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Chapter 11

Section 1: Our Company is Great!

Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to: Use adjectives that describe size, color, weight, quality, sound, time and distance. Use adjectives before a noun. Use adjectives after the verb to be. Practice your English communicative skills.

Adjectives

Adjectives are used to describe a person, place or thing.

The agenda is big. It is a big agenda.

The telephone is old. It is an old telephone

In English, adjectives only have one form: No plural; No gender.

singular plural male female

You write an adjective before a noun

good good good good

document documents man woman

Adjectives
bad difficult interesting good new easy old profitable

Nouns
business client company customer e-mail project office account

Correct
bad business difficult client interesting company good customer e-mail easy project old office profitable account

Incorrect
business bad client difficult company interesting customer good e-mail new project easy office old account profitable

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or after the verb To Be.

Adjectives
bad difficult interesting good new easy old profitable

Nouns
business client company customer e-mail project office account

Examples
The business is bad. Your client is difficult. Our company is interesting. His customer is good. The e-mail is new. Your projects are easy. My offices are old. Her accounts are profitable.

Important Adjectives size

average big short small tall

color
black blue red white yellow

weight
heavy light

quality
bad excellent fair good great

sound
annoying disturbing loud quiet pleasant

time

distance
far close nearby

early late

Activity 1

Circle the adjective. difficult, computer, good, is, the, bad

1.

2.

in, and, interesting, chair, manager, new

3.

easy, desk, are, old, telephone, early

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Activity 2

Underline the adjective in the sentences. 0. The small computer is popular. 1. The old fax machine doesnt work. 2. She writes a bad report. 3. We eat at the new restaurant. 4. This new product is great. 5. The program is good.

Activity 3

Circle the mistakes. Write the correct sentences. 0. The office new is modern. 1. The printer new is black.

The new office is modern.

2. This product obsolete is old. 3. The accountant is confident new. 4. The interesting class is. 5. The difficult homework is.

Activity 4

Underline the mistakes. Write the correct sentences.

0. The bigs books are in the library.

1.

The big books are in the library.

Dave and Ellen are very goods teachers.

2. We work in interestings companies. 3. The computers news work fast!

4. The pens reds are here.

5.

The importants reports are ready.

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Activity 5

Write 3 or more adjectives to describe the following words.

Cell phone

Car

Computer

Desk

Activity 6

Add an adjective to each sentence. Write the new sentences. new, old, short, blue, interesting, small, difficult, profitable, bad, good 1. The client is important.

The new client is important.

2. The computer works. 3. John gives a presentation. 4. I write the e-mail. 5. She reads the report.

6. Jeff is in the office.

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Activity 7

Use adjectives to describe things in the picture.

A modern armchair.

or or or or or or or

The armchair is modern.

Energy efficient dishwashers help us save water. Dishwasher use 37% less water than washing dishes by hand!
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