Adjectives 新编英语语法教程教材.pptVIP

Adjectives Love plays a pivotal role on our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care. They teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better. 1. an outline of adj. structural functions A. to be attribute; B. to be complement; C. to be adverbial; D. to make a noun; E. to be gradable -positive degree, -comparative degree, -superlative degrees 2. Classifications of Adj. A. Simple adj. Compound adj. big, small, hard // soft-hearted, good-looking B. Central Adj. Peripheral Adj. a. green apples; The apples are green; To paint the apples green. b. The child is asleep.// *This is an asleep child. This is utter nonsense.// *This nonsense is utter. C. Stative Adj. Dynamic Adj. a. tall, short, small, big, shallow, deep, solid… b. ambitious, brave, careful, clever, foolish… D. A comprehensive classification a. Qualitative Adj. happy, active, big, clean, dangerous… b. Classifying Adj. agricultural, chemical, central, female… c. Color Adj. black, blue, green, purple reddish, pinkish… d. Emphasizing Adj. total, absolute, positive, complete, entire e. Participle Adj. f. Compound Adj. Ex A, B, C ( for self-study) Examples A. very, old, a(n), courageous, lady a very courageous old lady B. beautiful, tiny, these, crystals, round these beautiful tiny round crystals C. a, green, vase, round, big a big round green vase D. dirty, a, skirt, old, brown a dirty old brown skirt E. a, Chinese, green, beautiful, large,carpet a beautiful large green Chinese ca