Adjectives and Prefix

Choose the correct prefix to make negative forms of the adjectives

1. It was  im possible to sleep because of the noise.

2. Mary is un certain whether to go to Sweden or not.

3. It's totally  ir rational but I'm afraid of spiders.

4. I like my teacher but she is a bit  im patient with slow learners.

5. Bob has been  dis honest in his dealings with us.

6. It's  il legal to drive through a red light.

7. Administration should be an a  political tool of the government.

8. This new house is not  dis similar to our old one except that it's a bit bigger.

9. Stop Stewart ! It is  im polite to point at people.

10. Why did you write this sentence ? It's completely il logical.

Adjectives and substantives

1) It's difficult for a young teacher to have a whole class of fifteen-year-olds, because at that age, young people are quite restless ...

2) A counsel for the defence must protect and defend the unjustly accused as well as the suspects he knows are guilty ... 

3) As sincere environmentalists, the Greens fight for the protection of our childrens' futures ....

4) We must respect the ideas of the Greens if we want to keep our planet from being destroyed by mankind. 

5) I don't like the theatre of the Absurd at all! In fact, I'm just back from 'The Caretaker' by Pinter and I hated it! ...

6) Recently, in 2010, the unthinkable happened in Haïti : An earthquake destroyed a vast majority of the island.

Comparative of superiority

Comparative of superiority (+)

Examples:

My car is bigger than your car.

Sarah is more intelligent than Peter.

How to use:

I) Short adjectives

1 syllable

old - small - fast - short - hot

2 syllables ending in -y

happy - easy - funny

Add: -er

long > longer  

deep > deeper

Caution:

Fat -> Fatter  (1 syllable ending in: consonant-vowel-consonant)

Happy - Happier

(2 syllables, ending in: consonant + -y)

II) Long adjectives

2 syllables not ending in -y

pleasant - modern

3+ syllables

beautiful - intelligent - expensive

Use:

more + adjective

(MORE is the irregular comparative form of much/many)

Example: Interesting -> more  interesting

III) Irregular

Good - better     -   Bad- worse

Far -  farther/  further

SOME ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS

(be) afraid of

(be) angry at / with someone

(be) angry about something

(be) ashamed of

(be) bad at

(be) bored with

(be) crazy about

(be) different from

(be) famous for

(be) fed up with

(be) good at

(be) interested in

(be) nice to

(be) proud of

(be) sorry about something

(be) sorry for doing something

(be) worried about

Adjectives /Nouns + prepositions

Adjectif + Préposition

   afraid of                   angry with                     bad at                        interested in            married to

   frightened of          crowded with                 good at                     successful in             polite to  

   short of                   pleased with                  brilliant at                                                      similar to

   tired of                    disappointed with  

Adjectives and adverbs

A-   Look at these examples:

• Our holiday was too short - the time went very quickly.

• The driver of the car was seriously injured in the accident.

Quickly and seriously are adverbs. Many adverbs are made from an adjective + -ly:

Adjective	quick	serious	careful	quiet	bad	heavy
Adverb	quickly	seriously	carefully	quietly	badly	heavily

Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too, for example:

Friendly / lively / elderly / lonely / silly / lovely

B- Adjective or adverb

Adjectives (quick/careful etc.) tell us about a noun. We use adjectives before nouns and after some verbs, especially be:

• Tom is a careful driver, (not 'a carefully driver')

• We didn't go out because of the heavy rain.            

• Please be quiet.

• I was disappointed that my exam results were so bad.

We also use adjectives after the verbs look/ feel/ sound etc.

• Why do you always look so serious?

Compare:

She speaks perfect English                 

                Adjective + noun

Compare these sentences with look:

• Tom looked sad when I saw him. (= he seemed sad, his expression was sad)

Adverbs (quickly/carefully etc.) tell us about a verb. An adverb tells us how somebody does something or how something happens:

• Tom drove carefully along the narrow road, (not 'drove careful')

• We didn't go out because it was raining heavily, (not 'raining heavy')

• Please speak quietly, (not 'speak quiet')

• I was disappointed that I did so badly on the exam, (not 'did so bad')

• Why do you never take me seriously?

She speaks English perfectly.

       Verb + object + adverb

Tom looked at me sadly. (= he looked at me in a sad way)

English Lessons and Exercises

1. He has always been very friendly, kind and helpful to me.I like him very much.

2. Don't be so greedy . You really needn't so much money.

3. Judy never does any housework. She only lies in bed all day. I've never seen such a lazy  girl.

4. Ted was very  diligent when he was at school. He studied hard and never forgot to do his homework.

5. I like his sense of humour. I consider him a very clever and  witty young man.

6. You are too skinny . You should eat more.

7. I am sure this girl will never tell you anything about it. She is too  discreet.

8. Don't be friends with Daniel. He's a cruel  person and he likes to inflict pain for the pleasure it brings him.

9. July seemed very morose  over her parents' divorce.

10. Eric never shares his feelings with anybody. He has always been shy and  reserved.

11. A large-handed  man gave all he possessed to the poor.

12. If you hurt him, he'll take revenge on you. He never forgives and never forgets.He is such a   vindictive person.

13. My grandfather Wilhelm was a very  quiet man. He didn't like to say much. He preferred to listen.

14. Don't ask Joan! She's so  unreliable and can't be trusted to do it.

15. Gordon, in opposition to his gloomy brother, is a  convivial boy with charm and a great sense of humour. He enjoys dancing.

16. She is rather a  stingy girl. She doesn't like to spend money and shares her items with others.

ADJECTIVES

Used to something

They say you can get used to anything.

The use of used to do something is explained here. However, used to has another meaning, it can be used as an adjective and we use it to talk about things that have become familiar, and are no longer strange or new.

Used to usually comes after verbs such as be, get or become.

• After a while you get used to the noise.
• She will become used to the smell.
• I was used to the web site.

You can also say that someone is used to doing something.

• I'll never get used to getting up at six o'clock in the morning.
• It took me a while until I was used to driving on the right-hand side of the road.

POSITIVE
a - e	f - p	q - z
adaptable adorable agreeable  alert alluring ambitious amusing boundless brave  bright  calm  capable charming  cheerful  coherent  confident cooperative courageous credible cultured dashing dazzling debonair decisive decorous delightful determined diligent discreet dynamic eager efficient enchanting encouraging enduring  energetic entertaining enthusiastic excellentexcitable exuberant	fabulous fair  faithful  fantastic  fearless frank friendly funny generous gentle  good happy harmonious helpful hilarious  honorable impartial industrious instinctive jolly  joyous  kind kind-hearted knowledgeable likeable lively  lovely  loving lucky  mature modern nice obedient  painstaking peaceful perfect  placid plausible pleasant  plucky productive protective proud  punctual	quiet receptive reflective relieved  resolute responsible righteous romantic sedate selective self-assured sensitive shrewd silly  sincere skilful splendid  steadfast stimulating talented thoughtful  thrifty tough trustworthy unbiased unusual upbeat vigorous vivacious  warm willing wise witty  wonderful  zany  zealous