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Position: adjectives and adverbs




                           I can use adjectives and adverbs in the correct position; I can use too and enough.



          Position of adjectives






                                            WANTED


                                                                              We put adjectives before a noun.
                                                                              She's got dark hair.
                                                                              He works in a modern factory.
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                                                                              Happy people live longer.
                                                                              We can put adjectives after the verb be and verbs
                                                                              like become, feel, look, seem.
                                                                               '
                                   ]    Tall young man with                   I m very excited.
                                        short blond hair. He                  You look tired.
                                        sometimes wears an                    In questions with the verb be, we put the adjective
                                        old brown leather                     after the noun.
                                        jacket and often                      Is your bedroom big ?
                                        drives a big red car.
                                                                              When an adjective comes after an indefinite article
                                        If you see this man                   (a/an), we use an if the adjective starts with a vowel.
                                        call 999 immediately                  a car an old car a red car


                                                                              When we use two or more adjectives to describe
                                                                              a noun, we usually put them in the order in the
                                         -
                                          u                                   table below.
                                                                              He's just bought a small blue car.
                                                                              She was wearing an old woollen sweater.
                                                                              I saw a beautiful Chinese vase in the museum.

                                                                              When we use two adjectives after the verb be, we
                                                                              use and between the adjectives.
                                                                              His car was small and blue.


                                                      - ,                  - ,                 - 1
              Opinion              Size                Age                  Colour              Nationality          Material

              beautiful            big                 old                  blue                Chinese              cotton
              horrible             small               new                  red                 Russian              plastic




           % 1 Write the sentences.

                ÿ live/in/town/I/boring/a i live tu a boriw town.
                1 are/my/parents/friendly/very _
                2 a/you're/jacket/wearing/new -
                3 a/she/got/job/good/has/? _
                4 that/interesting/is/book/? _
                5 ate/restaurant/in/we/Chinese/a _
                6 angry/man/looks/that _
                7 your/difficult/lessons/English /are/? _
                8 cars/usually/drive/people/famous/expensive _


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