Adjectives

Most adjectives can go in two places of the sentence: 1. With a noun (attributive position): EXAMPLES The new secretary doesnt like me. Shes going out with a rich businessman. Please send me all the tickets available. 2. After be, seem, look, become, smell, taste, sound, appear, get, and a few other verbs (predicative position): That dress is new, isnt it? He looks rich. Can you tell me if mr. Smith is available now? 3. It comes after the indefinite pronouns: anybody, anything, someone Did you do anything interesting yesterday? There are some adjectives that can only go in one of these positions (awake, elder, etc). EXAMPLES Hes my elder (older) brother BUT My brother is three years older than me (elder is not possible). An old friend means is someone you know for a long time but my friend is quite old, you are talking about his age. With adjectives that begin with a: Shes awake (also: afloat, alike, alight, alive, alone, afraid) But: floating boat, frightned person, sleeping girl... Some can come after the noun attributive position as in tickets available Live (meaning the opposite of dead) is only used in attributive position (a live fish). In predicative position, we use alive: That fish is still alive. But: This broadcast comes to you live from Buenos Aires (another meaning). A nice little house but the house is small.

So, there are some that have different meaning according to the position. When several adjectives come before a noun, they have a particular order: Just before, the noun tells about purpose: tennis racket Then, we put those related to what it is made of (material): a steel and nylon tennis racket Before these, you put the origin: a Chinese writing desk Then color: a brown Chinese writing desk Words related to age, shape, size, temperature, come before all these: an old wooden boat; a big round conference table Adjectives with and: When two or more adjectives come together, we can put and: He was tall, dark and handsome (predicative position) When the adjectives come in attributive position (before noun), and is not so often: a tall, dark, handsome cowboy. It is possible, however, when the adjectives say the same kind of characteristic : a tall (and) elegant lady; a yellow and black Summary: No se costuma usar mais do que 3 adjetivos para o mesmo substantivo. Eles vodos entido mais geral ao mais especfico: V: value, quality S: size A: age T: temperature SH: shape C; color O: origin M: material A cheap green wooden chair A Brazilian wooden table

An expensive round Italian table lamp A beautiful small old Chinese porcelain vase Memorize: Very Soon A Train SHould COMe 1. Rewrite the sentences putting the adjectives in brackets into the correct position: a.The dogs playing with a ball (plastic, red, small). b. When we went to Italy, we bought a vase (traditional, glass, Murano). c. They bought some armchairs yesterday (oak, beautiful, old) d. I have a T-shirt (cotton, red, striped) e. Robbin Williams is a singer (British, pop, famous) 2. Use an adjective and a noun to complete each sentence.

1-Do you speak any foreign languages? 2-Look at those black clouds .Its going to rain. 3-Sue works very hard and shes very tired. She needs a _____________ 4-I want to have a bath but theres no ___________ 5-Can you open the window? We need some ____________