10 Adjective

Modifiers

Make a Wish

Focus on Grammar 1
Part IX, Unit 27
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
A
A Typical
Typical Family
Family 11
Look what I
found on
the street!
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A Typical
Typical Family
Family 22
It looks like a magic
lamp. Let’s see if
there’s a genie
inside.
A
A Typical
Typical Family
Family 33

You each have

SPEAK!
one wish.
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Adjectives 11
A blue
That’s an oldcar!
car. I
I want
One a car.
wish? OK. want anCool!
expensive
car!
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Adjectives 22
I’m lonely. I Those guys are
want some boring. I want some
friends. exciting friends.
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Adjectives 33

I want a house.
Wow! That’s
That house is small.
perfect!
I want a big house.
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Adjectives 44
He looks
I want a new boss. angry. I want a
friendly boss.
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Adjectives 55

Oh, I don’t need a wish.

My family is happy and
healthy. That’s all I
need!
 Function
Function

Adjectives describe nouns.

noun

The car is old.

noun

I want a generous boss.

 Adjectives
Adjectives after
after Be
Be
Adjectives can come after the verb be.

be

That house is small.

be

Those girls are exciting.

Adjectives
Adjectives before
before Nouns
Nouns

Adjectives can come before a noun.

noun

I want
biga house.

noun

I want a blue
car.
 Re-write each sentence. Choose
Practice 1 the correct word from the list.
Follow the example.

Example: The children wish for old things.

The children wish for new things.
beautiful 1. The children are sad.
The children are happy.
happy
big
2. Her friends are boring.
exciting Her friends are exciting.
exciting
3. That’s a very small house.
happy That’s a very big house.
4.The new car is cheap.
new The new car is expensive.
expensive
expensive 5.These are ugly flowers.
These are beautiful flowers.
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Articles 11
Do not add –s to an adjective.

She has great

greats plans
for her future.
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Articles 22
Use a before an adjective if it begins
with a consonant sound.

It’s a magic lamp.

I want a happy family.

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Articles 33
Use an before an adjective if it begins
with a vowel sound.

She drives an expensive car.

She is an honest boss.

 Form
Form

Adjectives can end in –ing, -ly, and -ed.

He is lonely.

That was not an exciting movie.

 Make sentences about movies.
Practice 2 Use the adjectives on the list
and be going to.
scary interesting romantic funny exciting

Example: The movie is about DNA and crime investigation.

It’s going to be an interesting movie.
1. The movie is about Romeo and Juliet.
It’s going to be a romantic movie.
2. These movies are about monsters.
They are going to be scary movies.
3. The movie is about students traveling to mars.
It’s going to be an exciting movie.
4. These movies have many famous comedians.
They’re going to be funny movies.
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