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- 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.
- anewidea.
- anew creativeidea.
- 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.
4. Adjectives 3
- When the adjective informationis notthe main purpose of a statement, they are placedin front of a noun .
- HotCoffee.
- She had abeautifulsmile.
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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 .
- Imcold .
- She becameill .
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- There is a large group of adjectives which identifies qualities that someone or something has. These are calledqualitative adjectives .
- asadstory.
- asmallchild.
- 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 .
- financialhelp.
- abdominalpains.
- amedievalmanuscript.
- mydailyshower.
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- There is a small group of adjectives which identifies the colour of something. They are calledcolour adjectives .
- herblueeyes.
- aredballoon.
- Thescarletletter.
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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 .
- a veryconvincingexample.
- Asurprisingnumber of men stay bachelors.
- a warmwelcomingsmile.
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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.
- Was it abrokenbone?
- adisappointedman.
- sophisticatedelectronic devices.
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- Compound adjectives are made up of two or more words, usually written with hyphens between them.
- one-waytraffic.
- apart-timejob.
- agood-lookinggirl.
14. Adjectives
- This is a short explanation about the adjectives.
- I hope you like it!