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2.2 Formation of Adverbs

06/04/2010 08:29
- Adverbs are generally formed by adding -ly to the adjective.   Adjective Adverbs Notes on spelling slow slowly   bad badly ...
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2.1 Adverbs and Adverb Phrases

06/04/2010 08:22
Adverbs are words such as: slowly, happily, terribly, well, always, never, sometimes, very, then, etc. Adverbs are used to say how, when, where or how often something happens. They can change the meaning of adjectives, other adverbs, verbs or whole sentences. Adverb phrases have the same...
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List of nationality words

06/04/2010 07:54
  Country Adjectives Person Nation Language Albania Albanian an Albanian the Albanians Albanian ...
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1.5 Nationality Words

06/04/2010 06:19
We usually use an adjective to refer to a nationality: 1. The adjective can be used to refer to the country Italian spaghetti French wine Russian caviar 2. The adjective can sometimes be used as a noun to refer to a person of the country a Japanese a Mexican a...
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1.4 Nouns Used as Adjectives

05/04/2010 08:46
Some nouns, especially place names and material nouns, may be used as adjectives by putting them before other nouns (attributive position). summer holidays winter sports tennis shoes coffee-cup murder stories   Places names: the London Underground the Antwerp...
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1.3 Comparison - Comparative and Superlative Degreee

04/04/2010 18:39
    Comparative Superlative 1. Adjectives of one syllable add     -er     -est 2. Adjectives of two syllables generally add ...
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1.2 Comparison - Degree of Equality

04/04/2010 18:31
The degree of equality is expressed by the structures: 1.  AS + adjective + AS  => to show equality Tom is as clever as Jim. Is English as difficult as French? The weather in Belgium is as rainy as in England. 2.  NOT AS/ NOT SO + adjective + AS  => to show...
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1.1 Form and Position

04/04/2010 18:21
1. Form:  - adjectives have only one form 2. Position:  - adjectives are used in two ways:     a) before nouns = attributive position He is an old man. It is a beautiful painting. There is your angry friend. What a nice girl.     b) in the...
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