英语语法讲义grammar 9 adj. & adv. finished 2010,3

Answers to exercise 1
1. an interesting small Spanish book 2. an ugly modern rectangle picture 3. a boring old American opinion 4. a delicious ripe green apple 5. a large black woolen suit 6. a beautiful small modern house 7. a strange slender German magazine 8. a funny green cotton cap
ii. Function
left, right, inner, outer, upper, hinder, utter, former, elder, eldest, major, latter, lesser, wooden, earthen, woolen, brazen, golden, ashen, leaden, flaxen alone, afraid, alike, alert, awake, aware, alive, ashamed, unable, afloat, ablaze, akin , alight, aloof ,amenable, amiss, averse, aglow
faint, fine, ill, poorly, well, unwell answerable, bound, conducive, deห้องสมุดไป่ตู้oid, inclined, indebted, liable, loath, opposed, prone, subject
iii. Place in sentence Adjective Placement When using more than one adjective to describe a noun, place the adjectives in the following order before the noun. NOTE: We usually use no more than three adjectives preceding a noun.
3) gradable & non-gradable adjectives
tall, taller, tallest; beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful very tall, so beautiful, extremely useful atomic, nuclear, French, inside, former, elder, mere, main, only superior, inferior, prior, major, minor, senior, junior, average, equal, infinite, perfect, excellent, extreme, right / left, right / wrong, daily, weekly, square, oblong
Here are some examples of nouns modified with three adjectives in the correct order based on the list above. e.g. A wonderful old Italian clock. (opinion - age origin) A big square blue box. (dimension - shape - color) A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - color - material) Some slim new French trousers. (dimension - age - origin)
II. Adverbs
2). Adverbs of place 地点副词 a．表示地点 例如：here, there, home, abroad, elsewhere, downstairs b．表示位置关系 例如：above, below, near, off, inside, past 3). Adverbs of manner 方式副词 表示怎样地，主要包括以ly结尾的副词。 例如：badly, anxiously, carefully, generously, suddenly, happily, slowly
4) central adjectives & peripheral adjectives
Green apples are sour. Pillar-boxes are green. They have painted the windows green. This is utter nonsense. The nonsense is utter. (wrong) This child is asleep. This is an asleep child. (wrong)
2) dynamic adjectives & static adjectives
tall, small, ugly, shallow, deep, blue abusive, ambitious, brave, careful, conceited, enthusiastic, faithful, generous, irritable, witty
4). Adverbs of degree程度副词 程度副词 例如：much, a little, a bit, very, too, enough, rather, extremely, terribly, entirely, completely, not at all, kind of, sort of,
II. Adverbs
1). Adverbs of time时间副词 时间副词 a. 表示具体时间 例如：yesterday, tonight, now, then, so far, recently b. 表示频度 例如：sometimes, seldom, always, often, usually, rarely c. 表示相对关系 例如：already, yet, later, soon, long, since
I Adjectives形容词 形容词
i. classification分类 分类 1) one-word adjectives & compound adjectives big, small, bad, good；unkind, impossible, lovely, voiceless。 bitter-sweet, deaf-mute, good-looking, hardworking, newfangled ,well-meant, grass-green, grass-roots , duty-free, law-abiding, suntanned, hand-made, kind-hearted, absent-minded.
v. 与副词同形的形容词
1). ending with ly hourly, daily, nightly, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, yearly, early, deadly, leisurely, masterly, only 2).not ending with ly dead, far, fast, hard, half, late, little, long, still, straight, well
In-class exercise 1: Adjective Placement Quiz Place the three adjectives in the correct order before the noun. 1. book interesting - small – Spanish: 2. picture modern - ugly – rectangular: 3. opinion old - boring – American: 4. apple ripe - green – delicious: 5. suit woolen - large – black: 6. house beautiful - modern – small: 7. magazine German - slender – strange: 8. cap cotton - funny – green:
1. Opinion : an interesting book, a boring lecture 2. Dimension : a big apple, a thin wallet 3. Age : a new car, a modern building, an ancient ruin 4. Shape : a square box, an oval mask, a round ball 5. Color : a pink hat, a blue book, a black coat 6. Origin: some Italian shoes, a Canadian town, an American car 7. Material: a wooden box, a woolen sweater, a plastic toy
In-class exercises 2 Put them into English 1. 他们班比我们班人多。 2. 他的进步比班上别的同学大。 3. 他的表演比我们预料的要成功一些。 4. 讲外语比读懂外语要困难一些。 5.他比我高半英寸。 6.我们家乡的雨水没有这么多。 6. 7.这儿的学生比三年前增加了一倍。 8.它只有头发丝的八分之一那么粗。 9.这是我看过的最好的电影之一。 10.我的家乡是我们省的第二大城市。