GRADE 9 - ADJECTIVES (Part 1)

GRADE 9 - ADJECTIVES

by Liam Egan

​ADJECTIVES

​Modify nouns - they give us more information

​Adjectives

​They usually come before the noun they modify:

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​They have a beautiful house.

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We saw a very exciting film last night.

​Adjectives

​They also come after the linking verbs 'be, look, or feel'

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​Their house is beautiful.

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That film looks interesting.

​Adjectives

​Look at the following sentences, are they RIGHT or Wrong.

Multiple Choice

I saw a programme really good on TV last night.

• RIGHT

• WRONG

Multiple Choice

I didn't know your mother French was.

• RIGHT

• WRONG

Multiple Choice

Are you OK? You look terrible!

• RIGHT

• WRONG

Multiple Choice

I've just bought a new printer.

• RIGHT

• WRONG

Multiple Choice

This chicken doesn't very good smell. How old is it?

• RIGHT

• WRONG

Multiple Choice

My sister's got two young children.

• RIGHT

• WRONG

​Adjectives with '-ing' and '-ed'

​A lot of adjectives are made from verbs by adding -ing or -ed:

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​The commonest -ing adjectives are:

amusing surprising

annoying worrying

boring shocking

disappointing tiring

exciting frightening

interesting

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​-ing adjectives

​If you say something is interesting, you mean it interests you:

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I read a very interesting article in the newspaper today.

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If you say something is terrifying, you mean it terrifies you:

That Dracula film was absolutely terrifying.

-ed adjectives

The commonest -ed adjectives are:

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annoyed bored

closed delighted

disappointed excited

frightened tired

worried  

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​-ed adjectives

​If something bores you, you can say you feel bored.

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We had nothing to do. We were really bored.

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If something terrifies you, you can say you are terrified.

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I didn't really enjoy the Dracula film. Most of the time I was terrified.

Multiple Choice

I enjoyed the film but it was really ... 

• frightening 

• frightened

Multiple Choice

A.What's your favourite football team?

B: I don't know. I'm not really ... football.

• interesting in

• interested in

Multiple Choice

I'm ...... this film. Can we watch something else?

• boring with

• bored with 

Multiple Choice

I can't stop reading this book. It's so ... !

• excited

• exciting

Multiple Choice

I'm feeling very ... . I think I'll go to bed.

• tired

• tiring

Multiple Choice

I can't find my glasses. It's so ... ! I had them five minutes ago.

• annoyed

• annoying

​Adjective order

​Two adjectives

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We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:

a handsome young man

a big black car

that horrible big dog

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​Some adjectives give a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:

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​He's a good/wonderful/brilliant/bad/dreadful teacher.

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That's a good/wonderful/brilliant/bad/dreadful book.

​Some adjectives give a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun, for example:

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​Adjective Order

​We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion:

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nice tasty soup

a nasty uncomfortable armchair

a lovely intelligent animal

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We usually put an opinion adjective in front of a descriptive adjective:

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a nice red dress

a silly old man

those horrible yellow curtains

Adjective Order​

Put the words in the correct order.​

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Chinese food delicious

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green trousers horrible

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comfortable bed new a 

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a young silly woman

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big a nice dinner

​Adjectives after link verbs

​We use some adjectives only after a link verb:

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​Some of the commonest -ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb:

​We say:

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Our teacher was ill.

My uncle was very glad when he heard the news. The policeman seemed to be very annoyed.

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but we do not say:

We had an ill teacher.

When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle.

He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman.

Adjective Order​

Choose the sentence which is NOT correct.​

Multiple Choice

afraid and frightened

• Please don't be afraid.

• Please don't be frightened. 

• Talal looked like an afraid rabbit.

• Talal looked like a frightened rabbit.

Multiple Choice

alive and living

• Is your great grandmother still alive?

• Is your great grandmother still living?

• The tsunami destroyed every living thing.

• The tsunami destroyed every alive thing.

Multiple Choice

asleep and sleeping

• The thief walked quietly past the asleep dogs.

• The thief walked quietly past the sleeping dogs.

• Shh! The children are asleep.

• Shh! The children are sleeping.

Multiple Choice

well and healthy

• Khalid isn't looking very well these days, is he?

• Khalid isn't looking very healthy these days, is he?

• Bright eyes are a sign of a healthy animal.

• Bright eyes are a sign of a well animal.

Multiple Choice

ill and sick

• I don't like hospitals. They're full of ill people.

• I don't like hospitals. They're full of sick people.

• Dawood's not coming to school today. He's ill.

• Dawood's not coming to school today. He's sick.

​Three or more adjectives

Sometimes we have three adjectives in front of a noun, but this is unusual:

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a nice handsome young man     

a big black American car     

that horrible big fierce dog

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It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.

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Adjectives usually come in this order:

Adjective Order​

Put the words in the correct order​

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blue cotton socks

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a circular large room

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a plastic raincoat blue

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a wonderful table bamboo old

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a lampshade huge round paper