Saturday, September 30, 2017

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.

Friday, September 29, 2017

Adjectives and Comparison

John is 178 centimeters. David is 180. Smith is 195.
 John is tall. David is taller than John. Smith is the tallest of all.
The red car next to the tree is $50,000. The blue car in front of the house is $80,000. The black car over there is $150,000.

The red car is expensive. The blue car is more expensive than the red car. The black car is the most expensive of all.




1. My elder brother is three years older (old) than I am.

2. When I was a kid I always wanted to be  taller (tall) than he was.

3. Now I am the tallest (tall) in my family.

4. But my younger brother is  more intelligent (intelligent) than I am.

5. My elder brother played volleyball much better (good) than I did.

6. My younger brother drives more carefully (careful) than I do.

7. I am the  fastest (fast) driver in my family but the least careful.

8. Unfortunately, I have the  highest (high) number of speeding tickets.

9. I have the most expensive (expensive) but the least economical car.

10. All in all, I think I am the  smartest (smart) of all. What do you think? I am kidding.

Saturday, September 23, 2017

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

Friday, September 22, 2017

Adjectives Order

Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together :
- My parents live in a nice new house
- A dirty old black cat is wandering the streets

A / 'OPINION' ADJECTIVES  
    Adjectives like nice and dirty are opinion adjectives.They tell us what you think about somebody or something.
    Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives

B /   'FACT' ADJECTIVES
      Adjectives like new, old, black are fact adjectives. They give us factual information about, age and colour.
      Sometimes we use two or more fact adjectives. Very often, we put fact adjectives in this order :

1  /   SIZE  :       How big ?         Large, small, tiny, enormous
2 /     AGE   :      How old ?           New, young, old, ancient
3 /    SHAPE :    What shape ?     Square, round, rectangular, flat
4 / COLOUR :    What colour ?      Blue, pink, yellow, crimson
5 /  ORIGIN :    Where from ?      English, American, Chinese,French
6 / MATERIAL: What it is made of ?    Plastic, cardboard, glass, wooden
7 / PURPOSE : What it  is used for ?    Racing car, frying pan, rocking chair 

Examples : 
-  An interesting (opinion ) old (2)  book
-  An ugly (opinion) pink (4 ) plastic (6) ornament 
-  A nice (opinion) small (1) African (5) drum
-  A delicious (opinion) round (3) chocolate (6) cake
-  A pair of smart( opinion) brown  (4) leather (6) boots
-  A beautiful (opinion) small (1) white (4) Chinese (5 ) computer

-  A nice (opinion) big (1) old (2) square (3) white (4) French (5) china (6) plate *

Saturday, September 16, 2017

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