ENGLISH COURSE

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DOCENTE : MAG. MILAGROS ISMENA ATALA TICERAN

THE ADJECTIVE
Adjectives are words that qualify , describe or modify the subjects.The adjectives are
used to identify or quantify individual people and unique things, they are usually
positioned before the noun or pronoun that they modify. Some sentences contain
multiple adjectives.
Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns/names.
EXAMPLE:
person thing

Mandy is This is
a careful girl. a nice car.

Mandy is caref The

ul. car is nice.

She is careful. It is nice.

Where do adjectives go?

An adjective can be put before the noun. Then it is an attribute.
person thing

Mandy is This is
a careful girl. a nice car.
An adjective can be put after the verb to be (is). This is called predicative position.
person thing

The This
girl is caref car is nice
ul. .
Adjectives can go after the following verbs:
 APPEAR
 BECOME
 FEEL
 GET
 GO
 KEEP
 TURN
When we speak about what something looks like, smells, sounds and tastes we use the
adjective. Mind the difference between adjective and adverb.
 I feel great.
 She looks good.
 It seems impossible.
 The steak smells fantastic.

The adjectives can be used without nouns

The adjectives can be used without nouns. Mind the definite article the:
 the rich = rich people
Two or more adjectives can be used together.Yu use more adjectives you can put them
in front of the noun:
 a fat old cat
Also you can put the adjectives after the verb (e.g. to be). In this case and is placed
between the last two adjectives.
 It was cold, wet and windy.

A) Here the adjective is put before the noun:

 Yesterday I read an amusing story in a magazine.
 Doris has a boring job.
 We watched the group of excited people.
B) Here the adjective is put after the verb:
 I was not at all amused by the discussion.
 Children get bored very quickly.
 The end of the film was really exciting for me.

How to order adjectives in English

In many languages, adjectives denoting attributes usually occur in a specific order.
Generally, the adjective order in English is:
1. Quantity or number
2. Quality or opinion
3. Size
4. Age
5. Shape
6. Color
7. Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material)
8. Purpose or qualifier

Forming adjectivesTypical adjective

endings
Some adjectives can be identified by their
endings. Typical adjective endings include:
1. -able/-ible understandable, capable,
readable, incredible
 2. -al mathematical, functional, influential,
chemical
3. -ful beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful
4. -ic artistic, manic, rustic, terrific
5. -ive submissive, intuitive, inventive,
attractive
6. -less sleeveless, hopeless, groundless,
restless
7. -ous gorgeous, dangerous, adventurous,
fabulous
What is an adjective? Simply put, an adjective describes or modifies a noun. It provides
further information about a noun, indicating things like size, shape, color, and more.
Adjectives can also modify pronouns. They answer questions like, "Which one?," "How
many?," "Whose?," and "What kind?" Without adjectives, we wouldn't know if you had
a serene vacation or a disastrous vacation.

Information Gatherers
Now, we know adjectives are information gatherers. Specifically, they provide further
information about an object's size, shape, age, color, origin or material. Here are some
examples of adjectives in action:
 It's a big table. (size)
 It's a round table. (shape)
 It's an old table. (age)
 It's a brown table. (color)
 It's an English table. (origin)
 It's a wooden table. (material)
 It's a lovely table. (opinion)
 It's a broken table. (observation)
 It's a coffee table. (purpose)

Also, when an item is defined by its purpose, that word isn't usually an adjective, but it
acts as one with the noun in that situation.
 coffee table
  pool hall
 hunting cabin
 baseball player

EXERCISES:
I.- WRITE ADJECTIVES ACCORDING TO THE PICTURE
II.-ACCORDING TO THE DESCRIPTION WRITE WHAT SUBJECT IS?
.- HER NAMEIS : _____________________________________________________________
SHE IS FROM CHILE.
SHE'S PRETTY .
SHE'S A SINGER .
SHE SINGS ROMANTIC SONGS

2.- ITS NAME IS ______________________________________________

IT IS A MOUSE.
IT IS FAMOUS MOUSE IN THE WORLD.
IT IS SMALL AND NICE.
THIS MOUSE WORKS IN THE TV.
IT IS RICH AND POPULAR MOUSE FOR THE PEOPLE

3.-ITS NAME IS:__________________________________________________

IT IS A FRUIT.
THIS FRUIT IS LARGE AND THIN.
IT IS YELLOW AND SWEET.
THIS FRUIT IS CHEAP AND POPULAR

4.-HE IS SPAIN
HE IS A SOCCER PLAYER
HE IS RICH AND FAMOUS .
HE IS TALL AND HANDSOME
HE HAS TWO CHILDREN WITH A FAMOUS SINGER WOMAN

MAKE DESCRIPTION INORALFORM

1. Fue una operacion dolorosa pain ful

 2. Ese hombre es muy poderoso power ful
3. Es una pintura muy colorida color ful
4. Omg Que situación muy vergonzosa shame ful
5. El lugar es muy hermoso beauty use ful

It was a painful operation

That man is very powerful
It is a very colorful painting
what a shameful situation
the place is very beautiful