College_English_Grammar_3_Modifiers_adjectives一教材教学课件.pptVIP

College English Grammar: Grammar and Writing Unit 3 Modifiers: adjectives Grammar: Adjectives Writing: Correcting: Comparison Problems Rewriting: How to rewrite sentences Modifiers A modifier is any word that acts to describe or qualify another word in such a way that it enriches the other words meaning. It usually may be an adjective, an adverb or a prepositional phrase. Adding modifiers can make sentences more explicit, more interesting and more powerful. Let’s look at an example. The girl married. The girl was poor. She married immediately. She married after graduation. Now, you may combine all these details into one sentence. The poor girl married immediately after graduation. Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by limiting its meaning. It tells a characteristic or quality of a noun or pronoun. Adjectives tell such things as which one? what kind? whose? how many/much? Generally, adjectives may be classified into two: one is attributive adjectives which are placed before nouns and the other is predictive adjectives which are placed after link verbs. attributive adjectives predictive adjectives the big house → The house is big. a popular singer → The singer is popular. Some words can only be used as predictive adjectives. They have no degree of comparison and cannot be modified by degree adverbs such as too, very, much, almost, nearly, enough, hardly and so on. Most adjectives with initial letter a- are predictive adjectives, such as afraid，alike，alive，alone，asleep，awake, ahead, ashamed etc. And some others are ill, well, faint, glad, pleased, sorry, sure, certain, unable, ready, fond and so on. The dog is asleep. → an asleep dog ? The boy was ill. → an ill boy ? 1 Degrees of comparison Many adjectives have different forms to indicate their degree