bad-tempered = in a bad mood: "What's got into him lately? He's so
bad-tempered."
big-headed =
thinking you're very important or clever: "I've never met anyone so
big-headed!"
bossy = telling people what
to do all the time: "He's so bossy - he
never lets me do things the way I want to do them."
coy = pretending to be shy
so that you don't have to give information: "He's very coy about his
qualifications – maybe he doesn't have any."
curious = wanting to know
things: "I'm curious to find out what you think of the situation."
1.Review the vocabulary to play game
2.
Opinion
adjectives:
Some adjectives give a general opinion.
We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:
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good
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bad
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lovely
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strange
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beautiful
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nice
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brilliant
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excellent
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awful
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important
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wonderful
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nasty
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Some adjectives give a specific opinion.
We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun:
Food: tasty; delicious
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly
We usually put a general opinion in
front of a specific opinion:
Nice tasty soup.
A nasty uncomfortable armchair
A lovely intelligent animal
A nasty uncomfortable armchair
A lovely intelligent animal
Usually we put an adjective that gives an opinion
in front of an adjective that is descriptive:
a nice red dress; a silly old man; those
horrible yellow curtains
We often have two adjectives in front of
a noun:
a handsome young man; a big black car; that
horrible big dog
Sometimes we have three adjectives, but
this is unusual:
a nice handsome young man;
a big black American car;
that horrible big fierce dog
a big black American car;
that horrible big fierce dog
It is very unusual to have more than
three adjectives.
Adjectives usually come in this order:
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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General
opinion |
Specific
opinion |
Size
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Shape
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Age
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Colour
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Nationality
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Material
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We use some adjectives only after a link
verb:
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afraid
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alive
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alone
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asleep
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content
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glad
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ill
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ready
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sorry
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sure
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unable
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well
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Some of the commonest -ed
adjectives are normally used only after a link verb:
annoyed; finished; bored; pleased;
thrilled
We say:
Our teacher was ill.
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.
The policeman seemed to be very annoyed
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.
The policeman seemed to be very annoyed
but we do not say:
We had an ill teacher.
When he heard the news he wasa very glad uncle
He seemed to be avery annoyed policeman
When he heard the news he was
He seemed to be a
A few adjectives are used only in front of a
noun:
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north
south east west |
northern
southern eastern western |
countless
occasional lone |
eventful
indoor outdoor |
We say:
He lives in the eastern district.
There were countless problems with the new machinery.
There were countless problems with the new machinery.
but we do not say:
3. we will talk about "language". What's the most popular language in the world? why?
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