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In the examples below, these adjectives are used to describe an elephant. Large, grey, and friendly are all examples of adjectives začať sa učiť
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Adjectives are describing words.
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Describing feelings and things začať sa učiť
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'-ed' and '-ing' adjectives.
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Adjectives that end in -ed are used to describe začať sa učiť
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how people feel/how a person feels
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Adjectives that end in -ing are used to describe začať sa učiť
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things and situations. refer to the thing/person/situation that causes the feeling
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tired / tiring; bored / boring; excited / exciting začať sa učiť
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Few, but common, adjectives end in either -ed or -ing
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annoyed, bored, confused, depressed, excited, frustrated, frightened, satisfied, shocked
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annoying, boring, confusing, depressing, exciting, frustrating, frightening, satisfying, shocking
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What are gradable adjectives? začať sa učiť
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Adjectives used to describe qualities that can be measured in degrees.
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Big, angry, small, expensive, cold, are (?) začať sa učiť
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married, furious, impossible, excellent, freezing, are (?) začať sa učiť
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non-gradable or ungradable adjectives...
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Ungradable / non-gradable / extreme adjectives začať sa učiť
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Adjectives used to describe qualities that are completely present or completely absent.
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They can be used in comparative or superlative forms, or with modifiers such as very or extremely, to show that person or thing has more or less of a particular quality. začať sa učiť
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They do not occur in comparative and superlative forms, and cannot be used with modifiers such as very or extremely, because we don't usually imagine degrees of more or less of the quality being described začať sa učiť
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Modifiers used with gradable adjectives začať sa učiť
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Modifiers used with gradable adjectives: extremely, very, quite
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Modifiers used with non-gradable adjectives začať sa učiť
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Modifiers used with non-gradable adjectives: absolutely, completely, totally, utterly.
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Modifiers used with gradable and ungradable adjectives začať sa učiť
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Modifiers used with gradable and ungradable adjectives: really, fairly, pretty
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Ungradable / non-gradable adjectives sometimes occur with modifiers such as completely začať sa učiť
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to emphasize the extent of the quality: the questions were completely impossible; the food was absolutely superb; this book is absolutely excellent; this food is absolutely delicious; that's a completely idiotic idea.
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Don't talk to Jenny, she's very angry. Gradable or ungradable adjectif? začať sa učiť
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Angry is a gradable adjective.
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Sorry, I can't stop, I'm extremely busy. Gradable or ungradable? začať sa učiť
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Busy is a gradable adjective.
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I'm worried about Tom, he's dreadfully unhappy. Gradable or ungradable? začať sa učiť
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Unhappy is a gradable adjective.
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This is a very important matter. Gradable or ungradable? začať sa učiť
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Important is a gradable adjective.
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That slice of cake is rather big. Gradable or ungradable? začať sa učiť
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Big is a gradable adjective.
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I felt really (?) because I tried so hard but I still failed the driving test začať sa učiť
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I felt really frustated because I tried so hard but I still failed the driving test
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And it's your fifth time! How (?) embarrassing / embarrassed začať sa učiť
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And it's your fifth time! How embarrassing!
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I was (?) interested in the book začať sa učiť
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I was very interested in the book.
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Yes, it was (?) fascinating začať sa učiť
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Yes, it was totally fascinating.
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I was (?) relieved at the end very / really / absolutely začať sa učiť
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I was really relieved at the end.
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Yes, and we won! I was (?) over the moon very / really / absolutely začať sa učiť
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Yes, and we won! I was really over the moon.
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Base adjectives are normal adjectives that don't have the idea of 'very'
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Strong adjectives, however, are extreme adjectives that have the idea of 'very'
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The use of very, absolutely and really with base and strong adjectives začať sa učiť
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Very, absolutely and really are used differently according whether the adjective is a base or a strong one
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He was very happy; He was really happy
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he was absolutely thrilled. he was really thrilled.
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Adverbs with gradable adjectives začať sa učiť
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very, extremely, a bit, slightly Really is used with both.
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absolutely, completely, totally, utterly. Really is used with both.
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Un-gradable/non-gradable/extremely adjectives sometimes occur with The questions were completely impossible. The food was absolutely superb. This book is absolutely excellent. This food is absolutely delicious. That's a completely idiotic idea. začať sa učiť
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modifiers such as completely to emphasize the extent of the quality.
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