Is that word an ADJECTIVE? Use my grammar trick!

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I'm going to teach yousome magic about adjectives.

So, what's anadjective, first of all?

An adjective issomething that describes a

noun - colour, shape,size, what things look

like, what things feel like.

Maybe you're in school andyour teacher's like, "Hey, you!"

Where's the adjectivein this sentence?

You're like, "I don't know.

Even I, when I'm reading something, I'll belike, "Oh my god, where's the adj-" Oh, is

this word anadjective or a noun?

What's happening here?

So, this is my trick, okay?

42% of the time inEnglish, if we have the

verb "to be", rightafter that, there's going

to be an adjective.

So, if you go, like, backwards into this,if you have the verb "to be", be careful.

We have to conjugate it, right?

"Is", "am", and "are"is going to be followed

by an adjective inthe present tense.

The past tense, right?

"Was" and "were".

Then we have our adjective.

So, when I'm readingsomething in a sentence

and I see the verb"to be", the next word

that comes afterit, it's an adjective.

So, when you gobackwards, you look at the

adjective and you see,"Oh, there's the verb

'to be'."

But it's also superimportant to use the

verb "to be" whenyou're using an adjective.

So, I hear peoplesay, "Ronnie, I tired."

Oh, do you know what?

You have to say, "I am tired",because you need the verb "to be".

This is how I loveto do this, okay?

I like to do this.

I like to put "to be"plus an adjective, and

then put it in a bigheart, so you always

But my heart's goingto grow bigger, because

there are a few moreverbs that we use.

The verb "get", oh,everyone's favourite to hate.

"Get" or "got".

You will hear people say,"Yeah, you know, I got hungry."

"But why didn't yousay, 'I am hungry'?"

Or "I'm going to gethungry tomorrow."

It's like, "Why didn't you say,'I'm going to be hungry tomorrow'?"

We also have the word "become"in the present tense, or "became".

They kind of meanthe same thing.

It's like a process.

Right now, how are you?

Put...

Put on a sweater.

So, you're going to say, "I am cold", sowe know that "cold" is an adjective, okay?

You can say, "Ah, you know what?

Last night I was outside at the campfireand I got cold", or "I became cold".

We use theseverbs like a process.

When you first go outto the campfire, like,

"Yeah, this is great",or warm, and then you're

The temperature'sdropping, and you're like,

"Oh, sh-oh, I'm cold",so you can say, "Oh,

I got cold" or "I became cold".

"Become" or "became"is a little bit more formal.

We most of the time,we'd use "get" or "got".

So, for example, "I got cold."

Now, the other thing about this is you haveto be careful because adjectives can also

So, for example, if youhear someone say, "I

have a cold", hold on,"cold" is an adjective...

Let's look at that.

"I have a cold."

In this sentence, "cold"is not an adjective.

We don't have these verbs.

We don't have the verb"to be", we don't have

"get" or "become", orany of these verbs down

We have the verb "have".

So, we know because wehave "have" and because

we have an articlethat this is actually a

English is tricky, but withthis trick, it'll help you out.

"Get".

With something thathappened to you recently,

like an emotion, yousay, "Oh, you know, I

I became depressed."

Or "I got", I don't know.

Yeah, I got stupid.

Did you get stupid?

Maybe over the summer.

Maybe over the campfire.

Anyways, the next one we have,very common, are "sense" verbs.

So "sense" means your senses.

So, we have "feel",now "feel" is "touch".

So, for example, if I have thisguy, SpongeBob, ooh, he feels soft.

"Soft" is an adjective.

It's the sense of touch.

When you eat something,hmm, hmm, do you know

an adjective that wecould use with "taste"?

So, you could say,"Do you know what?

This tastes..."

And why do weput an "s", Ronnie?

Because it's only one.

"This tastes salty."

What about "smell"?

Can you think of an adjectivethat goes with "smell" or "smells"?

What about "cheese"?

I can say "the cheese"...

How would "cheese" smell?

The cheese smells...

Maybe it smells bad.

Maybe it smells like feet and ass together,and you're like, "Yeah, I'll eat it.

I mean, come on.

It'll be delicious."

"This cheese smells bad."

Or, "Hey, thischeese smells good.

I love feet and ass smell.

"Sound" is all from your ears.

Maybe someone will say to you, "Hey, hey,Ronnie, do you want to go hang out in the

Like, "Oh, man,that sounds great.

What a great idea."

It's all about your ears.

And again, you reallyhave to be careful with

these verbs that youput the "s" if the noun

I'll give you an example of a plural later,but look, look, look, look, look, okay?

Maybe I see something,like, wow, you know what?

Those cookies, mm-hmm, what wouldbe an adjective to describe cookies?

Anyone got one?

Those cookies look...

How do cookies look?

Give me an adjective.

"Wet".

Have they been out in the rain?

Why are the cookies wet?

It doesn't matter.

Still an adjective.

So, as we can see,because we're using these

verbs, we know wehave to use an adjective

Maybe the cookiesaren't cooked enough.

Do you like cookie dough?

It's really good.

Some wet cookies.

Let's stop it there.

Ronnie, you know,she's a little weird today.

But we can say "Ronnieseems", now, what

would be a good adjectiveto describe Ronnie

What about alittle weird or odd?

That's always myfavourite adjective.

"Odd".

Do you know what "odd" means?

It means weird, like, strange.

So, if you can see this,those cookies are plural.

So, we do not need the "s" here.

"The cheese" is only singular, and "this"is singular, so when it's a singular noun,

we need to put the "s" on theverb, and then add the adjective.

I'm only one,Ronnie, and I seem...

Ronnie seems odd,but I actually am.

And the last one is kind ofsimilar to "seems", is "appear".

So, maybe you go and you meet your friend,and you're like, "Whoa, what's wrong?

You appear, like, down",or "You seem, like, unhappy.

"Oh, yeah, I'm great.

So, you can use "appear" or"appears", like, "Oh, he appears..."

Give me an adjective.

What do you think?

What's an adjective youcould use with "appear"?

"He appears..."

"Oh, he's sick.

He appears sick.

He appears to be sick."

Like, "He doesn'tlook too healthy."

So, when you're reading something and youhave to figure out, "Oh my god, is this an

How am I going to do this?"

Always check for the verbs.

We've got our sense verbs.

"Feel", "touch", "taste", "smell", "sound","look", "seems" - "seems" and "appear" are,

like, kind of, like,looking, but it's a little

different - "get" or "got","became" or "become",

and then, as I told you at the beginningof the lesson, "to be", bam, number one.

"Hungry" is an adjective,so "I am leaving now.