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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 начать обучение
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Adjectives are describing words.
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Describing feelings and things начать обучение
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'-ed' and '-ing' adjectives.
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Adjectives that end in -ed are used to describe начать обучение
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how people feel/how a person feels
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Adjectives that end in -ing are used to describe начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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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? начать обучение
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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 (?) начать обучение
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married, furious, impossible, excellent, freezing, are (?) начать обучение
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non-gradable or ungradable adjectives...
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Ungradable / non-gradable / extreme adjectives начать обучение
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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. начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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Modifiers used with gradable adjectives начать обучение
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Modifiers used with gradable adjectives: extremely, very, quite
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Modifiers used with non-gradable adjectives начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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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? начать обучение
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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? начать обучение
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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? начать обучение
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Unhappy is a gradable adjective.
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This is a very important matter. Gradable or ungradable? начать обучение
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Important is a gradable adjective.
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That slice of cake is rather big. Gradable or ungradable? начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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And it's your fifth time! How embarrassing!
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I was (?) interested in the book начать обучение
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I was very interested in the book.
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Yes, it was (?) fascinating начать обучение
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Yes, it was totally fascinating.
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I was (?) relieved at the end very / really / absolutely начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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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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gorgeous = very beautiful huge = very big начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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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 начать обучение
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very, extremely, a bit, slightly Really is used with both.
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Adverbs with ungradable adjectives начать обучение
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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. начать обучение
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modifiers such as completely to emphasize the extent of the quality.
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