IELTS Grammar: adjectives after nouns?

As I'm sure you know, we normally place the adjective in front of the noun in English e.g. "the red car" instead of "the car red".

However, English is a crazy language, and rules are there to be broken!

If you read yesterday's lesson (and clicked on this link), you may have seen the following examples of noun + adjective:

• someone important
• somewhere nice
• the best room available
• the only decision possible
• the worst choice imaginable
• the person responsible

Remember: The 'rules' that you find in an intermediate (or even 'advanced') grammar book are probably a simplification. There are deeper levels to be discovered!

Comments

[Sunita]

Perhaps commonest context in IELTS might be in Task 1, where it would be normal to write "the data given", or "the information provided", rather than putting the adjective/participle before the noun.
In task 2, "for the reasons outlined above", or "for the reasons given" might be useful. See usage graph:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+information+provided%2C+the+provided+information%2C+the+data+given%2C+the+given+data%2C+the+chart+provided%2C+the+provided+chart%2C+the+graph+provided%2C+the+attached+information%2C+the+*_NOUN+attached%2C+*_NOUN+provided%2C+*_NOUN+given&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cthe%20information%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20provided%20information%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20data%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20given%20data%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20chart%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20graph%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20attached%20information%3B%2Cc0%3B.t2%3B%2Cthe%20%2A_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bthe%20importance_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20meaning_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20value_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20muscles_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20property_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20duties_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20conditions_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20interest_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20stigma_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bthe%20penalties_NOUN%20attached%3B%2Cc0%3B.t2%3B%2C%2A_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmanner_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bservices_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Binformation_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bhereinafter_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Blaw_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BAct_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bspace_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bact_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdata_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfunds_NOUN%20provided%3B%2Cc0%3B.t2%3B%2C%2A_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bname_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Baccount_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Binformation_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdescription_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Breasons_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Binstructions_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Breason_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bpower_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfigures_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bevidence_NOUN%20given%3B%2Cc0

[Crystal]

Is it correct if I assume there is adjective clause between the noun and the adjective followed by?

For example:
someone important -> someone who/that is important
the person responsible -> the person who is responsible

[Simon]

Crystal,

Yes, that's the best way to understand what's happening.

Just remember that you can't always do this with adjectives. For example, you can't say "the car red", even if you mean "the car that is red".

The examples in the lesson above (and other similar examples) are relatively unusual in the English language.

[marjan]

Hi Simon
I want to take the IELTS test one month later and my grammar is awful. How can I improve my grammar as soon as possible?
regards

[Anh Nguyen]

Hi Simon, could you give me example for each situation that you give?