient, recent

* Example: "She inherited her grandmother's ancient silver necklace."

Qualifying Adjectives:

* Opinion: beautiful, ugly, delicious, terrible, interesting

* Example: "The restaurant served a delicious meal."

* Quality: strong, weak, heavy, light, fragile

* Example: "The wooden bridge was built with strong timbers."

* Origin: American, French, Italian, Asian, local

* Example: "She enjoyed trying the local cuisine during her trip."

* Material: wooden, metallic, plastic, cotton, leather

* Example: "He wore a leather jacket and a pair of denim jeans."

* Purpose: cooking, writing, reading, cleaning, gardening

* Example: "She grabbed her gardening gloves to weed the flowerbeds."

Compound Adjectives:

* Two words combined: long-sleeved, well-behaved, open-minded, hard-working

* Example: "She wore a long-sleeved shirt to the meeting."

Other Types of Adjectives:

* Demonstrative: this, that, these, those

* Example: "This book is my favorite."

* Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

* Example: "I borrowed her car for the day."

* Interrogative: which, what, whose

* Example: "Which dress should I wear?"

Note:

* Adjectives can appear in different positions in a sentence. They often come before the noun they modify, but they can also follow a linking verb (e.g., "The cake is delicious.")

* Adjectives are often used in pairs (e.g., "bright and cheerful," "big and strong")

* Some adjectives have comparative and superlative forms (e.g., "small, smaller, smallest"; "happy, happier, happiest").

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