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Nouns and adjectives

Learn more about constructing sentences using nouns in French. In French, unlike in English, most adjectives come after the noun. Learn more about constructing sentences containing adjectives.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Feb 4, 2025

Grammar: nouns, articles and adjectives: Video playlist

A noun is a naming word used for a person, thing, place or idea. In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. The word for ‘the’ or ‘a’ changes depending on the gender of the ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 7, 2024

Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives must agree with the noun in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Make most adjectives agree with the nouns by adding 'e', 's' or 'es'. Position of adjectives ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jul 26, 2020

What are adjectives?

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC ... (the noun) was like. The book she read on holiday was terrible. or She read a terrible book on holiday. Adjectives ...
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Possessive adjectives

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC ... adjectives are words such as 'my', 'your', 'his', 'her', 'our' and 'their'. Possessive adjectives come before the noun ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 26, 2024

Comparative and superlative adjectives

adjectives are used to compare things and say ... El/la/los/las is the word for ‘the’ and changes according to whether the noun is masculine, feminine, singular or plural.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 26, 2024

Position of adjectives

The meanings of a few adjectives change according to whether they are before the noun or after the noun in the sentence. la segunda película close Sorry, something ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 7, 2024

Adjectives in Spanish

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account ... Invariable adjectives do not change their ending according to the noun they describe. We use adjectives to ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jan 25, 2025

What is grammar?

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account ... Word level grammar covers verbs and tenses, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and other parts of speech.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Sep 24, 2020

French grammar: Adjectives

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account ... about a noun such as its colour, size or age.‎ Big, small and tall are all adjectives. Watch the video to ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jul 26, 2020

Adjectives in German

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. You can use adjectives to add more detail to what you want to say ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Aug 12, 2020

What is an expanded noun phrase?

Looking for more teaching resources? Let the Rapping Unicorn get your class up and moving with this song about noun phrases. BBC Teach has thousands of free, curriculum-linked resources to help ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 7, 2024

Adjectives and adverbs

In Spanish, adjectives are usually placed after the noun they describe and they must agree in gender and number with the noun hey describe. Invariable adjectives do not change. Position of ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Nov 8, 2024

What are adjectives?

An adjective tells you more about a noun or pronoun ... lots of describing words (adjectives) in all of your sentences. There are more resources available on BBC Teach, such as this song and ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 7, 2024

Possessive adjectives

Possessive adjectives come before the noun and must agree with the noun that follows them. Possessive adjectives show who something or someone belongs to. They come before the noun and must agree ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 12, 2024

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account ... the fastest. adjectives are used to compare things and say which one is the biggest, strongest, fastest, etc ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 7, 2024

Adjectives in Spanish

Invariable adjectives do not change their ending according to the noun they describe. We use adjectives to describe things. In Spanish, adjectives usually go after the noun. A tall boy would be un ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 25, 2024

Possessive adjectives in French

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC ... adjectives close possessive adjectiveAdjectives that show ownership, eg my, your, his, our. They are placed before a noun ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · May 3, 2022

French: Adjectives

An adjective is a describing word. It gives you more information about a noun such as its colour, size or age.‎ Big, small and tall are all adjectives. Watch the video to understand more about ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Aug 1, 2020

Adjectives in French

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account ... The first thing to notice is that adjectives in French usually go after the noun.‎ J'ai une porte verte ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 12, 2024

Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns

They stand alone and do not have a noun to go with them. also mean ‘this’ or ‘that’. They are different from demonstrative adjectives as they stand alone in a sentence. Esta casa es pequeña.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Aug 21, 2020

How to use adjectives in Spanish

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account ... We use adjectives to describe things. In Spanish, adjectives usually go after the noun. A tall boy would be ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 12, 2024

Position of adjectives in French

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Most adjectives in French go after the noun, such as bleu (blue) and intéressant (interesting). Some adjectives go ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 26, 2024

Position of adjectives

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The meanings of a few adjectives change according to whether they are before the noun or after the noun in the sentence.