Adjectives and Infinitives

From the sentense “I’m so excited to be here” include the adjective “excited” and the
infinitive verb “to be”.
So here we can say that some adjective followed by infinitive, and that infinitives form is
to + SHORTEST FORM.
Generally, adjectives in this group describe a person or even an animal, not an object. Many
of them describe someone’s attitude or feeling about something.
Example : I am happy to see you. STRUCTURE
Happy : adjective
TOBE + Adjective + Infinitive
To see : infinitive
Others in this group include : hard, careful, releaved, prepared, easy.

Adjectives and Gerunds

In English, some adjectives are almost always used with prepositions. And after prepositions
we will normally find some kind of noun such as a gerund (a noun ending in i-n-g). And we
will not find an infinitive verb.
Example :
 I am bored of doing the same thing every day.
 Leilani is interested in studying climate science.
STRUCTURE

TOBE + Adjective + Preposition + Gerund / Noun

Some kind of noun will follow the preposition, means it won’t always be a gerund. This time
with a noun phrases
Example :
 Leilani is interested in climate science.
 New York is famous for its delicious pizza.

Participial Adjectives
Participial adjective are used just like regular adjectives and can be identified by their -ing or
-ed endings.
 Adjectives ending in -ed (the past participle) tell us how people feel about something or
someone.
Example : Kaveh was shocked that Lucija wasn’t listening.
 Adjectives ending in -ing (the present participle) describe a quality of a person, thing or
idea. These adjectives usually describe the thing that causes a feeling or emotion.
Example : Kaveh had an irritating experience talking to Lucija.
Adjectives and Prepositions
english speakers use adjectives in front of nouns or after non-action verbs. Non-action verbs
include words like : be, seem, or become. When speakers use adjectives after a non-action
verb, they often use a preposition. All of these adjective and preposition combinations have
specific meanings. The most common combinations in speaking are :
 ADJECTIVE + OF
Example :
a) I’m tired of school.
b) I’m sick of homework.
 ADJECTIVE + FOR
Example :
a) Vegetables are great for your health.
b) I’m ready for squash season.
 ADJECTIVE + WITH
Example :
a) I’m happy with our house in the country.
b) I’m fine with living in the city.

Adjectives and Adverbs

 Adjectives are describing words, they tell us about nouns. Lots of thing adjectives
describe, they can also describe pronouns. Adjectives are words that give us
information about nouns.
Example : Peter played well. After the game he was happy.
The adjective happy reffered to the pronoun he (Peter).

 Advebs give us information about verbs. They can tell us how someone does
something or how something happens. Adverbs can also describe adjectives, and
even other adverbs.
Example : Peter played well. After the game he was happy.
The adverb there was well, and the word well isn’t describing Peter himself, but it’s
describing how he did what he did.