Tài liệu ADJECTIVEADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS ppt

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ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES
AND
AND
ADVERBS
ADVERBS
GRAMMAR COURSE – I
WEEK - 14
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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
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I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
2. Order of Fact Adj-s
S-A-C-O-M (III. 1-16)
SIZE AGE
COLOR
ORIGIN MATERIAL
NOUN
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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**
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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1. Comparison with “more” & “less”
d. Before comparison
 a bit a little a little bit slightly
This bag is slightly heavier than the other one.
much a lot far (= a lot)
Let’s go by car. It’s much cheaper.
 no, any
Do you feel any better today?
Their house is no bigger than ours.
isn’t any bigger
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e. “less” + long Adj/ Adv
I’m less beautiful than she is*/ her*/ she.
2. Comparison of Equality
a. Affirmative
as + Adj/ Adv + as
b. Negative
not as + Adj/ Adv + as
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I’m not as beautiful as she is*/ her*/ she.