1 ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES AND AND ADVERBS ADVERBS GRAMMAR COURSE – I WEEK - 14 2 I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES Opinion Adj-s: nice, pretty, kind,… 1. Adj-s Fact Adj-s: tall, short, round,… Opinion Adj-s often go before Fact Adj-s 3 I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 2. Order of Fact Adj-s S-A-C-O-M (III. 1-16) SIZE AGE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN 4 I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVE 2. Order of Fact Adj-s * big, small, tall, short, long, … . ** round, fat, thin, slim, wide, … . SIZE SIZE, LENGTH* SHAPE, WIDTH** 5 II. LINK VERBS/ LINKING VERBS/ COPULAS + Adj-s be get become feel smell taste sound seem appear (=seem) turn (red) go (mad) remain (charming)… (II.8-12) 6 III. Adj-s with –ing and –ed endings Verbs -ing Adj -ed Adj bore boring bored tire tiring tired excite exciting excited interest interesting interested surprise surprising surprised (I.1-6, II. 1-7) 7 III. Adj-s with –ing and –ed endings  Similarities - Both Adj-s modify Ns - Similar meanings  Differences - ing Adj. =Active, -ed Adj. = Passive sb/sth –ing makes sb/sth –ed - ed Adj. followed by Prep. 8 III. Adj-s with –ing and –ed endings (I.1-6, II. 1-7) -ing Adj -ed Adj boring bored with tiring tired of exciting excited about interesting interested in surprising surprised by/at 9 IV. COMPARISON OF ADJ-S/ ADV-S 1. Comparison with “more” & “less” a. short Adj/Adv + er small smaller wide wider hot hotter b. more + long Adj/ Adv She’s more beautiful than I am*/ me*/ I. 10 IV. COMPARISON OF ADJ-S/ ADV-S 1. Comparison with “more” & “less” c. Irregular happy happier good/well better bad worse much/many more little less far farther/further . 1 ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES AND AND ADVERBS ADVERBS GRAMMAR COURSE – I WEEK - 14 2 I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES Opinion. (=seem) turn (red) go (mad) remain (charming)… (II.8-12) 6 III. Adj-s with –ing and –ed endings Verbs -ing Adj -ed Adj bore boring bored tire tiring tired excite