高中英语Unit8 Learning a foreign language文章 How to learn Adjectives人教版第三册VIP免费

HowtolearnAdjectivesAdjectivesAdjectivesdescribeorgiveinformationaboutnouns.Thegoodnewsisthattheformofadjectivesdoesnotchange,itdoesnotmatterifthenounbeingmodifiedismaleorfemale,singularorplural,subjectorobject.Someadjectivesgiveusfactualinformationaboutthenoun-age,sizecolouretc(factadjectives-can'tbearguedwith).Someadjectivesshowwhatsomebodythinksaboutsomethingorsomebody-nice,horrid,beautifuletc(opinionadjectives-noteveryonemayagree).OpinionAdjectivescanbeusedtogiveyouropinionaboutsomething.good,pretty,right,wrong,funny,light,happy,sad,full,soft,hardetc.Forexample:Hewasasillyboy.SizeAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribesize.big,small,little,long,tall,short,sameas,etc.Forexample:"Thebigman."or"Thebigwoman".AgeAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribeage.Forexample:"Hewasanoldman."or"Shewasanoldwoman."ShapeAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribeshape.round,circular,triangular,rectangular,square,oval,etc.Forexample:"Itwasasquarebox."or"Theyweresquareboxes."ColourAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribecolour.用心爱心专心blue,red,green,brown,yellow,black,white,etc.Forexample:"Thebluebag."or"Thebluebags".OriginAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribeorigin.Forexample:-"ItwasaGermanflag."or"TheywereGermanflags."MaterialAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribematerial."Itwasacottoncushion."or"Theywerecottoncushions."DistanceAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribedistance.l--o--n--g/shortlong,short,far,around,start,high,low,etc.Forexample:"Shewentforalongwalk."or"Shewentforlotsoflongwalks."TemperatureAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribetemperature.cold,warm,hot,cool,etc.Forexample:"Itdaywashot."or"Theydayswerehot."TimeAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribetime.late,early,bed,nap,dinner,lunch,day,morning,night,etc.Forexample:"Shehadanearlystart."PurposeAdjectivescanbeusedtodescribepurpose.(Theseadjectivesoftenendwith"-ing".)Forexample:"Shegavethemasleepingbag."or"Shegavethemsleepingbags."!Note-Ineachcasetheadjectivestaysthesame,whetheritisdescribingamaculine,feminine,singularorpluralnoun.用心爱心专心Whenusingmorethanoneadjectivetomodifyanoun,theadjectivesmaybeseparatedbyaconjunction(and)orbycommas(,).Forexample:1."Herhairwaslongandblonde."or"Shehadlong,blondehair."Moreexamples:AdjectivePrettySeriousFastQuietExampleShewasaprettygirl.Hewasaseriousboy.Itwasafastcar.Theywerequietchildren.Adjectivescanbeusedaftersomeverbs.Theydonotdescribetheverb,adverbsdothat.Adjectivesafteraverbdescribethesubjectoftheverb(usuallyanounorpronoun).Forexample:2."Davidlookstired".Thesubject(inthiscaseDavid)isbeingdescribedastirednottheverbtolook.Thereisalsotheadjectiveusedto,whichisexplainedhere.用心爱心专心