adjectives/adverbs
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Adjectives Adjectives and and
AdverbsAdverbs
Hoad Monument,Hoad Monument,Oubas Hill, Oubas Hill, Ulverston,Ulverston,Cumbria, Cumbria, England.England.View from Chittery View from Chittery Lane.Lane.
AdjectivesAdjectives
• on a wonderful still Autumn day on a wonderful still Autumn day
AdjectivesAdjectives
• on a wonderful still Autumn day on a wonderful still Autumn day • through the abundant gold and through the abundant gold and
green foliagegreen foliage• straight and narrow beams of lightstraight and narrow beams of light
AdjectivesAdjectives
• on a wonderful still Autumn day on a wonderful still Autumn day • through the abundant gold and through the abundant gold and
green foliagegreen foliage• straight and narrow beams of lightstraight and narrow beams of light• countless old brown leavescountless old brown leaves• along a soft, winding grassy pathalong a soft, winding grassy path• in a thick hillside forestin a thick hillside forest
Order of AdjectivesOrder of Adjectives1 Opinion1 Opinion
2 Appearance2 Appearance
3 Origin3 Origin
4 Material4 Material
Adjectives of Appearance
Order of AdjectivesOpinion
Size
Age
Shape
Colour
Origin
Material
Purpose
1.1. A bottle of A bottle of good, good, cheap cheap Catalan red Catalan red wine.wine.
2.2. A cheap A cheap bottle of bottle of good red good red Catalan Catalan wine.wine.
Have you got the bottle?Have you got the bottle?
1.1.A modern A modern arch-arch-shaped, shaped, rounded rounded sculpture of sculpture of a figure a figure reclining.reclining.
2.2.A rounded, A rounded, arch-shaped arch-shaped modern modern sculpture of a sculpture of a reclining reclining figure.figure.
• Henry Moore at Kew Henry Moore at Kew Gardens, LondonGardens, London
Make up your mind!Make up your mind!
Take your pick!Take your pick!1.1.A long, A long,
arduous arduous task.task.
2.2.A long and A long and arduous arduous task.task.
Try to describe this!Try to describe this!
““For the Love of God”For the Love of God” by Damien Hirst by Damien Hirst click here for video
• Art expert Charles Dupplin called the Art expert Charles Dupplin called the skull “a bold move. This is a spectacular skull “a bold move. This is a spectacular piece and undoubtedly the work with the piece and undoubtedly the work with the highest intrinsic value in modern and highest intrinsic value in modern and contemporary art.”contemporary art.”
• ““I'm afraid I simply don't understand it! I'm afraid I simply don't understand it! An expensive, well-crafted and An expensive, well-crafted and ostentatious paperweight, perhaps, but ostentatious paperweight, perhaps, but is it art?” asks Joe Bloggs.is it art?” asks Joe Bloggs.
Have a go at describing this!Have a go at describing this!
Did you Did you guess?guess?
•The Angel of the North
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Adverbs• I stopped suddenly by the great
waterfall.
Adverbs• I stopped suddenly by the great
waterfall.
• The cascade fell softly on the mossy
rocks that bright morning.
Adverbs• I stopped suddenly by the great
waterfall.
• The cascade fell softly on the mossy
rocks that bright morning.
• I gazed happily from the riverbank
for a good while.
Adverbs of Manner, Place
and Time
1. HOW?2. WHERE?3. WHEN?
1. M – Manner2. P – Place3. T – Time= e M P T y
Order of Adverbs
Verb Manner Place Frequency Time Purpose
Beth swims enthusiastically in the pool
every morning
before dawn
to keep in shape.
Dad walks impatiently into town
every afternoon
before supper
to get a newspaper.
Tashonda naps in her
roomevery
morningbefore lunch.
She looked out __________ from her window.
• peacefully
• absent-mindedly
• dreamily
• contentedly
• cheerily
• thoughtfully
• pensively
• uneasily
• nervously
• apprehensively
• anxiously
• hopelessly
• despairingly
• desperately
1. They’re going to their village by horse and cart.
2. They’re going by horse and cart to their village.
The Flying ScotsmanThe Flying Scotsman
Think it over!Think it over!
1A) He read his book 1A) He read his book slowlyslowly..
1B) He 1B) He slowlyslowly read his book. read his book.
1C) 1C) SlowlySlowly, he read his book., he read his book.
Think it over!Think it over!
1A) He read his book slowly.1A) He read his book slowly.
1B) He slowly read his book.1B) He slowly read his book.
2A) He read the Collected Works of 2A) He read the Collected Works of Shakespeare Shakespeare slowlyslowly..
2B) He 2B) He slowlyslowly read the Collected read the Collected Works of Shakespeare.Works of Shakespeare.
Put your thinking Put your thinking cap on!cap on!
1a) I (don’t) like spring flowers very much.1a) I (don’t) like spring flowers very much.
1b) I (don’t) very much like spring flowers.1b) I (don’t) very much like spring flowers.
Put your thinking Put your thinking cap on!cap on!
1a) I (don’t) like spring flowers very much.1a) I (don’t) like spring flowers very much.
1b) I (don’t) very much like spring flowers.1b) I (don’t) very much like spring flowers.
2a) I (don’t) like spring flowers a lot.2a) I (don’t) like spring flowers a lot.
2b) I (don’t) a lot like spring flowers.2b) I (don’t) a lot like spring flowers.
Put your thinking Put your thinking cap on!cap on!
1a) I (don’t) like spring flowers very much.1a) I (don’t) like spring flowers very much.
1b) I (don’t) very much like spring flowers.1b) I (don’t) very much like spring flowers.
2a) I (don’t) like spring flowers a lot.2a) I (don’t) like spring flowers a lot.
2b) I (don’t) a lot like spring flowers.2b) I (don’t) a lot like spring flowers.
3a) I (don’t) really like spring flowers.3a) I (don’t) really like spring flowers.
3b) I (don’t) like spring flowers really.3b) I (don’t) like spring flowers really.
(After “The Thinker” by Auguste Rodin)(After “The Thinker” by Auguste Rodin)
DaffodilsDaffodils
A chip off the old block.A chip off the old block.
1.1. They’re very similar.They’re very similar.
A chip off the old block.A chip off the old block.
1.1. They’re very similar.They’re very similar.
2.2. They’re very (much) alike.They’re very (much) alike.
A chip off the old block.A chip off the old block.
1.1. They’re very similar.They’re very similar.
2.2. They’re very (much) alike.They’re very (much) alike.
3.3. We’re very much hoping for change.We’re very much hoping for change.
A chip off the old block.A chip off the old block.
1.1. They’re very similar.They’re very similar.
2.2. They’re very (much) alike.They’re very (much) alike.
3.3. We’re very much hoping for change.We’re very much hoping for change.
4.4. I’d be very (much) surprised.I’d be very (much) surprised.
A chip off the old block.A chip off the old block.
1.1. They’re very similar.They’re very similar.
2.2. They’re very (much) alike.They’re very (much) alike.
3.3. We’re very much hoping for change.We’re very much hoping for change.
4.4. I’d be very (much) surprised.I’d be very (much) surprised.
5.5. We’re very unhappy.We’re very unhappy.
What What difference difference
does it make?does it make?
1a) I think of her a lot.1a) I think of her a lot.
1b) I think a lot of her.1b) I think a lot of her.
What What difference difference
does it make?does it make?
1a) I think of her a lot.1a) I think of her a lot.
1b) I think a lot of her.1b) I think a lot of her.
2a) People who don’t eat vegetables often 2a) People who don’t eat vegetables often have bad health.have bad health.
2b) People who don’t often eat vegetables 2b) People who don’t often eat vegetables have bad health sometimes.have bad health sometimes.
What What difference difference
does it make?does it make?
1a) I think of her a lot.1a) I think of her a lot.
1b) I think a lot of her.1b) I think a lot of her.
2a) People who don’t eat vegetables often 2a) People who don’t eat vegetables often have bad health.have bad health.
2b) People who don’t often eat vegetables 2b) People who don’t often eat vegetables have bad health sometimes.have bad health sometimes.
(Helen Mirren in “The Queen”) (Helen Mirren in “The Queen”)
Geddit? (Do you get it?)Geddit? (Do you get it?)
• I paid for my car with my wife.I paid for my car with my wife.
Geddit? (Do you get it?)Geddit? (Do you get it?)
• I paid for my car with my wife.I paid for my car with my wife.
• The room needs painting badly.The room needs painting badly.
Geddit? (Do you get it?)Geddit? (Do you get it?)
• I paid for my car with my wife.I paid for my car with my wife.
• The room needs painting badly.The room needs painting badly.
• I want to buy a rabbit for my son I want to buy a rabbit for my son with long ears.with long ears.
Geddit? (Do you get it?)Geddit? (Do you get it?)
• I paid for my car with my wife.I paid for my car with my wife.
• The room needs painting badly.The room needs painting badly.
• I want to buy a rabbit for my son I want to buy a rabbit for my son with long ears.with long ears.
• He only died yesterday. (Was he He only died yesterday. (Was he supposed to do anything else?)supposed to do anything else?)
(After “The Scream” by Edvard Munch)(After “The Scream” by Edvard Munch)
