Adjectives
An adjective is a describing word.
I am Australian.
I am from a little village.
She is very pretty.
She is intelligent and beautiful at the same time.
She is nice.
She is a good friend.
You are really nice.
He is a lucky guy.
I am good thanks but I am really busy.
What’s wrong?
Do you feel lonely?
You are a good friend.
Adjectives often come in pairs of opposites:
big – little
large – small
black – white
good – bad
hot – cold
cool- warm
easy – difficult
nice – awful
busy – free
cheap (inexpensive) – expensive
complicated – simple
close – far
sweet – salty
spicy – bland
fast – slow
ugly – beautiful
tall – short
long – short
fat – thin
thick – thin
Gerunds as Adjectives
an interesting story
a fascinating person
a boring lecture
a convincing argument
a passing car
a passing stranger
a speeding car
Past Participles as Adjectives
a collapsed building
a fallen tree
an injured man
a wounded soldier
a ruined building
a bankrupt businessman
a corrupt politician
a well-paid public servant
a stolen credit card
a reserved seat
unaccompanied baggage
damaged goods
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The Philosophy of the Adjective
The adjective sets up scales. It sets up qualities which are degrees on scales. Look at these scales:
good
better
best
Goodness and beauty are both important.
beautiful
more beautiful
most beautiful
And it is important to be temperate. Look at this scale of temperature:
cold
cool
average
warm
hot
very hot
boiling
sizzling
You can flesh out your vocabulary by becoming aware of scales like this. When you learn a word, try to learn its opposite and its place in a a scale.
The verb describes an action but the adjective is a quality. This quality is often a point on a scale.
These points on a scale often use adverbs like this:
extremely expensive
really expensive
very expensive
expensive
quite expensive
reasonably expensive
a bit expensive
but sometimes adverbs are not necessary
tiny
small
average
large
enormous
huge
Link to listening activity with Adjectives
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my question is; how & when we ought to use gerund as adjective and past participle as adjective in our conversation??
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In this page I learned about bland is opposite of spisy and last night my friends had a convincing argument about politic but in my opinion they didn’t come to any result and it was an useless argument.
My life isn’t going right since i met bearfull girl she was coming from little village .
she wasn’t fat she is thin, her eyes was wide , she isn’t tall , in fact she was facinated me , i haven’t desir to go to school . all i able to do i remmber thoses eyes . one upon day the weather was very cool and sky was going to rin i had heart little voice i didn’t know where is it, and who was it , it’s make me feel terrible in this moment somone who stand beside me , i found my mother she gave to me expensive gift .
the first dream was awful but the second was make me feel happy and amazing.
My life isn’t going right since i met bearfull girl she was coming from little village .
she wasn’t fat she is thin, her eyes was wide , she isn’t tall , in fact she was fascinate me , i haven’t desir to go to school . all i able to do i remmber thoses eyes . once upon day the weather was very cool and sky was going to rin i had heart little voice i didn’t know where is it, and who is it , it’s make me feel terrible in this moment somone who stand beside me , i found my mother she get it to me expensive gift .
the first dream was awful but the second was make me feel happy and amazing.
thanks teacher this is a good lessons for me