Adjectives & Adverbs

1. Adjectives & Adverbs

2. Opinion • An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult • Size • A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.For example: large, tiny, enormous, little • Age • An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.For example: ancient, new, young, old • Shape • A shape adjective describes the shape of something.For example: square, round, flat, rectangular

3. Colour • A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.For example: blue, pink, reddish, grey • Origin • An origin adjective describes where something comes from.For example: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek • Material • A material adjective describes what something is made from.For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper • Purpose • A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”.For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”)

4. Adjectives

5. Test your knowledge • Which is the correct order? •   ?    a steel new carving knife •   ?    a carving steel new knife •   ?    a new carving steel knife •   ?    a new steel carving knife • Which is the correct order? •   ?    a serving small Japanese bowl •   ?    a small Japanese serving bowl •   ?    a small serving Japanese bowl •   ?    a Japanese small serving bowl • Which is the correct order? •   ?    a big red plastic hat •   ?    a bit plastic red hat •   ?    a red big plastic hat •   ?    a plastic big red hat • Which is the correct order? •   ?    an old cotton dirty tie •   ?    a cotton dirty old tie •   ?    a dirty cotton old tie •   ?    a dirty old cotton tie

6. Which is the correct order? •   ?    a Canadian small thin lady •   ?    a small Canadian thin lady •   ?    a thin small Canadian lady •   ?    a small thin Canadian lady • Which is the correct order? •   ?    an exciting French new band •   ?    an new French exciting band •   ?    a French new exciting band •   ?    an exciting new French band • Which is the correct order? •   ?    a square wooden old table •   ?    a wooden old square table •   ?    an old square wooden table •   ?    an old wooden square table • Which is the correct order? •   ?    a sailing beautiful blue boat •   ?    a blue sailing beautiful boat •   ?    a beautiful blue sailing boat •   ?    a blue beautiful sailing boat

7. Compound Adjectives Def.: 2 or more words which are usually hyphenated Ex. Mouth-watering (present/past participle) Ex. Worn-out (phrasal verb) Ex. Two-week (number) 25-year-old man Ex. Child-friendly, dream-like

8. What do these Prefixes mean??? • Anti • Bi • Dis • In • Inter • Mal • Mis • Mono • Multi • Out • Over • Post • Pre • Pro • Semi • Sub • Un • Under

9. Prefixes Mono-one Multi-many Out-beyond, outside Over-too much Post-after Pre-before Pro-in favour of Semi-half Sub-under below Un-not Under-not enough • Anti-against • Bi-two • Dis-opposite of • In- not • Inter-between • Mal-badly • Mis-wrong/badly

10. Can you think of a word …. • able • al • ful • ic • ish • ive • less • ous • y

11. able • al • ful • ic • ish • ive • less • ous • y • Adjustable, believable • Economical, historical • Cheerful, truthful • Electric, symphonic • Tallish, reddish • Impressive, responsive • Cordless, stainless • Humorous, luxurious • Misty, handy, pricey

12. Adverbs • Highest Degree: • Absolutely • High Degree • Very, Really • Middle/low Degree • Pretty, rather, quite, a bit, little slightly