Clases de adjetivos

1. this, that, these, those. each, every; either, neither. some, any, no; little/few; many much; one, twenty. which, what, whose. my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their. clever, dry, fat, golden, good, heavy, square.

[Las principales clases de adjetivos son: demostrativos, distributivos, cuantitativos, interrogativos, posesivos y ‘de cualidad.’]

2. amusing, boring, tiring. amused, horrified, tired. The play was boring (The audience was bored). The work was tiring (The workers were soon tired). The scene was horrifying (The spectators were horrified). an infuriating woman (She made us furious). an infuriated woman (something had made her furious).

[Tanto los participios de presente (ing) como los participios de pasado (ed) pueden usarse como adjetivos. Los participios de presente son activos y significan ‘having this effect’; los participios de pasado, pasivos y significan ‘affected this way.’]

3. a good boy, good boys. a good girl, good girls. this cat, these cats. that man, those men.

[Los adjetivos en Ingles tienen la misma forma para el singular y el plural, los nombres masculinos y los femeninos. La única excepción son los adjetivos demostrativos ‘this’ y ‘that,’ que cambian a ‘these’ y ‘those’ ante nombres plurales.]

4. good at, tired of.

[Muchos adjetivos/participios pueden ir seguidos de preposiciones.]