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1
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Ordering multiple Adjectives?

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  1. Quantity: four, ten, a few, several
  2. Value / Opinion: delicious, charming, beautiful
  3. Size: tall, tiny, huge
  4. Temperature: hot, cold
  5. Age: old, young, new, 14-year-old
  6. Shape: square, round
  7. Color: red, purple, green
  8. Origin: Swedish, Victorian, Chinese
  9. Material: glass, silver, wooden

example: They have a lovely old red post-box

2
Q

Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective

A
early
fast
hard
high
late
near
straight
wrong
3
Q

with adverbs ending in -ly, what you must use to form the comparative and the superlative?

A

use ‘more’ to form the comparative and
use ‘most’ to form the superlative.

example:
quietly, more quietly, most quietly
slowly, more slowly, most slowly

4
Q

Order of adverbs of time?

A

1: how long 2: how often 3: when
examples:
1 + 2: I work (1) for five hours (2) every day
2 + 3: The magazine was published (2) weekly (3) last year
1 + 2 + 3: She worked in a hospital (1) for two days (2) every week (3) last year

5
Q

An adverb of manner cannot be put between a verb and its direct object. The adverb must be placed either before the verb or at the end of the clause.

A

examples:

correct: He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
correct: He greedily ate the chocolate cake.
incorrect: He ate greedily the chocolate cake.

6
Q

common adverbs of manner are almost always placed directly after the verb?

A

well, badly, hard, & fast
examples:
He swam well despite being tired.
The rain fell hard during the storm.

7
Q

Singular Present

A

I am 1st person

You are 2nd person

He is / she is / it is 3rd person

8
Q

Singular Past

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I was 1st person

You were 2nd person

He/she/it was 3rd person

9
Q

Plural Present

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We are 1st person

You are 2nd person

They are 3rd person

10
Q

Plural Past

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We were 1st person

You were 2nd person

They were 3rd person