The adjectives

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Practice of adjectives
Elizabet Melchor
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The Adjectives Melani Elizabet Melchor Alvarez 5to PC "A"
The adjectives serve us to give details of what we are talking about Adjectives always go before a noun? true or false?
Examples: He lives in a blue house.. - Live is the adjective - house is the substantive I feel happy Feel is a link verb so it can be connected with an adjective. -But the adjective comes later.
The dog is coffee My dad is happy
Usual Position - Before a Noun The red car -After a link verb "Become", "Feel", "Be", etc... I feel cold Adjective Order -Size -Age -Shape -Colour -Origin -Material -Noun
a lovely big old blue french leather bag A nice tall young English man
There is another type of order in Opinion Adjectives Some adjectives can be called in non-qualifying or extreme
Gradable adjective: HOT - A big hot -Somewhat hot - Very hot Non- gradable adjective: BOILING -Absolutely -Totally -Utterly boiling
This type of adjective can basically be used with the words "very" or "a little" In non-qualifying adjectives, words such as "absolutely", "totally" are used.
She it is very beautiful The man is fascinating
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