Transcript of Bárbara_Junior Henrique_Paulo Fernando e Stephanie _Adjectives completar
- 1. ADJECTIVES Giving Information about People and Things
2. Adjectives 1
- When you want to give further information about something, than
you can give by using a noun alone, you can use an adjective
toidentifyit ordescribeit in more detail.
- Ideas there areimportant .
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- The form of an adjectivedoes not change : you use the same form
for singular and plural.
- The nextgoodplac ewas forty-five miles further on.
- Goodplac esto fish were hard to find.
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- When the adjective informationis notthe main purpose of a
statement, they are placedin front of a noun .
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- Sometimes the main purpose of a statement is to give the
information expressed by an adjective. When this happens,
adjectives are placesafter a linking verb .
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- There is a large group of adjectives which identifies qualities
that someone or something has. These are calledqualitative
adjectives .
- I think it would bewiseto give up.
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- There is another large group of adjectives which identifies
someone or something as a member of a class. These are called
theclassifying adjectives .
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- There is a small group of adjectives which identifies the
colour of something. They are calledcolour adjectives .
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- Another small group of adjectives are used to emphasizefeelings
or things you are talking about. These adjectives are
calledemphasizing adjectives .
- He made me feel like acompleteidiot.
- Some of it wasabsoluterubbish.
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- There is a small group of adjectives which is used in a very
similar way to determiners to make the reference more precise.
These are calledpostdeterminersbecause their place in a noun group
is immediately after the determiner, if there is one, and before
any other adjectives.
- Thefollowingbrief description
- certainbasic human qualities.
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- There are a large number of English adjectives ending in ing,
many of which are related to thepresent participleof a verb.
According to some grammars they are calleding adjectives .
- Asurprisingnumber of men stay bachelors.
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- There is also a large number of English adjectives ending in
ed, many of which are related to the past participle of a verb. In
some grammars they are calleded adjectives . The irregular past
participles are also included.
- sophisticatedelectronic devices.
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- Compound adjectives are made up of two or more words, usually
written with hyphens between them.
14. Adjectives
- This is a short explanation about the adjectives.