10. Adjectives and Adverbs

10. Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives are words that describe a noun or a pronoun.

• Usually adjectives don’t change their form and can be placed before nouns or after verbs be, appear, seem, feel, sound, smell, look, taste etc.

• It’s a black cat.

• They are happy.

• I feel sick.

When we use more than one adjective to describe a noun, we should place them in a specifc way.

When there are two adjectives of the same category, the more general adjective comes before the more specifc one.

Adjectives that consist of more than one word are called compound adjectives.

They are formed according to the following patterns -->

Multiple Choice

Most animals are ___ (with warm blood) but all reptiles are ____ (with cold blood).

• warm-blooded; cold-blooded

• warm-blooding; cold-blooding

• blood-warming; blood-colding

Multiple Choice

The ____ in the convertible was terrible in such inclement weather.

• fortys-mile journey

• forty-mile journey

• forty-miles journey

Multiple Choice

The good-looking chef was dressed in hard-wearing clothing and sitting in front of a free-standing cooker.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

We signed a long-lasting five-pages agreement for his services which we hoped would be never-ending.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Participles can also be used to describe a noun.

• Use present participles (Ving) for active verbs and past participles (V3/ed) for passive verbs.

• If a participle clause is used to describe a noun, it usually follows the noun it describes.

• The man sitting over there looks suspicious. (who sits)

• The car belonging to my neighbor has been stolen. (that belongs)

• The book published by our publishing house has become a bestseller. (that was/has been published)

• The dress ordered on AliExpress doesn’t fit me. (that was ordered)

Multiple Choice

The dress ____ on AliExpress doesn’t fit me.

• ordered

• ordering

Nouns as adjectives

• Nouns that describe materials, substances, purpose and use can be used as adjectives but they don’t have comparative and superlative form.

• Some of these adjectives may be used in a metaphorical meaning.

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• winter holidays

• gold earrings

• silk dress

• silky hair (not made of silk)

• silvery light (not made of silver)

• summery weather (not necessarily in summer)

• golden hands (not made of gold)

Multiple Choice

The dead man’s face had a ____ hue.

• wax

• waxen

Multiple Choice

She’s a ____ woman and no mistake!

• brass

• brazen