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ADJECTIVES - Coggle Diagram
ADJECTIVES
TYPES
ATTRIBUTIVE
Before N
Ex: a
good
book, many
excellent
meal
PREDICATIVE
* After linking Verbs
Ex: this book was very
good
GRADABLE
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A greater or lesser degree
Very, enough, too: very nice
Comparative and Superlative forms
NON- GRADABLE
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NOT: :red_cross:
a greater or lesser degree
very, enough, too: main
not comparative and superlative forms
Ex: wonderful, terrible, huge,...
FORMATION
SIMPLE ADJECTIVES
Mono-syllabic and bi-syllabic words
Ex: good, bad, short, ill, pretty, etc
DERIVED ADJECTIVES
adding suffixes
Greenish, hopeful, handy, childish, etc.
Apparent, secondary, marvelous
adding prefixes: unhappy, insecure, asleep, alone, etc.
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
N + ADJ: tax-free
Determiner+ Adj: all-American
Number+ N: four- wheel
Adv+ particle: well- balanced
Adv+ Adv: well-off
POSITIONS
1. ATTRIBUTIVE
before a N
* Only: chief, elder, eldest, eventual, former, indoor, inner, main, mere, only, outdoor, outer, principal, sheer, sole, upper, utter.
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* Little (size)
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The same experience
A Noun as modifier: a tennis club
A metal pipe
2. PREDICATIVE
After N, as a complement after a linking verb
A wake, ashamed, alike
The wide awake children.
Health: well, fine, ill, unwell
Feelings: content, glad, pleased, upset
* Little ( age)
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3. AFTER NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
AFTER NOUNS
He has a face
thin and worn
, but
eager and resolute
Except: He is a man
greedy for money
People
anxious for news
kept ringing the emergency number. :no_entry:
Depends on the meanings.
Ex: involve= relevant/ complicated
AFTER PRONOUNS
Come after indefinite pronouns:
anything silly
THE ORDER
1. Opinion- Size- Quality- Age- Shape- Color- Participle forms( broken, running,..)- Origin- Material - Type( human, chemical, money) - Purpose. :star:
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Can change: a
big horrible
building
----> adj
closet to the N
has the
closet link in meaning
.
Have similar meaning---->
shorter comes first
: a
bright, cheerful
smile.
Two orders are possible: a peaceful, happy face/ a happy, peaceful face
And
: a
soft
and
comfortable
chair
not used with different meaning:
beautiful golden
sands.
But
: refer two qualities in contrast
Ex: a
cheap
but
effective
solution
PARTICIPLES AS ADJ
-Ing adj and -ed adj
Social group: the rich, the poor
Specific person: an unknown, a black
the English---> a whole person
Abstract qualities: the new, the old, the unexplaned.
COMPARISONS
EQUATIVES
COMPARATIVES
SUPERLATIVES
DOUBLE
-er and -er, more and more
The -er...., the -er...
The more..., the more...