week 6 adjectives

Adjectives
Adjectives
Adjectives
∗ Definition
∗ Classification
∗ Position of Adjective in a
sentence
∗ Adjective Order before Nouns
∗ Adjective Equivalents
∗ Formation
∗ Compound Adjectives
∗ Comparison of Adjective
- Identification
- Comparative Degree
- Superlative Degree
- Irregular Comparison
- Double Comparison
I. Definition: Adjectives are words used to describe Nouns, Pronouns, or Noun-equivalents.
EX: beautiful girls, handsome men, naughty boys
red pencils and blue ones
Your walking every day
II. Classification
1. Proper Adjectives French, English, Vietnamese
2. Descriptive Adjectives: tell something
about the appearance, nature, or
properties of the Nouns.
big, small, round, square, old, young,
beautiful, ...
3. Numeral Adjectives
• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers

one, two, three,...
first, second, third,...
4. Interrogative Adjectives - Which boy is the tallest in this class?
- Whose hat is this?
- What time is it?
- Which/ What color do you like best?
5. Possessive Adjectives
My, Our,Your, His, Her, Its, Their,One’s
- Where is your hat?
6. Demonstrative Adjectives
THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE
- This pen is expensive.
- Those people are strange.
7. Indefinite Adjectives
SOME, ANY, NO, LITTLE, FEW, MANY,
MUCH, EACH, EVERY, ALL
- There’s some ice in the fridge.
- All horses are animals but not all animals
are horses.
III. Positions of Adjectives in Sentences
1. Generally Before a Noun - He is a clever student.
- We live in an independent country.
2. After TO BE or Linking Verbs - I feel hungry.
- Are you thirsty?
- The baby looks healthy.
- We feel happy.
3. After a Noun
a. In a series linked by Conjunctions
- He has a face thin and worn but eager and
resolute.

- He is a writer both witty and wise.
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b. In a Phrase - She carries a basket full of fruit.
- I want to employ a secretary capable of
translating scientific papers.
- We live in a country dependent of foreign
pressure.
c. Denoting measurement and time - The mountain is over 5,000 feet high.
- They have built a tower 10 storeys high.
- I met a man 100 years old.
d. As an objective complement - They set the prisoner free.
- His appearance makes me frightened.
e. Adjectives begun with ‘a’: asleep,
awake, alike (giống nhau), alive (còn sống),
awry (xiên, lệch), alone, afloat (nổi), akin
to (có họ hàng với),... → placed after
Nouns or TO BE/ LINKING VERBS
- The police wanted to arrest the thief alive.
- Are the children still awake?
f. In a few expressions - The Secretary General.(Tổng thư ký)
- Court martial (Tòa án quân sự)
- By all means possible (= mọi cách có thể)
- The sum total (sổ kết toán)
- All the people present (tất cả mọi người hiện diện)
g. Proper Noun + THE + Adj
- Alfred the Great (Alfred Đại đế)
- William the Silent (William người trầm lặng)
- Ivan the Terrible (Ivan kẻ khủng khiếp)
4. After an Indefinite Pronoun - I’ll tell you something important.

- He’ll provide everything necessary.
- There’s nothing new under the sun.
IV. Adjective Order before Nouns : “DOC. OpSASCOMP”
Article
Demonstrative
Possessive
Indefinite
Numeral
ordinal
cardinal
Opinion/
Quality
Size Age Shape Color Form Origin/
Nationality
Material Purpose
(Noun/
Verbal)
Noun
a, an, the
this, that,
these,
his, her, my,
some
first
second
one
two
old
nice
ugly

terrible
lovely
good
beautiful
big
small/little
large
tiny,
enormous,
tall, big,
wide,
thin , thick
new old
young
ancient,
six-
month-
old,..
antique
round
square
triangle
rectangle,
flat,
barrel-
shaped
black
brown
red,
blue,

green
liquid
solid
French
Vietnamese
cotton
plastic
lead
cloth,
leather,
metal,
glass,
wooden
sports/
swimming
watches
these four expensive square golden Swiss wrist watches
my sister’s first nice blue swimming suit
a wonderful New face cream
some nice quiz question
an kettle
plastic souvenirs
white leather running shoes
a long patient queue
a small round bath
the first two New red French sports cars
Mary’s sudden surprising attitude
some sour big green American apples
V. Adjective Equivalents: Words or groups of words that describe a Noun in the same way
as an Adjective.

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Adjective Equivalents Example
Noun
river fish (fish living in the river), sea winds (winds from the sea)
Possessive Noun man’s life, sun’s ray, John’s book
Noun as Apposition money, a golden key; John, my friend
Participles I hear the singing bird in the tree.
He found a broken watch yesterday.
Infinitive water to drink, friend to entertain
Adverb (with some participle
understood)
the then (reigning) king, the down (going) lift
Phrase a man of high position; her wish to speak English fluently;
a mountain covered with snow; a person responsible for his actions
Clause People who eat too much may fall sick.
Heaven is the place where no hate (thù hận) and no lust (dục vọng) exist.
VI. Formation
Adjectives formed from Nouns
N + suffix Meaning Example
N + -Y full of, covered with, having
like
airy (thoáng khí), foggy, grassy (đầy cỏ), leafy (rậm lá, giống
lá)
N + -FULL Having fearful, hopeful, painful, careful
N + -LESS Lacking fearless, hopeless, painless, careless
N+






−
−
−
EOUS
IOUS
OUS
having the quality named by
the base
mountainous, dangerous, courageous, mysterious,
studious
N + -ANT
-ENT
having the quality of
distant, vacant (khuyết, trống), confident, frequent
N + -AL
-IAL
pertaining to, appropriate
to, having the character of
accidental, formal, cultural, colonial, industrial, musical
N + -IC having the character of artistic, democratic, patriotic
N + -LY resembling in appearance,
manner of nature; at
intervals of (time)
friendly, childly, motherly, fatherly, manly
weekly, hourly, monthly, daily
N + -LIKE having the character of childlike, ladylike, lifelike, warlike
N + -AR belong to, pertaining to, like circular, polar, familiar
N + -ARY

-ORY
consisting of, pertaining to
(gắn liền, thuộc về, liên quan), like
congratulatory, honorary, necessary, satisfactory
N + ATE pertaining to, like,
possessing
collegiate (thuộc, lien quan đến cao đẳng), fortunate,
proportionate (cân xứng với)
N + -EN made of, resembling,
consisting
golden, silken, wooden, earthen (bằng đất)
N + -AN
-IAN
belonging to, pertaining to African, American, Canadian, Italian
N + -SOME having the quality of troublesome = bothersome, quarrelsome (hay sinh sự)
Adjectives formed from other Adjectives
Adjective + suffix Example
Adj + -AL periodical, historical
Adj + -LY sickly, poorly, deadly
Adj + -ISH whitish (hơi trắng), greenish (hơi lục), reddish (hơi đỏ), bluish (hơi
xanh)
Adj + -FOLD twofold, threefold, fourfold, manifold
Adj + SOME Wholesome (khỏe mạnh, không độc), gladsome (sung sướng, vui vẻ)
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Prefix + ADJ Meaning Example
A- + Adj
DIS-
IL-
IM-

IN-
IR-
UN-
NON-
Not Apathetic, atrophic
disagreeable, disobedient, disloyal
illegal, illogical, illegible
immortal, impossible, impolite
invisible, inconvenient, independent
irregular, irresponsible, irrational
uneasy, unlucky, unsuccessful
nonexistent, nonexclusive, nonpolitical
PRO- + Adj in favor of pro-American (thân Mỹ), pro-British, pro-communist (thân
cộng)
ANTI- + Adj Against anti-governmental, anti-royalist
UNDER- + Adj less than, insufficiently underdeveloped, underfed, underpaid
SUB- + Adj Under subhuman, substandard
SUPER- + Adj Over superhuman, supernatural
EXTRA- + Adj beyond, outside extracellular (ngoại bào, ngoài tế bào), extracurricular
INTRA- + Adj inside, within intracellular (nội bào), intrastate trong phạm vi 1 tiểu bang),
intraabdominal (trong bụng)
INTER- + Adj among, between international, interstate (giữa các tiểu bang),
interdepartmental (liên bộ, liên vụ)
TRANS- + Adj across, through transcontinental (xuyên lục địa), transatlantic (vượt đại tây
dương)
CO- + Adj Together coexistent (cùng tồn tại), co-educational (thuộc việc dạy học
chung giữa nam và nữ),
SEMI- + Adj
HEMI-
Half semiannual (nửa năm, nửa năm 1 lần), semi-dependent (nửa

độc lập), semitropical (cận nhiệt đới),
hemispherical = hemispheric (thuộc/có hình bán cầu)
UNI- + Adj
MONO-
One unilateral (thực hiện bởi/chỉ ảnh hưởng tới 1 người/nhóm/nước),
unicellular (đơn bào), monolingual (đơn ngữ)
BI- + Adj Two bilateral (song phương, tay đôi), bilingual (song ngữ), biannual
(2 lần 1 năm)
VII. Compound Adjectives
Formation Example
N +
Adj water-resistant, snow-white
V
ing
heart-warming (chân tình, ấm lòng), heart-breaking (làm đau lòng)
V
ed/3
home-made (làm ở nhà), man-made
N
-ed
dog-eared (quăn bìa, cuốn góc), lion-hearted (dũng cảm)
Adj +
Adj dark blue, light green
V
ing
sweet-smelling (thơm), ill-looking (xấu xí), long-standing (lâu đời)
V
ed/3
ill-dressed (ăn mặc luộm thuộm), ill-favoured (vô duyên, xấu, có mặt hãm tài), long-lived
(sống lâu), soft-spoken (thỏ thẻ), long-sighted (viễn thị, nhìn xa thấy rộng),

N
-ed
white-livered (nhát gan), white-lipped (môi tái vì sợ), four-legged (có 4 chân)
Adv + V
ing
hard-working, hard-hitting (bốp chát), ever-blooming (ra hoa quanh năm), ever-
changing (bấp bênh, luôn thay đổi)
V
ed/3
hard-favoured = hard-featured (có nét mặt thô cứng), well-done, heart-hearted (nhẫn
tâm, long dạ sắt đá)
miscellaneous (hỗn
hợp)
well-to-do (thịnh vượng, giàu có), hard-of-hearing (nghễnh ngãng), up-to-date
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Comparison
I. Identification of Short and Long Adjectives
1. Short Adjectives:
a. Monosyllable adjectives long, tall, big, small, cold,....
b. Two-syllable adjectives ending in -Y, -ER,
-ET, -LE & -OW
pretty, clever, quiet, gentle, narrow
c. Two-syllable adjectives stressed on the
second syllable
políte, sevére, profoúnd
d. Some particular adjectives common, handsome, pleasant
2. Long Adjectves:
a. Adjectives with two or more syllables selfish, rapid, beautiful, wonderful
b. Adjectives in participle forms boring, bored

II. Degrees of Comparison
1. Equal Degree (Comparison of Equality)
AS + ADJ./ADV. + AS
- He is as strong as a bull.
- Tom ran as quickly as David (did).
- Your stories are as old as the hills.
- The exercise is as easy as ABC.
- The walls are as white as snow.
NOT + AS/SO +ADJ./ADV. +AS - This room is not so/as large as that one.
2. Superior Degree (Comparison of Superiority)
short ADJ./ADV.-ER + THAN
- Vietnam is bigger than Cambodia.
- The rabbit runs faster than the tortoise.
more + long ADJ./ADV. + THAN - Good health is more important than money.
- She drives more carefully than her husband.
3. Inferior Degree (Comparison of Inferiority)
LESS + ADJ/ADV + THAN - The notebook is less thick than the book.
- This car is less expensive than that one.
4. Superlative Degree (Comparison of Superlative )
THE + short ADJ-EST +



...
)(
of
placein

- He is the tallest man in the class.
- The "Prince" runs the fastest of the five.

(THE) +MOST+ long ADJ/ADV+



...
)(
of
placein
- He is the most intelligent of the students.
- He came the earliest of the group.
- She smiles the most gracefully of all the girls
5. Superlative of Inferiority
THE LEAST + ADJ/ADV + in/of ...
- It is said that donkeys are the least intelligent
animals.
- She is the least tall of the models.
- He argues the least convincingly.
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II. Some rules when adding -ER or -EST to Adjectives/Adverbs
1. If the Adjectives already ending in –E, only add –
R or –ST
large – larger – largest
simple – simpler – simplest
2. If an Adjective ending in a Consonant + -Y,
change the –Y to –I before adding –ER or –EST
happy – happier – happiest
lucky – luckier – luckiest
3. If a one-syllable Adjective ending in 1 Vowel + 1
Consonant, double the final consonant before

adding –ER or –EST
big – bigger – biggest
fat – fatter – fattest
4. Irregular Adjectives/Adverbs
good (adj)
well (adv, adj)
better best
bad worse worst
old
older
elder
oldest (older in general)
eldest (for members of the same family)
little + N
uncount
few + N
plu, count
less
fewer
least
fewest
much + N
uncount
many + N
plu, count
more most
late (adj, adv)
later
latter (the 2
nd

of the 2)
latest
last (the previous one, the final one): last week, the last guest
fore (adj, adv)
former (the 1
st
of the 2)
foremost (adj, adv) (đầu tiên, đứng đầu, trước nhất)
first (adj, adv)
far (adj, adv)
farther
further (addition)
farthest (more distant)
furthest (more, more distant)
in (adj, adv) inner inmost = innermost (adj) (tận trong cùng, tận đáy lòng)
out (adj, adv) outer outmost = outermost (adj) (phía ngoài cùng, ngoài xa nhất)
up (adj, adv) upper uppermost (adj) (cao nhất, quan trọng nhất), (adv) (trước hết)
near (adj, adv) nearer
nearest
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Notes
1. Some Adj can’t be compared. Square, right, perfect, supreme, true, wooden,…
2. Some Adj have Latin comparison. Superior to, inferior to, anterior to, prior to, posterior to,
senior to, junior to, major to, minor to
- My friend is junior to me.
- His capacity is inferior to ours.
3. Some Adj are also used as Adv. A further place/We can’t go further.
The fastest car/ He drives fastest.
4. Superior degree is used between 2
items only.

- I have bought two shirts. Which one is more beautiful?
NOT: Which one is the most beautiful?
5. When reffering to the first and
second of Two things mentioned,
use “Former/ Latter”.
-He studied French and German. The former language he
speaks very well, but the latter one only imperfectly.
• ADDITIONAL POINTS:
1.We can modify the Superiors with “much, a lot, far, a little, a bit,
slightly” to increase or reduce the degree.
• Bob is much richer than I am.
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• My mother's hair is slightly longer than mine.
2.We can modify the Superlatives with “by far, easily, nearly”.
• Mario's is by far the best restaurant in town.
• I'm nearly the oldest in the class.
3.We do not use “the” with the superlative if there is a possessive.
• His strongest point is his ambition.
IV. Double Comparison
Rule
Meaning
Example
short Adj/ Adv-ER and short Adj/Adv-ER
càng ngày càng,
càng lúc càng
- The days are shorter and shorter in winter.
more and more + long Adj/Adv
less and less + long Adj/Adv
- Our lessons become more and more difficult.

- Doris is less and less attentive in class.
The short Adj/Adv-ER + S + V,
The more + long Adj + S + V,
- The more + S + V,
- The less + S + V,
the short Adj-ER + S + V./
the more long Adj + S + V./
the more + S + V./
the less + S + V. /
Càng …, càng …
- The higher the sun is, the shorter the shadow is.
- The more he drank, the thirstier he was.
- The harder he tries, the less progress he seems
to make.
- The more he works, the more he earns.
- The less he works, the less he will be paid.
Expressions
- The more the merrier. (càng đông càng vui)
- The sooner, the better. (càng sớm càng tốt)
- The higher up, the greater fall. (trèo cao té đau)
- The least said, the soonest mended.
- the highest heads are the most exposed; noblesse oblige (càng cao danh vọng càng dày gian nan)
- As little as possible/As few as possible (càng ít càng tốt)
The less the better/The fewer the better
As infrequently as possible
- More haste, less speed (dục tốc bất đạt)
Expressions
as ageless as the sun trẻ mãi như mặt trời
as agile as a monkey nhanh như sóc
as alike as 2 peas

as alike as peas in a pod
giống nhau như đúc, giống nhau như 2 giọt nước
as bare as the palm of one’s hand hoàn toàn trơ trụi/rỗng không
as big as a barn door to như cửa nhà kho
as bitter as gall (mật, túi mật) đắng như mật gấu/bồ hòn
as blind as a bat/a mole (nốt rùi, chuột chũi) mù tịt
as bold as an egg/a coot (sư)/a billiard ball
đầu trọc lóc như cái sọ dừa/trọc lóc bình vôi
as bold as brass (đồng thao, kèn đồng, sự vô liêm sỉ) trơ tráo như gáo múc dầu, mặt dày mày dạn
as bold/brave as lion (can đảm) can đảm như sư tử
as bright as a button khôn ngoan, nhạy bén
as brown as a berry nâu như trái beri, có da sạm nắng
as busy as a bee/an ant hết sức bận rộn
as busy as bees rất bận rộn
as calm as a cat êm nhẹ như mèo
as changeable as weather đổi như thời tiết
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as clean as a new pin (đinh/kim/kẹp)/a whistle (tiếng
huýt/còi/hót)
sạch như chùi
as clear as a bell(tiếng chuông)/crystal
as clear as day
as clear as the sun at noonday
as clear as that two and two make four
trong như pha lê
rõ như ban ngày
rõ như 2 với 2 là 4
as cool as a cucumber bình tĩnh, không hề nao núng
as cross as two sticks tức điên lên, (tréo ngoe cẳng ngỗng???)

as dark as coal
as dark as midmight
đen như than
tối như mực
as dead as a dodo (chim cưu đã tuyệt chủng)
as dead as a doornail (đinh cửa)/a herring (cá trích)/a
nit (trứng chí/rận)/mutton (thịt cừu)/Julius Ceasar
hết hiệu lực/giá trị
chết thật rồi, chết cứng đơ
as dead as a door nail/a stone chết ngay cán cuốc
as deaf as a doornail/an adder (rắn vipe)/a beetle/a
stone/a doorpost
điếc đặc
as drunk as a sow (lợn nái, mọt gỗ, kim loại cứng lại ở
rãnh)
say bí tỉ, say túy lúy
as dry as dust
as dry as a bone
as dry as a chip
tẻ nhạt
khô như ngói
nhạt như nước ốc
as dumb as an oyster câm như hến
as early as the (19th) century ngay từ thế kỷ (19)
as easy as anything/pie/ABC/falling off a
log/winking (nháy mắt)
dễ như trở bàn tay, quá dễ
as far as I’m concerned về phần tôi, đối với tôi
as/so far as in me lies trong phạm vi khả năng của tôi
as/so far as something/someone is concerned theo cách hoặc ở chừng mực mà cái gì, ai có liên

quan hoặc chịu ảnh hưởng
as far as the eye can see đến tận chân trời
as far back as (two years ago) lui về (cách đây 2 năm)
as fast as one’s leg(s) can carry one nhanh bằng hết sức của mình
as firm/solid as rock vững như bàn thạch
as flat as a pancake nhạt nhẽo, vô vị
as fresh as a daisy tươi như hoa
as full as an egg chật ních, chật như nêm
as gentle as a lamb hiền như bụt
as good a man as ever trod shoe-leather người tốt nhất trần gian
as good as new tốt như mới
as good as pie rất tốt, rất ngoan
as good as wheat rất hợp, rất xứng đáng
as good/well as the next man bình thường như mọi người
as happy as a clam (con trai)(at high tide)
as happy as a sand-boy
sướng rơn
rất sung sướng
as happy as a clam at high tide sướng rơn
as happy as the day is long rất vui mừng , rất sung sướng
as hard as nails lạnh như tiền, rắn như đanh
as hot as fire nóng như lửa
as hot as pepper cay như ớt
as hungry as a hunter đói như cào
as keen (sắc bén, chua cay) as mustard (mù tạc, hăng hái)
hăng say, hớn hở
as large as life
e.g, There she was as large as life. (cô ta đã xuất hiện,
đích thực là cô ta.)
xuất hiện bằng xương bằng thịt, không nhầm lẫn,

nghi ngờ
as light as a feather nhẹ như lông hồng
as likely as not hẳn là, chắc là
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He’ll be at home now, as likely as not. (hẳn là bây
giờ nó đang ở nhà.)
as loud as thunder vang như sấm
as mad as a hatter (người làm/bán mũ; điên cuồng) điên cuồng, rồ dại
as mad as a March hare cuồng như thỏ rừng đi tơ, phát cuồng
as merry as cricket vui như mở hội
as miserable/ugly as sin rất khốn khổ
as near as a toucher
He was as near as a toucher falling in the stream.
(Suýt nữa nó ngã xuống dòng suối.)
suýt nữa, chỉ một ly nữa
as near as dammit
as near as make no difference
It’s going to cost 200 francs or as near as dammit.
(Cái đó giá 200 f hoặc suýt soát thế.)
xê xích, suýt soát
as nutty (hấp dẫn, đậm đà, có mùi vị hạt phỉ) as a fruitcake gàn bướng, quái gỡ
as often as not/more often than not
When it’s foggy, the trains are late more often
than not. (Khi trời sương mù, tàu hỏa hay đến chậm lắm.)
luôn luôn, rất hay
as old as the earth/ the hills/Adam xưa như Trái đất
as pale as a ghost (xanh như tàu lá chuối)
as pissed (say, xỉn) as a newt (con sa going) say túy lúy, say hết biết gì
as plain as the nose in one’s face

as plain as a pikestaff (cán giáo)
rõ như ban ngày
as pleased as Punch (nhân vật gù lưng, lố bịch trong vở rối
truyền thống Punch and Judy)
rất hài lòng
as plentiful as black berries nhiều thứa mứa, muốn bao nhiêu cũng có
as poor as a church mouse nghèo rớt mùng tơi
as pretty as a picture
as pretty as paint
đẹp như tranh
đẹp như vẽ
as proud as a cock on his own dunghill (đống phân) chó cậy gần nhà, gà cậy gần chuồng
as proud as a peacock
as proud as Punch
hách như ông nghè, cực kỳ kiêu hãnh
dương dương tự đắc
as pure as the driven snow hết sức trong trắng
as quick as a lightning
as quich as flash
as quich as thought
nhanh như chớp
as quiet as a mouse im lặng như tờ
as red as a beetroot
as red as a boiled lobster
as red as blood
as red as fire
đỏ như gấc/đỏ như gạch/đỏ như máu/ đỏ như tôm
luộc
as regular as a clockwork
as regular as time

đều như cái đồng hồ đang chạy
as rich as Croesus (nhà triệu phú)
as rich as a Jew (người cho vay nặng lãi)
rất giàu, giàu như Thạch Sùng Vương Khải
as safe as houses rất an toàn
as savage as lion dữ như chằn
as secret as the grave kín như bưng
as sharp as a needle rất thông minh và nhanh trí
as silent as a gold fish lặng như tờ
as slow as a turtle/a snail chậm như rùa
as smooth as a baby bottom rất mịn màng
as snug (ấm, kín gió) as a bug in a rug (chăn, thảm) ấm cúng, đầm ấm
as sober as a judge tỉnh táo, không say rượu;
đứng đắn, nghiêm trang, không thiên vị
as soft as silk
as sound as a bell trong tình trạng tuyệt hảo
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Adjectives
as sound as a roach (con gián = cockroach) mạnh như trâu, khỏe mạnh
as sour as vinegar chua như giấm
as stiff (cứng) as a poker (que cời lửa, dùi khắc nung) cứng như gỗ, thẳng đuồn đuộc
as stiff/straight as a ramrod (cái thông nòng súng) (người) đứng rất thẳng
as straight as an arrow trung thực, bộc trực
as strong as a horse khỏe như trâu
as stupid as a donkey/a goose/an owl ngu như bò
as stupid as a donkey/bull/an owl ngu như bò/ngơ ngơ như ngỗng đực
as sure as a gun
as sure as egg is egg
as sure as eggs is eggs
chắc như đinh đóng cột, chắc như 2 với 2 là 4

as surly/sulky/cross as a bear cau có, nhăn nhó, gắt như mắm tôm
as sweet as honey ngọt như đường
as thick as thieves rất than thiết (2 hay nhiều người)
as thick as two short planks (tấm ván) rất ngu ngốc
as thin as a lath (thanh gỗ mỏng) gầy như cái que
as timid as a rabbit nhát như thỏ đế
as tough as old boots dai nhách, rất dai
as true as the needle to the pole đáng tin cậy
as ugly as home-made soap
as ugly as sin
xấu như ma
as vain as a peacock dương dương tự đắc
as warm as toast ấm áp 1 cách dễ chịu
as weak as a baby/a cat/water yếu như bún/lau
as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb đã trót thì phải trét
as wet as a drowned rat ướt như chuột lột
as white as snow trắng như tuyết
as wise as an owl tinh khôn, khôn ranh
ASSIGNMENT 7 for “ADVERBS” LESSON
1. How many categories of adverbs are there in English? What are they? Give some examples for
each type.
2. What are functions of Adverbs (What parts of speech does an Adverb modify?)? Give One
example for each function.
3. List all possible positions of ADVERB in sentences as you know. Give one example for each
position.
4. Compare the positions of ADJECTIVES with those of ADVERBS.
5. How can we Inverse Subject and Verb when putting an Adverb at the beginning of a sentence?
Give the Structure of Inversion and One example for each case.
6. List some Confused Adverbs and Give short explanation to distinguish them.
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