now that you read and understand the lesson I am going to move to the assignment
in this assignment , you are going to take a photo ( you might use a digital camera or your mobile phone's camera)
after takin the photo , upload it toyour blog in a new subject called assignment.
then you need to write a small paragraph using adjectives to describe the photo.
Note : you should use two or more adjectives to describe the noun( example: instead of saying she is wearing a black dress you can say she is wearing a beautiful long black simple party dress .)
Good luck with your assignment
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Lesson 1: adjectives
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. (By "noun" we include pronouns and noun phrases.)
An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a noun (a big dog).
Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard).
We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady).
Adjective Order
There are 2 basic positions for adjectives:
1-before the noun
2-after certain verbs (be, become, get, seem, look, feel, sound, smell, taste)
adj. noun verb adj.
I like big Cars. //My car is big.
Adjective before Noun
We sometimes use more than one adjective before the noun:
I like big black dogs.
She was wearing a beautiful long red dress.
What is the correct order for two or more adjectives?
1. The general order is: opinion, fact:
a nice French car (not a French nice car)
two nice old round red candles
When we want to use two colour adjectives, we join them with "and":
Many newspapers are black and white.
She was wearing a long, blue and yellow dress.
I lost a __________________________ bag
I met____________________________ people at the conference
The clown was wearing a ___________________________hat
This course is ____________________
I wore a _____________________________dress
An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. (By "noun" we include pronouns and noun phrases.)
An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a noun (a big dog).
Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard).
We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady).
Adjective Order
There are 2 basic positions for adjectives:
1-before the noun
2-after certain verbs (be, become, get, seem, look, feel, sound, smell, taste)
adj. noun verb adj.
I like big Cars. //My car is big.
Adjective before Noun
We sometimes use more than one adjective before the noun:
I like big black dogs.
She was wearing a beautiful long red dress.
What is the correct order for two or more adjectives?
1. The general order is: opinion, fact:
a nice French car (not a French nice car)
("Opinion" is what you think about something. "Fact" is what is definitely true about something.)
2. The normal order for fact adjectives is size, age, shape, colour, material, origin:
a big, old, square, black, wooden Chinese table
a big, old, square, black, wooden Chinese table
3. Determiners usually come first, even though they are fact adjectives:
articles (a, the)
Possessives (my, you’re...)
Demonstratives (this, that...)
Quantifiers (some, any, few, many...)
numbers (one, two, three)
articles (a, the)
Possessives (my, you’re...)
Demonstratives (this, that...)
Quantifiers (some, any, few, many...)
numbers (one, two, three)
Here is an example with opinion and fact adjectives:
adjectives noun
deter-miner /opinion /fact
adjectives noun
deter-miner /opinion /fact
age/ shape/colour
two nice old round red candles
When we want to use two colour adjectives, we join them with "and":
Many newspapers are black and white.
She was wearing a long, blue and yellow dress.
Adjectives after verbs:
Look at the examples below:
Subject verb adjective
Look at the examples below:
Subject verb adjective
EX:
Ram is English.
Because she had to wait, she became impatient.
Is it getting dark?
The examination did not seem difficult.
Your friend looks nice.
This towel feels damp.
That new film doesn't sound very interesting.
Dinner smells good tonight.
This milk tastes sour.
Because she had to wait, she became impatient.
Is it getting dark?
The examination did not seem difficult.
Your friend looks nice.
This towel feels damp.
That new film doesn't sound very interesting.
Dinner smells good tonight.
This milk tastes sour.
I lost a __________________________ bag
I met____________________________ people at the conference
The clown was wearing a ___________________________hat
This course is ____________________
I wore a _____________________________dress
to my students
Our lesson will go through some steps , so I will list them down for you
1- Take a look at my blog and comment on one or more subjects
2- create your own blog and wrire a small paragraph to introduce yourself( name,age,hobby..etc)
3-Read the lesson about adjectives and check your understanding by doing the exercises
Note: you have to do the exercises in a new subject in your blog .(the lesson will be in my blog under the name of lesson1 adjectives)
4- then you are going to do the assignment , you will find it in a new subject in my blog
Thanks and good luck
1- Take a look at my blog and comment on one or more subjects
2- create your own blog and wrire a small paragraph to introduce yourself( name,age,hobby..etc)
3-Read the lesson about adjectives and check your understanding by doing the exercises
Note: you have to do the exercises in a new subject in your blog .(the lesson will be in my blog under the name of lesson1 adjectives)
4- then you are going to do the assignment , you will find it in a new subject in my blog
Thanks and good luck
Sunday, May 4, 2008
the best spot in the world
my place
this my first time
this is the first time in my life I use a blog. In fact I've heard about it in movies and in the ICT course I am in now. I've never think of using a blog or even write what can be considered as a diary. but now after reading about blogs , I find it interesting and start my own.
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