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B2 Section 13 : Adjectives - Coggle Diagram
B2 Section 13 : Adjectives
Structures with
to + infinitive
and
that + clause
Adjectives use with
to + infinitive
amaizing,bound,willing,prepared,pleased,polite,sorry,terrible,unlikely,welcome
Adjectives use with
that + clause
certain,confident,excellent,frightened,happy,likely,sad,sure,surprised,worried
often drop
that
Many adjectives can be used with both 'to + infinitive' and 'that + clause'
Superlatives with
by far
We can use 'by far' before a superlative adjective to mean that the thing is much, much better.
She is by far the best student in the class (= she is much, much better than the other students).
also use 'by far' after the noun.
Adjectives that only go before nouns
adjectives of degree to make nouns stronger.
absolute,real,true,complete,proper,pure
time adjectives
current,present,future,former
Gradable and Ungradable adjectives
Gradable adjectives make comparatives and superlatives
we can talk about something being
very
or
slightly
like the adjective.
hot,cold,upset,good
ect
ungradable adjective is either true or not true. It's not possible for something to be
slightly
or
very
this adjective.
freezing,boilng,delicious,devastated,enormous,excellent,exhausted,fasinating,furious,terrible
we can use
absolutely
to emphasis the adjectives
How
with adjectives for questions and exclamation
use
how
with normal question word order to ask questions about adjectives
How tall is your brother?
use
how
with adjective to make an exclamation when we want to say that something is very much the adjective
The verb comes after the subject.
How tall your brother is! (= Your brother is very tall!)