Hello this is Simon,<\/p>\n
Today I’m going to talk about Adjectives<\/strong>. Adjectives are useful for describing various things such as appearance, shape, size, feelings, speed, sound etc.<\/p>\n The following story contains several adjectives:<\/p>\n “We walked up the long mountain path towards the temple. The path was crowded. When we got to the top, we saw the temple and were hit by a cold wind. The temple was old and big. Inside it was clean there were several nice paintings. A small old man made us a yummy cup of tea and told us the history of the temple which was interesting. He even told a few funny jokes. On the way down I stepped in some puddles and slipped in the mud. My shoes got wet and my pants were dirty. I got back home at 9:00 pm and even though I was tired, it had been a good day.”<\/p>\n It’s a little bland, isn’t it? I could add a little more spice with some adverbs such as “pretty” “very” really” or “rather”. First let’s talk about the two basic kinds of adjectives: Gradable Adjectives<\/strong><\/em> and Non-Gradable Adjectives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Gradable adjectives are adjectives that can have different degrees.<\/p>\n For example: “hot”.<\/p>\n Something can be: a little hot, rather hot, quite hot, very hot, really hot, or extremely hot.<\/p>\n You’ll notice that adverbs are used to change the degree of the adjective.<\/p>\n Here is a mix of gradable adjectives:<\/p>\n big, small, long, short, round, square, happy, sad, angry, hungry, thirsty, pretty, handsome, tall, old, young, good, bad, confident, shy, funny, interesting, boring, fast, slow, loud, quiet, sunny, rainy, and windy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Non gradable adjectives are adjectives that cannot have different degrees.<\/p>\n For example: “alive”.<\/p>\n Something or someone is either alive or not. There are no degrees. You can’t say someone is “a little alive”.<\/p>\n Here are is a mix of non-gradable adjectives:<\/p>\n married, single, divorced, retired, alive, dead, superior, inferior, ideal, unique, digital, electronic, international, domestic, full, empty, possible, impossible, perfect, imperfect, true, false, first, last, huge, tiny, ecstatic, miserable, intriguing, and furious.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The last six on this list (huge, tiny, ecstatic, miserable, and furious)<\/em><\/strong> are what is known as “Extreme Adjectives”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Extreme adjectives are just what they sound like, the extreme form of adjectives, and meaning is simply: “extremely” + adjective. Take the above six examples:<\/p>\n Since these adjectives are non-gradable and we can’t use adverbs such as “a little, rather, quite, very, or extremely” to modify their degree.<\/p>\n Something can’t be “very huge”, because “huge” already means extremely big.<\/p>\n A couple of common mistakes I come across are “It was very delicious.”<\/strong><\/em> or “It was very freezing.”<\/strong><\/em> when talking about a meal or the weather.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are a few exceptions though.<\/p>\n Adverbs that don’t alter the degree, but instead add emphasis such as “completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, unbelievably, and unquestionably”<\/strong><\/em> can be used in some cases.<\/p>\n For example:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also for some reason the adverbs “pretty”<\/strong><\/em> and “really”<\/strong><\/em> are also okay. For example:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another thing that separates these from gradable adjectives is there is no comparative or superlative form.<\/p>\n For example, something can be “big”<\/strong><\/em>, “bigger”<\/strong><\/em>, or the “biggest”<\/strong><\/em>, but it can’t be “huge”<\/strong><\/em>, “huger”<\/strong><\/em>, or “the hugest”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n I would list give a list but adjectives are endless. You can find these just by googling “extreme adjectives list”. If you think an adjective is a little bland and you want to spice it up, you could also google: adjective + “synonym” (e.g. “happy synonym”) If there are any versions of that adjective, they will often be in the list of synonyms.<\/p>\n Anyway back to the original story:<\/p>\n “We walked up the endless mountain path towards the temple. The path was absolutely packed. When we got to the top, we saw the temple and were hit by a freezing wind. The temple was ancient and absolutely massive. Inside it was immaculate there were several gorgeous paintings. A tiny old man made us a delicious cup of tea and told us the history of the temple which was fascinating. He even told a few hilarious jokes. On the way down I stepped in some puddles and slipped in the mud. My shoes got soaked and my pants were filthy. I got back home at 9:00 pm and even though I was completely exhausted, it had been an utterly fantastic day.”<\/p>\n I wouldn’t say it was now absolutely intriguing, but it doesn’t sound quite so bland, does it?<\/p>\n That’s all for now. I hope this is helpful. Simon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello this is Simon, Today I’m going to talk about Adjectives. 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\nOr, I could use some extreme adjectives.<\/p>\nGradable Adjectives \u301c \u6bd4\u8f03\u7d1a\u3084\u6700\u4e0a\u7d1a\u306a\u3069\u7a0b\u5ea6\u3092\u5909\u3048\u3066\u8868\u73fe\u3067\u304d\u308b\u5f62\u5bb9\u8a5e<\/h2>\n
Non Gradable Adjectives\u301c\u6bd4\u8f03\u7d1a\u306a\u3069\u7a0b\u5ea6\u3092\u8868\u3059\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u5f62\u5bb9\u8a5e<\/h2>\n
Extreme Adjectives \u6975\u9650\u5f62\u5bb9\u8a5e\u3068\u306f<\/h2>\n
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\nSee you next month!<\/p>\n