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In this blog, you will learn Formation of Adjectives to make Adjectives from Nouns and Verbs. (Both Regular and Irregular ways). Adjectives are the words that modify the meanings of nouns and pronouns.
Let’s have a look at the Formation of Adjectives from Nouns:
Adjectives Formed from Nouns (Regular):Â
| By Adding | Nouns | Adjectives |
| -Al | Topic | Topical |
| -Able | Comfort | Comfortable |
| -Ant | Distance | Distant |
| -ESE | China | Chinese |
| -FUL | Success | Successful |
| -IFUL | Beauty | Beautiful |
| -ISH | Child | Childish |
| -OUS | Adventure | Adventurous |
| -SOME | Quarrel | Quarrelsome |
| -Y | Star | Starry |
 Adjectives Formed from Nouns (Irregular):Â
| Nouns | Adjectives |
| Day | Daily |
| Hero | Horrific |
| Poverty | Poor |
| Pride | Proud |
| Responsibility | Responsibility |
| Wisdom | Wise |
| Science | Scientific |
Adjectives Formed from Verbs:
Adjectives Made from Verbs
Adjectives are formed from Verbs using 3 Regular Ways:
- By Adding ‘D’
- By Adding ‘ED’
- By Adding ‘ING’
Note: Some other changes are also done to verbs.Â
Adjectives Formed from Verbs:
| Verbs | -ING Adjectives | -ed or –d Adjectives |
| Annoy | Annoying | Annoyed |
| Amuse | Amusing | Amused |
| Bore | Boring | Bored |
| Disappear | Disappearing | Disappeared |
| Excite | Exciting | Excited |
| Shock | Shocking | Shocked |
 Examples:
His voice annoys me. (Annoys is Verb here.)
He is annoying. (Annoying is an Adjective here.)
Sara looks annoyed. (Annoyed is an Adjective here.)
Final Words
It is very crucial to differentiate between nouns and adjectives in English Grammar. In this article, I have given some rules to make adjectives from nouns and verbs. It discusses both regular and irregular ways to convert nouns and verbs into adjectives. For the video lecture, watch the given video:
