Adjective

An adjective describes or limits a noun.

Examples: tall, young, pretty, light, blue, new, white

CORRECT: "The tall, young, pretty girl is wearing a light blue dress with her new white shoes".

WRONG: "The girl is wearing a light dress blue with her new shoes white".

Adjectives and adverbs have three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, superlative.

Examples:

Mary has a smart child. Sara has a smarter child. Nancy has the smartest child.

Robert is an intelligent student. William is more intelligent than Robert. Kim is the most intelligent student.

The red car is expensive. The white car is less expensive. The blue car is the least expensive.

I’m a good painter. She’s a better painter. He’s the best painter.

I’m a bad singer. She’s a worse singer. He’s the worst singer.