高中英语Unit8Learningaforeignlanguage文章H

HowtolearnAdjectives

Adjectives

Adjectivesdescribeorgiveinformationaboutnouns.

Thegoodnewsisthattheformofadjectivesdoesnotchange,itdoesnotmatterifthenounbeingmodifiedismaleorfemale,singularorplural,subjectorobject.

Someadjectivesgiveusfactualinformationaboutthenoun-age,sizecolouretc(factadjectives-can'tbearguedwith).Someadjectivesshowwhatsomebodythinksaboutsomethingorsomebody-nice,horrid,beautifuletc(opinionadjectives-noteveryonemayagree).Opinion

Adjectivescanbeusedtogiveyouropinionaboutsomething.good,pretty,right,wrong,funny,light,happy,sad,full,soft,hard

etc.

Forexample:

Hewasasillyboy.

Size

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribesize.

big,small,little,long,tall,short,sameas,etc.

Forexample:

"Thebigman."or"Thebigwoman".

Age

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribeage.

Forexample:

"Hewasanoldman."or"Shewasanoldwoman."

Shape

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribeshape.

round,circular,triangular,rectangular,square,oval,etc.

Forexample:

"Itwasasquarebox."or"Theyweresquareboxes."

Colour

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribecolour.

blue,red,green,brown,yellow,black,white,etc.

Forexample:

"Thebluebag."or"Thebluebags".

Origin

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribeorigin.

Forexample:-

"ItwasaGermanflag."or"TheywereGermanflags."

Material

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribematerial.

"Itwasacottoncushion."or"Theywerecottoncushions."

Distance

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribedistance.l--o--n--g/short

long,short,far,around,start,high,low,etc.

Forexample:

"Shewentforalongwalk."or"Shewentforlotsoflongwalks."

Temperature

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribetemperature.

cold,warm,hot,cool,etc.

Forexample:

"Itdaywashot."or"Theydayswerehot."

Time

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribetime.

late,early,bed,nap,dinner,lunch,day,morning,night,etc.

Forexample:

"Shehadanearlystart."

Purpose

Adjectivescanbeusedtodescribepurpose.(Theseadjectivesoftenendwith"-ing".)

Forexample:

"Shegavethemasleepingbag."or"Shegavethemsleepingbags."!Note-Ineachcasetheadjectivestaysthesame,whetheritisdescribingamaculine,feminine,singularorpluralnoun.

Whenusingmorethanoneadjectivetomodifyanoun,theadjectivesmaybeseparatedbyaconjunction(and)orbycommas(,).

Forexample:

"Herhairwaslongandblonde."or"Shehadlong,blondehair."Moreexamples:

AdjectivePrettySeriousFastQuiet

ExampleShewasaHewasaItwasaTheywere

prettygirl.seriousboy.fastcar.quiet

children.

Adjectivescanbeusedaftersomeverbs.Theydonotdescribetheverb,

adverbsdothat.Adjectivesafteraverbdescribethesubjectoftheverb

(usuallyanounorpronoun).

"Davidlooks