Adjectives and Adverbs

I- Adjectives
1- What is an adjective?
Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. Adjectives answer the
questions: What kind? Which one? And how many?
A red car
A big book
Sometimes we use more than one adjective to describe a noun.
Adjectives also go alone (without nouns) after the verbs: appear, become, feel,
seem, smell, taste… e.g: the egg smells awful.
2- Order of Adjectives:

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 3- Compound adjectives
A compound adjective is an adjective that contains two or more words.
Types of compound adjectives:
Periods of Time: using a number + a time period

 I work an eight-hour day

 I have a three-week vacation

Noun + Past Participle/Present Participle:

 We should start using wind-powered generators to cut costs

 I bought some mouth-watering strawberries.

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Adjective + Noun:

 It was a last-minute decision.

 We watched the full-length version of the movie.

Adjectives + Past Participle/Present Participle:

 That is an old-fashioned dress

 Reptiles are cold-blooded creatures.

 She is a good-looking girl.

 It left a long-lasting taste in my mouth.

Practice:
Put the following adjectives in the right order.
Our school is in a _______________________________ (big, old, rectangular) building.
We have ____________________________ (English, interesting, two) classes this week.
We have ______________________________ (a few, tasteless, tiny) hot dogs for dinner.
We drink some ____________________________ (American, orange, sweet) lemonade.
We meet a group of ________________________________ (five, smart, young) authors.
Today, we have a ______________________________ (difficult, extensive, math) exam.
We are selling our _____________________________________ (broken, tiny, ugly) car.
We can see _________________________________ (ancient, circular, several) menhirs.
They sell ____________________________________ (colourful, round, southern) cacti.
We are looking for ___________________________________ (fresh, red, some) apples.
This restaurant had _____________________________ (Atlantic, delicious, some) crabs.
Aunt Lucy bought an ___________________________ (antique, rocking, wooden) chair.
Jason wrote a _______________________________________ (horror, long, new) novel.
Ansgar joined an _________________________________ (ambitious, rich, soccer) team.

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