quality品质形容词

ADJECTIVES

These are words used to describe nouns. They are used to

a. before noun e.g. a big car a red car

b. after verbs to He looks strong She is beautiful.

Kinds of Adjectives

a. Adjectives of quality品質形容詞

b. Adjectives of quantity 分量形容詞

c. Adjectives of number 數目形容詞

d. Demonstrative of adjective 指示形容詞

e. Possessive adjectives 主有形容詞

f. Interrogative adjectives 疑問形容詞

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a. 品質形容詞

它是表示人或物的特質的形容詞。例如：

She is an old woman

This is a fast train

New York is a big city

b. 分量形容詞

它是表示無限定量的形容詞。例如：

Some tiger are tame

My brother has enough money to buy a car

I have spent much money on toys

c. 數目形容詞

它是用來表示人或物數目的形容詞。

There are six pens in my bag.

I have twenty story books.

Sunday is the first day of the week.

The third boy from the right is Peter.

d. 指示形容詞

它是用來指示所說及的人或物的形容詞。

He is in such a hungry situation.

This cat is better than that.

Those books belong to me.

e. 主有形容詞

它是用來表示人物所具有的形容詞。

He is my best friend.

This is your book, not hers.

Their mother is going shopping.

f. 疑問形容詞

它是用來發問問題的形容詞。

Whose pencil did you borrow yesterday?

What book are you reading now?

Which one of these pens will you choose?

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVE

Positive

big

hot

short

able

poor

rich

dirty

difficult

beautiful

careful

important

good

bad

little

Comparative

bigger

hotter

shorter

abler

poorer

richer

dirtier

more difficult

more beautiful

more careful

more important

better

worse

less

Superlative

the biggest

the hottest

the shortest

the ablest

the poorest

the richest

the dirtiest

the most difficult

the most beautiful

the most careful

the most important

the best

the worst

the least

Order of adjectives

ality

al

For examples:

A small rubber ball A young Spanish woman

A large round hat White leather running shoes

Exercise

e.g. happy I wish her to have a ^ birthday

1. tall Mr. Chan is a man.

2. wild Lions and tigers are animals.

3. thin We wear clothes in summer.

4. deep The ship sails down the river.

5. kind The woman gave me a bottle of milk.

6. large I have a house in the country.

7. pretty Mother gave me a doll for my birthday present.

8. difficult He cannot answer the questions.

9. small There is a hole in her pocket.

10. big She found a ball under the table.

11. My mother was not well yesterday.

12. It is of no use to mend the broken bowl.

13. His father had a great deal of money.

14. The poor boy is unable to speak.

15. The table over there is made of wood.

16. Hong Kong is well-known for its beautiful scenery.

17. Nobody was away from school last Monday.

18. After school, I am in need of food.

19. We should be on time for school every day.

20. The test we had yesterday was not easy.

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