March 2017 | FLwICT 2015 - 2017 | Erasmus + Issue 1
IN ENGLISH
We use adjectives to describe nouns .
Most adjectives can be used in front of a noun …:
They have a beautiful house . We saw a very exciting film last night .
or after a link verb like be , look or feel :
Their house is beautiful . That film looks interesting .
-ing or – ed ?
A lot of adjectives are made from verbs by adding -ing or -ed : -ing adjectives : The commonest -ing adjectives are :
amusing shocking surprising frightening interesting disappointing exciting tiring worrying boring terrifying annoying
Contents
This issue :
Basic information about adjectives
What is an adjective ? 1 Adjectives “ ing ” or “ ed ”?? 2 Types of adjectives 3 Order of adjectives 4 Comparatives and superlatives 5 Link verbs 6 Intensifiers 7
Next issue :
Opinion adjectives Personality adjectives Describing a person
If you call something interesting you mean it interests you . If you call something frightening you mean it frightens you .
I read a very interesting article in the newspaper today . That Dracula film was absolutely terrifying .
-ed adjectives : The commonest – ed adjectives are : Annoyed , bored , frightened , worried , tired , closed , excited , delighted , disappointed
If something annoys you , you can say you feel annoyed . If something interests you , you can say you are interested .
The children had nothing to do . They were bored .