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An adjective is a word which describes or gives more information

An adjective is a word which describes or gives more information about a

noun or pronoun.
Adjective expresses the property of a substance and presupposes relation to some noun
Big and small fish
Orange fish
Beautiful fish
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Functions in the sentence Functions of an attribute When an adjective

Functions in the sentence

Functions of an attribute
When an adjective is

placed before its noun, it is used attributively.
The green bush is over there.
The tall boy is walking in the park.
[Attributive]
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Functions of predicative When it follows a linking verb, it is

Functions of predicative
When it follows a linking verb, it

is used predicatively.
The bush is green.
The boy is tall.
[Predicative]
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Functions of postpositive Sometimes an adjective occurs immediately after a noun.

Functions of postpositive

Sometimes an adjective occurs immediately after a noun.
Postposition

is obligatory, when the adjective modifies a pronoun:
something useful
everyone present
those responsible
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Classification of adjectives Relative the direct relation of the substance to

Classification of adjectives

Relative
the direct relation of
the substance to some other

substance.
wood- a wooden stick
history- a historical event
No comparison

Qualitative
various qualities of substances which admit of a quantitative estimation
We can compare them
a hearty welcome — not a very hearty welcome
But no comparison: blind, dead e.t.c.

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Adjectives Gradable Some qualities can vary in intensity or "grade" for

Adjectives

Gradable
Some qualities can vary in intensity or "grade"
for example: rather hot,

hot, very hot; hot, hotter, the hottest

Non-gradable
Other qualities cannot vary in intensity or grade because they are:
extremes (for example: freezing)
absolutes (for example: dead)
classifying (for example: nuclear)

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Two kinds of adjectives: Gradable: You can be very cold or

Two kinds of adjectives:

Gradable:
You can be very cold or a bit

cold.
Gradable adjectives show that something can have different degrees.
Non-gradable:
You can be married or not.
You can’t be very married or a bit married. Non-gradable adjectives do not have different degrees.
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The nounal forms of adjectives (adjectivids) fall into two main grammatical

The nounal forms of adjectives (adjectivids) fall into two main grammatical

subgroups:
pluralia tantum (the English, the rich, the unemployed, the uninitiated, etc.)- sets of people (personal multitudes)
singularia tantum (the invisible, the abstract, the tangible, etc.).- abstract ideas of various types and connotations.
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The synthetical forms of comparison positive degree The boy is strong

The synthetical forms of comparison

positive degree
The boy is strong
comparative degree


He is stronger than that boy
superlative degree
He is the strongest boy
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The analytical forms of comparison. Auxiliaries more and most. two-syllable words

The analytical forms of comparison. Auxiliaries more and most.

two-syllable words with

the stress on the first syllable ending in other grapho-phonemic complexes than -er, -y, -le, -ow or words of more than two-syllable composition
positive degree – The room is beautiful
comparative degree - This room is more beautiful than another
superlative degree - This room is the most beautiful
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Most-combination can take the indefinite article, meaning “very” - It was

Most-combination can take the indefinite article, meaning “very”
- It was a

most dangerous trip (elative meaning)
- As for me it was the most dangerous trip in my life (superlative meaning)
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Auxiliaries less and least. Negative degree, semantically analogous to combinations of

Auxiliaries less and least.

Negative degree, semantically analogous to combinations of more/most

positive degree – The room is beautiful
comparative degree - This room is less beautiful than another
superlative degree - This room is the least beautiful, it is ugly