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ADJECTIVES ORDES

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Let’s learn about the adjectives order:

Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together:

- My parents live in a nice new house

- A dirty old black cat is wandering the streets

A / 'OPINION' ADJECTIVES  

    Adjectives like nice and dirty are opinion adjectives. They tell us what you think about somebody or something.

    Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives

B /   'FACT' ADJECTIVES

      Adjectives like new, old, black are fact adjectives. They give us factual information about, age and colour.

      Sometimes we use two or more fact adjectives. Very often, we put fact adjectives in this order :

Examples : 

-  An interesting (opinion ) old (2)  book

-  An ugly (opinion) pink (4 ) plastic (6) ornament 

-  A nice (opinion) small (1) African (5) drum

-  A delicious (opinion) round (3) chocolate (6) cake

-  A pair of smart( opinion) brown  (4) leather (6) boots

-  A beautiful (opinion) small (1) white (4) Chinese (5 ) computer

-  A nice (opinion) big (1) old (2) square (3) white (4) French (5) china (6) plate *

  When there are two colour adjectives, we use and:

-  A big green and yellow hat

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Before the adjectives you will normally have the Determiner.

Determiner: The determiner tells us if the noun is singular or plural, definite or indefinite

• a, an, the, my, your, four, those, some etc

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Opinion: Explains what we think about something. This is usually our opinion, attitude or observations. These adjectives almost always come before all other adjectives.

• beautiful, boring, stupid, delicious, useful, lovely, comfortable

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2- 

Size: Tells us how big or small something is.

• big, small, tall, huge, tiny

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Shape / Weight / Length: Tells about the shape of something or how long or short it is. It can also refer to the weight of someone or something.

• round, square, circular, skinny, fat, heavy, straight, long, short.

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Condition: Tells us the general condition or state of something

• broken, cold, hot, wet, hungry, rich, easy, difficult, dirty

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Age: Tells us how old someone or something is.

• old, young, new, ancient, antique

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Colour: The colour or approximate colour of something.

• green, white, blue, reddish, purple

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Origin: Tells us where something is from.

• American, British, Italian, eastern, Australian, Chilean

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Material: What is the thing made of or constructed of?

• gold, wooden, silk, paper, synthetic, cotton, woollen

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8- 

Purpose/Qualifier/Use: What is it for? These adjectives often end in –ing.

• sleeping (bag), gardening (gloves), shopping (bag), wedding (dress)

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9- 

The thing we are talking about.

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1) At home there is a __________________ table in the dining room.
[ ]beautiful square wooden
[ ]beautiful wooden square
[ ]wooden beautiful square

2) I was offered __________________ ring by my husband.
[ ]a gold  unusual
[ ]an unusual gold

3) My grandmother has knitted __________________ pullover for me.
[ ]a new nice woollen
[ ]a nice new woollen
[ ]a woollen new nice

4) I saw __________________ movie with friends at home.
[ ]an interesting old American
[ ]An old American interesting
[ ]An American old interesting

5) It may rain ! There are __________________ clouds floating in the air.
[ ]black big
[ ]big black

6) It was such __________________ day that we decided to go out for a walk.
[ ]a sunny lovely
[ ]a lovely sunny

7) My daughter has __________________ hair.
[ ]long beautiful black
[ ]black long beautiful
[ ]beautiful long black

8) Last week, I visited __________________ village in a remote place.
[ ]an old lovely little
[ ]a lovely little old
[ ]a little lovely old

9) The gallery exhibited mainly __________________ paintings.
[ ]French old strange
[ ]old strange French
[ ]strange old French

10) John was given __________________ kitten by his sister
[ ]a black little adorable
[ ]an adorable little black
[ ]a little black adorable

11) It started to rain so I opened __________________ umbrella
[ ]a red and yellow enormous
[ ]an enormous red and yellow
[ ]an enormous red yellow

12) I came into a __________________ house built in 1860
[ ]old picturesque
[ ]picturesque old

13) A __________________ was parked opposite my house.
[ ]shiny new Italian sports car
[ ]  new Italian shiny sports car
[ ]  shiny Italian new sports car

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THERE + BE

THERE IS / THERE ARE

We use there + be to talk about existence.

For example: 👉 There is a dog behind the door.        There are four cars in front of the school.

We use THERE IS in singular.  So we use the verb "is". In singular we may also use the indefinite articles "a/an" specially with countable nouns.

For example:

Countable noun: There is an old pencil in the box.

Uncountable noun: there is some fresh water in the refrigerator.

We use THERE ARE in plural. So we use the verb "are". In plural, we can't use the indefinite article, but we can use numbers instead from 2 and on... and we can also use the indefinite pronouns "some/any".

For example: 

Countable singular: There is a blue book on the shelf.

Countable plural: There are six new students in my class.   There are some cars on the corner.

EXERCISES:

1) SELECCIONE EL VERBO CORRESPONDIENTE PARA COMPLETAR LAS ORACIONES:

1- There isn'tisarearen't a box under the bed.

2- There isn'tisarearen't a cat on the wardrobe.

3- There isn'tisarearen't two dogs in the room.

4- There isn'tisarearen't  lots of CDs in the box.

5- There isn'tisarearen't a computer on the desk.

6- There isn'tisarearen't a lamp near the bed.

7- There isn'tisarearen't three jackets in the wardrobe.

8- There isn'tisarearen't two pillows on the bed.

2) COMPLETAR CON LAS PALABRAS FALTANTES:

1- There.............an...........student...........my...................

2- There...........some.............water.........the jug.

3- There............not............dust............the......................

4- There ...........some............dusters............the desk.

5- There ...........   any.............in the fridge.

6- ............there........red............in the...................?

7- .............there ..........apples............the table?

8- .............there ..........onion ...........the kitchen?

9- What...........there.........the desk?

10- ...........there........intelligent..................in your class?

3) ORDENE LAS SIGUIENTES PALABRAS PARA FORMAR ORACIONES:

1- Is/there/fridge/meat/some/the/in.

2- an/box/pencil/there/orange/is/the/in.

3- any/is/there/not/butter/the/fridge/in.

4- There/a/pet/black/your/in/is/house.

5- my/there/are/smart/class/some/in/students.

6- twenty/there/new/are/teachers/school/my/in/two.

7- small/there/ant/under/your/is/a/chair.

8- beautiful/some/horse/there/country/are/horses/the/in.

9- there/any/is/?/sand/in/house/your.

10- are/there/teddy bears/two/bed/the/on.

THE VERB HAVE GOT

THE VERB HAVE GOT (POSSESSIONS)

HAVE OR HAS: Complete the sentences.

1. I  a nice room.
2. She  a cat.
3. Jack  a pet.
4. The sisters  great teachers.
5. He  an old bike.
6. They  a goldfish.
7. Emma  lots of friends.
8. We  a problem.
9. Joe and Philip  a sister.
10. The family  two cars.

4. Reorder the sentences.  

have / a / they / dog / new / got / .

got / sisters / Lucy / three / has / .

you / fantastic / have / skateboard / got / a /.

dictionary / I / got / haven’t / an / English / .

big / got / haven’t / they / a / bedroom / .

Mr Bean / expensive / hasn’t / car / an / got / .

she / black / got / has / hair / ?

got / you / have / a lot of / cousins / ?

a / Sarah and Michelle / pet / have / got / ?

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Comparative Adjectives

When we talk about two things, we can "compare" them. We can see if they are the same or different. Perhaps they are the same in some ways and different in other ways. We can use comparative adjectives to describe the differences.

We use comparative adjectives when talking about two things (not three or more things).

Formation of Comparative Adjectives

There are two ways to make or to "form" a comparative adjective:

• short adjectives: add "-er"
• long adjectives: use "more"

Short adjectives: add -er	examples
1-syllable adjectives	old, fast
2-syllable adjectives ending in -y	happy, easy
RULE: add "-er"	old → older
Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r	late → later
Variation: if the adjective ends in a consonant preceded by a  vowel, we double the last consonant.	big → bigger
If the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i	happy → happier

Long adjectives: use more	examples
2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y	modern, pleasant
all adjectives of 3 or more syllables	expensive, intellectual
RULE: use "more"	modern → more modern expensive → more expensive

With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" OR "more":

quiet → quieter/more quiet
clever → cleverer/more clever
narrow → narrower/more narrow
simple → simpler/more simple

Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms:

good → better
well (healthy) → better
bad → worse
far → farther/further

Often, the comparative adjective is followed by "than".

Look at these examples:

• John is 1m80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller than John.
• America is big. But Russia is bigger.
• I want to have a more powerful computer.
• Is French more difficult than English?