Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired

Question 1

Fact adjectives give us factual information about age, size, color, etc. Opinion adjectives tell us what somebody thinks of something or somebody.

____ adjectives usually go before ____ adjectives.

Answer 1

Fact adjectives give us factual information about age, size, color, etc. Opinion adjectives tell us what somebody thinks of something or somebody.

Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives.

A nice long summer vacation.

An interesting young man.

A delicious hot vegetable soup.

A beautiful large round wooden table.

Question 2

Adjectives of size and lenght (big, small, long, etc.) usually go before adjectives of sh____ and wi___.

Answer 2

Adjectives of size and lenght (big, small, long, etc.) usually go before adjectives of shape and witdh.

^{A <strong>large</strong> <u>round</u> table.}

^{A <strong>tall</strong> <u>thin</u> girl.}

^{A <strong>long</strong> <u>narrow</u> street.}

Note that when they are two or more color adjectives, we use and:

^{A black and white dress. A red, white and green flag.}

This doesn’t usually happen with other adjectives before a noun:

A long black dress. (not a long and black dress)

Question 3

We use (wich?) adjectives/adverbs after bet /get / become / seem. We also use them to say how somebody / something looks, feels, seounds, tates, or smells.

Answer 3

We use (wich?) adjectives after bet /get / become / seem. We also use them to say how somebody / something looks, feels, seounds, tates, or smells.

Be careful!

^{I<strong>‘m tired</strong> and I<strong>‘m getting hungry</strong>.}

^{You <strong>look tired</strong>. / I <strong>feel tired</strong>. / She <strong>sounds tired</strong>.}

^{The dinners <strong>smells good</strong>.}

^{This milk <strong>tastes</strong> a little <strong>strange</strong>.}

But to say how somebody does something, you must use and adverbe:

^{Drive <strong>carefully</strong>! _{(not drive careful)}}

^{Susan plays the piano very <strong>well</strong>. _{(not plays… very good)}}

Question 4

We say the f___ two days / the n____ few weeks / the l___ 10 minutes, etc.

Answer 4

We say the first two days / the next few weeks / the last 10 minutes, etc.

I didn’t enjoy the first two days of the course. (_{not the two first day)}

They’ll be away for the next few weekds. _{(not the few next weeks)}

Question 5

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position.

An unusual ring (gold). ____

Answer 5

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An unusual ring (gold).

An unsual (opinion) gold (fact) ring.

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Question 6

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. Black gloves (leather). _____.

Answer 6

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. Black gloves (leather). _____.

Black (color) leather (made of) gloves.

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Question 7

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An Italian film (old). _____.

Answer 7

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An Italian film (old). _____.

An old (age) Italian (where from) film.

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Question 8

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. Big clouds (black). ____.

Answer 8

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. Big clouds (black). ____.

Big (size) black (colour) clouds.

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Question 9

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A wide avenue (long). ____.

Answer 9

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A wide avenue (long). ____.

A long (size/lenght) wide (shape/width) avenue.

Question 10

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A red car (old/little). ____.

Answer 10

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A red car (old/little). ____.

_ A little (how big) old (how old) red (color) car_.

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Question 11

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A new sweater (green/nice). ____.

Answer 11

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A new sweater (green/nice). ____.

A nice (opinion) new (how old) green (color) sweater.

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Question 12

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A little country inn (old/charming). ____.

Answer 12

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. A little country inn (old/charming). ____.

A charming (opinion) little (big?) old (old?) country inn.

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Question 13

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. Long hair (black/beautiful). ____.

Answer 13

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. Long hair (black/beautiful). ____.

Beautiful (opinion) long (big?) black (color) hair.

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Question 14

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An old painting (interesting/French). ____.

Answer 14

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An old painting (interesting/French). ____.

An interesting (opinion) old (old?) French (from?) painting

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Question 15

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An enormous umbrella (red/yellow). ____.

Answer 15

Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct position. An enormous umbrella (red/yellow). ____.

An enormous (big?) red and yellow (color) umbrella.

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Question 16

I always feel happy/happily when the sun is shining.

Answer 16

I always feel happy when the sun is shining.

Question 17

The children were playing happy/happily in the yard.

Answer 17

The children were playing happily in the yard.

^{We must use an adverb to say how somebody does something.}

Question 18

You look terrible/terribly! Are you all right?

Answer 18

You look terrible! Are you all right?

Question 19

There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it proper/properly.

Answer 19

There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it properly.

^{We must use an adverb to say how somebody does something.}

Question 20

The soups tastes good/well.

Answer 20

The soups tastes good.

Question 21

Write in another way usin the first/next/last… Yesterday an the day before yesterday. ____.

Answer 21

Write in another way usin the first/next/last… Yesterday an the day before yesterday. ____.

The last two days before yesterday.

Question 22

Write in another way usin the first/next/last… The first week and the second week of May. ____.

Answer 22

Write in another way usin the first/next/last… The first week and the second week of May. ____.

The first two weeks of May.

Question 23

Write in another way usin the first/next/last… Tomorrow and a few days after that. ____.

Answer 23

Write in another way usin the first/next/last… Tomorrow and a few days after that. ____.

The next few days after tomorrow.