ADJECTIVES

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ADJECTIVES
 An adjective is used to modify a
noun or pronoun
 To describe the noun or pronoun or
make its meaning more definite
 ADJECTIVES
 by telling what kind: yellow flower,
large building, fast car, useless venture

 by pointing out which one: my house,

his sister, this room, whose pen

 by telling how much or how many:

both hands, several minutes, enough
rope, more time
 ADJECTIVES
 They can appear on their own without a
noun after some verbs: be, look, seem,
appear, become, get

EX: That seems fun.

It’s getting cold.
 ADJECTIVES
 Some adjectives like alive, alike,
ashamed, alone, asleep, awake,
afraid, can only be used after be,
seem, appear to, look

EX: He is alone.
She looks ashamed.
It seems alive.
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
 GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
 Adjectives which describe qualities that can
be measured in degrees, such as size,
beauty, age, etc. are called gradable
adjectives
 They can be used in comparative or
superlative forms

EX:
My teacher was very happy with my
homework.
He said that France was a little cold.
 GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
 Adverbs that can be used with gradable
adjectives:

a little, dreadfully, extremely, fairly,

hugely, immensely, intensely, rather,
reasonably, slightly, unusually, very
NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
 NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
 Adverbs that can be used with non-
gradable adjectives

 Really, absolutely

Example:
 It was absolutely freezing outside.

 The performance was really wonderful.

 ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES
We
We can
can form
form adjectives
adjectives from
from verbs
verbs

-ING
-ING adjectives
adjectives -ED
-ED adjectives
adjectives
They
They describe
describe aa person
person oror aa
thing
thing and
and the
the effect
effect they
they
produce
produce onon people
people They
They describe
describe people’s
people’s feelings
feelings
 TO FRIGHTEN

The film is frightenING He’s / looks frightenED

The ghost is frightenING (It’s the way he feels)
(They frighten people)
 TO INTEREST

The actor is interestING He’s / looks interestED

The news is interestING (It’s the way he feels)
(They interest people)
 TO WORRY

This cook is worryING He’s / looks worriED

The news is worryING (It’s the way he feels)
(They worry people)
 TO TIRE

Looking after children is tirING He’s / looks tirED

This work is tirING (It’s the way he feels)
(They tire people)
Let’s see the most common adjectives
VERB -ING adjective -ED adjective
To amaze Amazing Amazed
To annoy Annoying Annoyed
To astonish Astonishing Astonished
To bore Boring Bored
To convince Convincing Convinced
To disgust Disgusting Disgusted
To embarrass Embarrassing Embarrassed
To excite Exciting Excited
To exhaust Exhausting Exhausted
To depress Depressing Depressed
To disappoint Disappointing Disappointed
To frighten Frightening Frightened
To interest Interesting Interested
To relax Relaxing Relaxed
To satisfy Satisfying Satisfied
To shock Shocking Shocked
To surprise Surprising Surprised
To terrify Terrifying Terrified
To tire Tiring Tired
To worry Worrying Worried
 CHOOSE the correct option

1. Finding a spider in the bathtub is….. disgusting / disgusted.

2. If you went on the biggest roller coaster in the world, you’d be exciting / excited.
3. A horror film is … frightening / frightened.
4. A 10-hour flight is … tiring / tired.
5. If you ran 10 km you’d be … exhausting / exhausted.
6. A spa session is relaxing / relaxed.
7. If you lost 1000 Rials, you’d be … annoying / annoyed.
8. When you hear terrible news you feel … worrying / worried.
9. The film was very long and boring / bored. We almost fell asleep.
10. I’m very interesting / interested in languages.
11. This news is terrible… well, in fact it’s really shocking / shocked.
12. She hasn’t been well for quite a long time so she’s a bit depressing / depressed.
13. There’s nothing interesting / interested on TV this evening.
14. This exercise is very confusing / confused and I’m quite confusing / confused.
15. I need a relaxing / relaxed holiday on a lonely island.
 CHOOSE the correct option
1. Finding a spider in the bathtub is….. disgusting .
2. If you went on the biggest roller coaster in the world, you’d be excited.
3. A horror film is … frightening.
4. A 10-hour flight is … tiring .
5. If you ran 10 km you’d be … exhausted.
6. A spa session is relaxing.
7. If you lost 1000 Rials, you’d be … annoyed.
8. When you hear terrible news you feel … worried.
9. The film was very long and boring. We almost fell asleep.
10. I’m very interested in languages.
11. This news is terrible… well, in fact it’s really shocking.
12. She hasn’t been well for quite a long time so she’s a bit depressed.
13. There’s nothing interesting on TV this evening.
14. This exercise is very confusing and I’m quite confused.
15. I need a relaxing holiday on a lonely island.

For more practice try on http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjing.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/dg-eding.html
 References:

• Macmillan English Grammar in Context

• https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/
adjectives-gradability.htm
• http://www.onestopenglish.com/method
ology/teaching-tips/ask-the-
experts/grammar-questions/grammar-
gradable-and-non-gradable-
adjectives/146353.article