Quick help: Adjectives for multilingual writers

Need help deciding which adjective to use or placing adjectives before nouns? For more help, follow the links.

Correct example sentence: Our hike was exhausting. Explanation: The present participle “exhausting” is correct--the hike caused exhaustion.

Get help with present participles.

Correct example sentence: The exhausted hikers reached camp at sunset. Explanation: The past participle “exhausted” is correct--the hikers experienced exhaustion.

Get help with past participles.

Correct example sentence: My dorm room has only a small desk and a smelly red plastic chair. Explanation: The order of adjectives before the noun “desk” is correct: “a small desk.” The order of adjectives before the noun “chair” is correct: “a smelly red plastic chair.”

Get help with order of cumulative adjectives.

Exercises:

Present vs. past participles 1

Present vs. past participles 2

Using cumulative adjectives 1

Using cumulative adjectives 2