Презентация на тему "The adjective"

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  THE ADJECTIVE

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  The points for today’s discussion: 1. What does the notion “adjective” denote? 2. What morphological characteristics are typical to the adjective? 3. Which kinds of adjectives do you know? Give the characteristics(qualitative, relative, etc) 4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have? 5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know? 6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed? 7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language 8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  DEFINITION TO KNOW

  THE ADJECTIVE IS A GRAMMATICAL CLASS OF WORDS WHICH DENOTE QUALITY OF THE SUBSTANCE DESCRIBED, OR A CERTAIN RELATION TO THE DENOTED SUBSTANCE.

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  The points for today’s discussion: 2. What morphological characteristics are typical to the adjective? 3. Which kinds of adjectives do you know? Give the characteristics(qualitative, relative, etc) 4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have? 5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know? 6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed? 7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language 8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  THE MAIN NOUNAL MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

  DEGREES OF COMPARISON - adjectival grammatical category typical to the qualitative adjectives only and denoting the different extent of some quality, presented in an object Comparative –Superlative

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  The points for today’s discussion: 3. Which kinds of adjectives do you know? Give the characteristics(qualitative, relative, etc) 4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have? 5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know? 6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed? 7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language 8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  THE MAIN CRITERIA OF ADJECTIVAL DIVISION

  THE QUALITY OR RELATION (what the adjective denotes…) THE STRUCTURE (how the adjective is formed…) THE DEGREE OF THE QUALITY TO BE PRESENTED ( comparative\ superlative degrees)

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  TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

  QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES –the adjectives denoting the quality of the substance (a nice picture, hot weather, an expensive car) RELATIVE ADJECTIVES – the adjectives denoting the material, or origin of the substance or transfer the qualities from one object to another (a rainy day, a green grass, silver cutlery, silvery moon, French wine)

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  4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have? 5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know? 6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed? 7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language 8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  TYPES OF ADJECTIVAL STRUCTURE

  SIMPLE ADJECTIVES one syllable(big, hot,large) Two syllable, ending -ow, -ble, -er, -y DERIVED ADJECTIVES all the rest two syllable adjectives adjectives having more than two syllables COMPOUND ADJECTIVES (two stems: N+A; A+A) AMORPHOUS ADJECTIVES (simple, sincere, severe, polite, common)

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  The points for today’s discussion: 5.Which adjectival forming suffixes do you know? 6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed? 7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language 8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  ADJECTIVAL FORMING SUFFIXES

  -able (capable of being) manageable - ful(full of) boastful -icenergetic -ive(capable of being) attractive - anthesitant -ible(like - able)permissible, likable -(i)an (historical period, etc.) Victorian -ish (having the quality of) foolish, reddish -ly (having this quality) friendly -oushumorous -al occasional

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  The compound adjectives of measurement

  age a three-year-old building volume a two-litre car length a twelve-inch ruler price a $50 dress (a fifty-dollar dress) weight a five-kilo bag-area a fifty-acre farm duration a four-hour meeting depth a six-foot hole time/distance a ten-minute walk.

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  SO, WHO MAY REMIND THE LAST CRITERION FOR ADJECTIVAL DIVISION?

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  Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed?

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  WAYS OF FORMING THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON

  PRODUCTIVE NON - PRODUCTIVE 1) SIMPLE ADJECTIVES +ER ; THE.. EST 2) DERIVED MORE+ ADJ; THE MOST+ADJ good-better –the best bad –worse- the worst much(many) –more the most Little –less –the least Far-farther-the farthest Old –older-the oldest elder –the eldest

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  7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language 8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  EXISTING COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS…

  + COMPARATIVE DEGREE POSITIVE DEGREE lot +.. гораздо A far +..гораздо much+..гораздо a bit + –немного the.. the – чем… тем + SUPERLATIVE DEGREE by far + .…самый-самый as… as – not so … as – twice as… as three times as.. As half as much as half the age Half the size Half the weight

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  ФРАЗЕОЛОГИЗМЫ СРАВНЕНИЯ

  as black as coal — черный как сажа = мрачнее тучи; as regular as clockwork — точный как часы; as blind as a bat — слепой как летучая мышь; as happy as a king — довольный как слон; ;   as fresh as a daisy — свежий как маргаритка; as tired as dog — устать как собака; As old as hills — старо как мир; as hungry as a wolf — голодный как волк; as has-been as lemon — выжатый как лимон

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  8. The adjectival position in a sentence

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  WORD –COMBINATION CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE ADJECTIVES

  OPINION — SIZE — AGE — SHAPE— COLOUR — ORIGIN — MATERIAL — NOUN a wonderful old green Chinese handmade— carpet

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