Adjectives ESL

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This PPT has been made by Jose Julian Moreno, ESL instructor at Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, in order to help ESL students in their development inside the english world, so let´s start

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Contents

What are Adjectives?1

When can we Use them?2

Adjectives Diagram3

More Explanations4

5 Activities

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What is an Adjective???

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's referent

Reference: Wikipedia

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When can we use them?

TO EXPLAIN the characteristics of a noun (a name, a place or a thing) in just one word.

DifferentSituations

TO SAVE TIME of self and others & express stuff in a short and precise

manner.

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Adjectives Diagram

Poor

TallBad

Ugly

Huge

Examples

Adjectives

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More Explanation

You can emphasize your feelings about something that you mention by using emphasizing adjectives:

EXAMPLES*pure bliss… a raving lunatic…*a complete idiot… the very thing…*absolute rubbish… …at the very beginning/end of …*in utter despair… in entire agreement with…*a total failure… outright best-seller…*a perfect success… a positive delight to…*a crashing bore… true/genuine pleasure to…

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More Explanation

Attributive and predicative adjectives:Most adjectives can be used both attributively (in front of the noun) and predicatively (after the verb BE, SEEM, LOOK etc).

e.g. She has read an interesting story. The story is interesting.

But there are some adjectives that can be used only in one way.

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More Explanation

Position of adjectives:

1.before a noun: young woman.

2. after the verb BE, BECOME, SEEM, STAY:Your ideas are interesting.Books are becoming expensive.She looks happy.The weather wills stay dry.

3. with some verbs after the object: My sister keeps her room tidy.

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Order of adjectives placed before a noun:

DETERMINER OPINION SIZE SHAPE AGE COLOR

ORIGIN MATERIAL

PURPOSE/ TYPE NOUN

at/the/two nice Big round

Old Blue French

Glass fruit bowl

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More Explanation

IRREGULAR FORMS OF ADJECTIVES:

Good-better-best Bad-worse-worst Little-less-leastFar-farther-farthest Ill-worse-worst Much-more-mostFurther-furthest Old-elder-eldest Many-more-most

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Practice Time!!!IndicationSelect the correct picture, matching it with the given adjective in the left side.

1-Warm

2-Strong

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3-Slow

4-Sleepy

5- Weak

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6-Rich

7-Poor

8-Painful

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9-Old

10- Evil

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Results

10/9- Great

8/7-Good Try

6/5-Try Harder

5/less- Make a HUGE EFFORT

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