Commitment 07
Commitment 07
Adjective
Word Noun Pronoun Pronoun
Adjective An adjective is a word that is used in a sentence and qualifies/modifies a noun or pronoun)
Adjective 1. Attributive Adjective 2. Predicative Adjective.
Adjective- Noun Attributive Adjective
A smiling face drew my attention. She dared get down from that moving bus.
Adjective- Verb Predicative Adjective
The girl is very intelligent. The boy is handsome.
Formation of Adjective
Suffix adjective
Suffix Words
Ful Use useful wonder wonderful success successful
Ous danger dangerous vigor vigorous courage courageous
Ive act active progress progressive attract attractive
Al/ Ar music musical crime criminal people popular
Ic artist artistic hero heroic electron electronic
Able desire desirable laugh laughable force forcible
Ly cost costly man manly life lively
Some trouble troublesome hand handsome quarrel quarrelsome
Y fault faulty wind windy ease easy
Less sense senseless care careless shame shameless
Ish child childish book bookish fool foolish
Like student studentlike business businesslike
Ent excellence excellent difference different violence violent
al, able, ble, ful, less, ic, ous, tive, sive, some Adjective
Traditional, comparable, incredible, careful, careless, artistic, anomalous provocative , persuasive
handsome
Very Important: 01
traditional
1. Noun + al = Adjective. tradition Adjective .
refusal
Verb + al = Noun. refuse Noun .
largely
2. Adjective + ly = Adverb. large Adverb .
friendly
Noun + ly = Adjective. friend Adjective .
Very Important: 02
1. Cardinal number Normal Numbers Examples. One, two, three etc.
2. Ordinal number Numbers expressing Position Examples. First, second, third etc.
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Linking Verbs
Verb Subject Object verb Linking / Copulative/ Cumulative Verb/Copula
The meal tasted good. The people became pious after the death of the monarch.
Be verb(am, is, are, was, were), become, appear, remain, seem, taste, look, feel, sound, stay,
smell, turn, keep, go, resemble, get
Linking verb word Adjective Pabel remains calm. (adj.)
The medicine tastes bad. (adj.) Your name sounds terrible.
Linking Verb Word Adverb Adjective Popul remains really calm. (adv. + adj.)
The medicine tastes very bad. (adv. + adj.) The pianist plays very well.
Linking verb preposition object Adverb adjective
Bob tasted the soup hungrily. Professor Michael looked at (quick/ quickly) the students' sketches.
Noun adjective-
noun noun noun adjective- noun adjective
's' 'es'
telephone number shoe store
Jane forgot their . There is a sale at the .
adjectvie noun adjectvie noun
Hyphenated Adjective
noun adjective (–) Hyphenated Adjective (–)
adjective (noun) 's' 'es' noun plural
They have a four-month-old baby. Can you make change for a twenty-dollar bill?
Use of Enough
Enough Noun- We need enough food for survival. We have enough tickets.
Enough adjective adverb Joney should be strong enough.
Billy isn't old enough to enlist in the army.
too --- to
too verb to too- for The bag is too heavy for me.
This brand is too expensive to buy.
Ing / ed Adjective
Active sense adjective- ing- Passive sense adjective- ed- What an interesting game.
This desk is disorganized.
Adverb
Adverb: verb, adjective, adverb whole sentence modify
We know that the fox runs swiftly. [swiftly modifies runs, a verb]
Jane is a very beautiful girl. [very modifies beautiful, an adjective]
Bob sings extremely well. [extremely modifies well, an adverb]
Unfortunately, he could not continue his studies. [unfortunately modifies the whole sentense]
Formation of Adverb
Adjective- 'ly' adverb wise – wisely, clever – cleverly.
Adverb 'ly' adverb 'ly' Fast, Late hard.
adverb 'ly' Lately Hardly
adverb- formation
Adverb
Suffix Word
ly Wise wisely, beautiful beautifully
y Single singly, double doubly
ally magic magically, basic basically
wards home homewards
wise other otherwise
ways all always
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Types of Adverb
1. Adverb of Time Note: 'ly' adverb- adverb of
2. Adverb of Place manner rapidly, quickly etc.
3. Adverb of Manner
4. Adverb of Frequency
5. Adverb of Order first, last, top, beneath
6. Adverb of Degree
7. Adverb of Cause & Effect
8. Adverb of Affirmation & Negation word. Of course, Certainly, Obviously, Why not, Never,
Not at all, By no means
9. Sentence Adverb Sentence Adverb Sentence Adverb
Finally, the result was published. Consequently, they became ill.
Usage of Adverb
sentence- Adverb of Manner, Place, Time order
Adverb of manner + place + time MPT
Samy works carefully in his office everyday.
M P T
Arnob looked at a lady driver motionlessly on the way to New Market recently.
M P T
'Ly' Adjective-
Noun + ly = adjective
friend friendly, mother motherly, cowardly, costly, lively.
In a + ly adjective + manner.
General Rules
Fast, Late, and Hard:
Adverb of manner-"ly" Fast, Late, Hardadverb of manner "ly"
We should work hard for success. The launch is scheduled to arrive late because of bad weather.
Adverb auxiliary / modal verb Principal verb
Those cars have just had an accident. I have just drawn a picture.
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Principal verb adverb Principal verb Tonny hardly ever enjoys game and rarely
reads novels.
Sentence adverb- Sentence not negative
Already / Yet -
Already- Already Positive sentence- auxiliary verb Principal verb-
Bob and Jane have already performed their songs. Leon has already read the entire book.
Yet- Yet Negative / Interrogative sentence- sentence- sentence-
Infinitive I haven't finished my work yet.I have yet to learn the material.
Interrogative sentence structure
Have/Has + not + subject + [ verb in Past Participle form ] + object + yet? Haven't you edited your report yet?
Adverbs (form
He came late. I haven't seen him lately.
The team played fair. He did fairly well in his examination.
My grandparents live quite near. I nearly made a mistake.
We had to work hard. They could hardly find their way.
The boy climbed high up the tree. She is highly interested in history.