Adjectives, the adjective phrase and adverbs

Adjective is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying words.Adj are attributive when they premodify nouns: appear between the determiner and the head of noun phrase.Adjective is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying words.
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Adjectives, the adjective phrase and adverbs LOGO www.themegallery.com Adjectives, the adjective phrase and adverbs Presented by “HORIZON” group Group members Nguyen Huyen Linh Tran Thi Thuy Trinh Nguyen Thi Thu Trang Tran Bao Ngoc LOGO www.themegallery.com The first presenter CONTENT A Adjectives content B Adjective phrase& adjectival complementation C Adverbs D Comparison of adjectives and adverbs www.themegallery.com Adjectives  1. Definition and classification of adjectives  2. Functions of adjectives www.themegallery.com 1a. Definition of adjective:  Adjective is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying words.  Every adjective answers one of 3 questions: www.themegallery.com adjective Which one is it? What kind is it? Three questions How many are there? www.themegallery.com  1. Which one is it? (Describing) Eg: The students who have not prepared for English class sit out an hour in the cafeteria Which students? Not good students but lazy slackers  2. What kind is it? (Identifying) Eg: I like green tea What kind of tea do you like?  3. How many are there? Eg: There are 48 students in our class. How many students are there in your class? www.themegallery.com 1b.Classification of adjectives  Their structure  2 kinds:  . Adjectives that are the roots Eg: good, fat, little, young, hot…  .Adjectives formed by some suffixes: Eg: Adj =N+ “ ous”: humor - humorous “ful” : beauty - beautiful www.themegallery.com V+ “ive” : act - active “able”: read - readable  .Notes: “-ing”: property of something (Eg: This book is so interesting) “-ed”: someone’s feeling or opinion (Eg: I found it interested when going out with him) www.themegallery.com  Their meaning  2 kinds  Descriptive adjectives  Size: small, big, medium…  Property: fat, good, bad…  Color: red, blue, green, black…  Limiting adjectives www.themegallery.com  Limiting adjectives  Quantity: many, some, any, (a) few, (a) little…  Possessive: my, your, their, his, her, its…  Indicative: that, this, those…  Order: 1st, 2nd… 20th…  “Article: a, an, the is considering as an adjective” www.themegallery.com Possessive B Quantity A C Indicative Limiting adjectives Article E D Order www.themegallery.com LOGO www.themegallery.com ) Attributive and predicative  Adj are attributive when they premodify nouns: appear between the determiner and the head of noun phrase Eg: the lovely cat  Predicative adj can be +subject complement: My hat is beautiful +object complement: He made her mother unhappy www.themegallery.com  They can be complement to a subject which is a finite clause or a non –finite clause Whether he will learn is true Playing tennis isn’t easy  adj can be object complement to clause: I consider what he said untrue or Playing so hard www.themegallery.com  The adj functioning as object complement often expresses the result of the process denoted by the verb  He pulled the window open (as a result, the window was then open) www.themegallery.com Exercise: Modify for noun, verb, object, and subject 1.He is a nice man 2.Do you see the small green boat, which has such an old shape 3.She ...