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Adjectives and adverbs of degree

I can use adjectives and modify them with adverbs of degree.

Position of adjectives

Some adjectives (main, chief, only, indoor,outdoor,
inner,middle, outer) can only go before a noun.
CD What's, that? There isan innerroom through that door.

O It's a very rare sixteenth-century blue Which is the main exit?
glass bottle. We often use present and past participles as
O (t lootes tA>tvj to vu¿. it'sjust a bit dirty. adjectives.

Qoh. ~ihe kw-niA.who sold It was very We usually use past participle (-ed) adjectives to
(
oovsa/ívwít>\g. feel really stu.-pi.ci vÿow... describe how people feel.We often use them after
ÿ
verbs like be,feel, get and seem.
The boysseemexcited.
I'mgetting tired.

We also use past participle adjectives before a noun
when we describe the condition or appearance of
something {an injuredanimal, a striped T-shirt,a
We can use one or more adjectives before a noun. broken window) or the processthat something has
We hadafantastic time. gone through (a boiledegg,pasteurizedmilk, dyed
Hetolda funny story. hair).
We can also use an adjective after a linking verb We use present participle (-ing) adjectives to describe

{appear, be, become, get, feel, look,seem, smell, the things that make people feel a certain way.
stay, taste). The footballmatch is exciting.
Areyoufeeling hungry? This work is tiring.
The test was easyat the beginning but itquickly
We often use present participle adjectives before
becamedifficult.
nouns.
Some adjectives (afraid,alive, alone, alike,ashamed, Itwas anexciting footballmatch.
asleep,awake, ill, well) can only go after a linking verb It'san interesting book.
and not before a noun.
Dave was awake allnight. I don'tfeel well.

*1 O 22.1 What or who are they talking about? Listen and write 1and 2 in boxes a and b.

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