LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

6 Adjectives

6.4

6.4A

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6.4B

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6.4C

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Adjectives after 'be', 'seem', etc.; word order of adjectives

'Look good' compared with 'play well' [> LEG 6.17]

1 After be, look, feel, seem, smell, taste, and sound we use adjectives:

That egg is/tastes bad. (Bad is an adjective describing the noun egg.) [> 1.2C]

2 After other verbs, we use adverbs: John behaved badly. [> 7.1]

(Badly is an adverb: it adds to the meaning of the verb behave.) Compare:

John looks good, (adjective) John looks well, (adjective [> 6.2B]) John plays well, (adverb)

Supply adjectives or adverbs in the following.

1 He behaved (nice) 5 Your cooking is (good)

2 The music sounds (nice) 6 You cook (good)

3 The play ended (bad) 7 The train went (smooth)

4 This food smells (bad) 8 I've just shaved and my face feels (smooth)

Word order: two-word and three-word nouns: 'a teak kitchen cupboard'

[> LEG 6.13,6.20.1]

1 Materials (nouns) behave like adjectives when we use them to form compound nouns:

a cupboard (noun) made of teak (noun) a teak cupboard (compound noun) [> 2.2C]

2 We can have three-word compound nouns. 'Material' comes before 'purpose' or 'use':

a teak cupboard, used in the kitchen -* a teak kitchen cupboard (compound noun)

Adjectives go in front of nouns [> 6.2А]. We cannot separate a compound noun by an adjective:

a fine teak kitchen cupboard. (Not *a teak fine kitchen cupboard*)

Make two-word and three-word nouns.

1 a shirt made of cotton

2 a shirt made of cotton/worn in the summer

3 a rake made of wire

4 a clock used in the kitchen

5 a clock made of plastic/used in the kitchen

Word order: past participle + noun: 'a handmade cupboard' [> LEG 6.20]

An adjectival past participle (damaged, handmade, etc.) comes in front of a noun:

adjective + one-word noun: a handmade cupboard

adjective + two-word noun: a handmade teak cupboard

adjective + three-word noun: a handmade teak kitchen cupboard

Add these adjectives to the nouns made in 6.4B above: unused, damaged, worn, broken, handmade.

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