This document provides a lesson on different types of advanced adjectives in English. It defines and gives examples of adjectives with "a", derived adjectives, noun adjectives, adjectives of origin, compound adjectives, adjectives of time, adjectives of feeling, and adjectives that are nouns. Students are asked to provide their own examples of these types of advanced adjectives.

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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th
Fecha: 14 al 19-03 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 9
Tema: Advanced Adjectives
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Students will be able to identify and use the different types of
advanced adjectives
EMOCIÓN
Exploración Use the different types of advanced adjectives
Contextualización

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Conceptualización
Types of adjective.
There are a number of different types of adjectives, including some words that we do not
usually think of as adjectives at all.
Adjectives with 'a'
In old English the letter 'a' before a verb showed it was a condition of that verb. (e.g. I saw
three ships a-sailing by). Some of these 'a-words' have become words of their own. (ablaze,
aware, asleep, ashore and many more.) They are different in that they usually come after
the verb 'to be'.
For example:

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The ship is afloat
You are amazed
The boys are alike
Derived Adjectives
Sometimes adjectives are made from nouns:
For example:
friendly from friend / smelly from smell
Or from verbs
For example:
Sticky from to stick / Shiny from to shine.
(You can see that these adjectives often are made by putting -y and -ly on the end.)
Noun Adjectives
But nouns can also be made into adjectives without any change. This is usually to tell us
which noun the more general noun relates to. (e.g. 'food' is general. 'Cat food' is more
specific)
Other examples:
Trade union / computer program / internet course.
Adjectives of origin
These are of place or material. For example:
Danish pastry./ A wooden spoon.
But notice that sometimes adjectives of origin are noun adjectives. (Sorry about that, you
will just have to learn which is which. The only rule is that noun adjectives are less likely to
be metaphorical.)
For example:
A golden opportunity./ A gold statuette.
Leaden skies / Lead pipes.
Compound Adjectives
Some adjectives are small sentences by themselves. These "compound adjectives" are often
joined by hyphens ( - ). They are groups of words that are not all adjectives, but they make
a meaning that is just one adjective.
For example:
post-modern art. / a twenty-year-old wine
Compound adjectives do not always have hyphens :
For example:
A New Year's Day party.

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Other kinds of adjective
Time
For example:
The six o'clock train. / A September morning./ He is a frequent visitor. /An early start.
Adjectives of feeling. Sometimes you find these where you might expect an adverb
For example:
You sound happy. / I feel sick. / He seems angry.
Adjectives which are nouns
Just as nouns can be adjectives, so adjectives can sometimes be nouns.
For example:
The young of the kangaroo live in their mothers' pouches
He gave money to the poor
The land of the brave and the home of the free.
ACCIÓN
Producción
Examples of Advanced Adjectives

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noun as
adjective noun
history teacher
ticket office
race horse
Sports car

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Compound Adjectives
Modelación
1. I would like to give you my _______________ congratulations on your
winning the award.
2. Katrina soon tired of classical ballet, and decided to try a
_______________ dance course at the academy.

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3. Blue whales can make sounds which are nearly twice as
_______________ as a jet taking off.
4. Even some native English speakers wouldn't get a _______________
score on the TOEFL.
5. He's a really _______________ guy,I like him a lot.
6. Your son is a _______________ little boy who seems to learn just about
everything quickly.
7. Taj got a _______________ raise as a result of his excellent work on the
project last month.
8. The new couch we just bought is too _______________ to get through
the front door.
9. Gregory bought a _______________ diamond ring for his girlfriend at
the fair for a joke.
10. Dress for this evening is _______________:shirts and ties for the men,
dresses for women.
11. We bought a beautiful _______________ lamp in a little store on Fort
Street.

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12. The workers were _______________ in demanding a pay increase in
their talks with management.
13. The chemicals from the factory are quite _______________,and
present a serious danger for human health.
14. In the Japanese legend "Momo Taro," an old couple find a little boy
inside a _______________ peach.
15. These new _______________ digital cameras can fit in a shirt
pocket.
EVALUACION
Taller
1. It's a great advantage to be able to speak two languages and therefore
to be .
2. Not everyone can afford to buy such jewels. They cost so much ! They are
quite .
3. I was getting bored listening to him. He was such a man.
4. He always succeeds in anything he undertakes : he's in
everything.
5. He greeted me as if we had long been close friends : he was so to
me!
6. We thoroughly enjoyed the safari trip : it was a most experience!
7. When I have a cold and a stuffy nose, my food no longer has any taste.
It seems to me.
8. He always acts like a child : he has a behaviour.

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Sometimes words that are usually nouns can function as adjectives. This happens when
the “noun” is used to define a noun. Underline the adjective in each sentence that is often
a noun. The first one is done for you.
1. Karen always wipes her runny nose with paper towels.
2. Teasing a junkyard dog is a bad idea.
3. An intelligent person will never put his head into an empty
pickle jar.
4. I hear that apple juice is a healthy drink.
5. Troy would like an onion sandwich with a touch of
mustard.
6. Remind Kurt to stop eating cat food!
7. That’s what you get for using a glue stick as lipstick!
8. The chubby little frog refused to try the new beef diet.
9. Yes, there are automobile dealers you can trust.
Choose the correct answer
1. well-
2. brand-
3. deeply-
4. short-

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5. old-
Choose the right compound adjective from the exercise above.
1. When Brian got his promotion, he bought
a
car.
2. Look at Leila . She's wearing
an
skirt. She found it in her grandmother's drawer.
3. Nancy is such
a
girl. She can't even read what's on the blackboard.
4. Some people think that we should preserve
the
traditions of countries.
5. Cathy is
a
girl. She's very polite.
Bibliografía
I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty Schrampfer Azar.
II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.
III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.