1. Viviana Sandoval Arancibia
Licenciatura en educación Ingles
Estudiante USACH June 4 th
Taller de gramática: intermedios
“adjectives”
I. Determiners — articles and other limiters.
II. Observation — shows how the noun is (e.g a real hero, a perfect idiot)
III. Size and Shape — adjectives subject to objective measure (e.g., wealthy, large, round)
IV. Age — adjectives denoting age (e.g., young, old, new, ancient)
V. Color — adjectives denoting color (e.g., red, black, pale)
VI. Origin — denominal adjectives denoting source of noun (e.g., French, American, Canadian)
VII. Material — denominal adjectives denoting what something is made of (e.g., woolen, metallic,
wooden)
VIII. Qualifier — final limiter, often regarded as part of the noun (e.g., rocking chair, hunting cabin,
passenger car, book cover)
2. Verbs acting as adjectives
Exercices:
Say if the underlined verb is acting as a verb or as a adjective
1) I spent 4 hours calculating the tax
2) He told me a moving story about his childhood
3) She brought me a drying dessert
4) He was so annoying
5) Stop bothering me!
6) I never thought he was bringing a present
7) Mom! I am bored
8) Yesterday I saw some dancing kids on the theatre
9) Stop saying those alarming comments
10) The film is terrifying
11) Through the way I saw some striking workers
Use the present participle (-ing) to describe how something is.
Use the past participle (-ed) to describe how someone feels.
Facinate
Interest
Bore
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