Adjectives (on1u2)1. it is (adj.) +for+ n./pron.+ to do sth.常用于客观情况的形容词easy difficult hard important unimportant possible impossible necessary unnecessary convenient inconvenient fine usual unusual essential safedangerous complicated excitinginteresting2. it is (adj.) +of+ n./ pron.+ to do sth. 常用于主观感情或态度的形容词bad good clever wise polite impolite rude silly foolish honest friendly considerate brave careful careless cruel kind right unwise intelligent stupidsensiblenicemeantthoughtful wronggenerous3. adj. +enough+ to v.somebody. is adjective enough + to v.something is adjective enough for somebody to v.4. subject + can +not + enough…(to)无论怎样都不过分5. annoying/annoyed amazing/amazed amusing/amused boring/bored confusing/confused disappointing/disappointed embarrassing/embarrassed exciting/excitedinteresting/interestedmoving/movedpuzzling/puzzledsurprising/surprisedtiring/tiredrelaxing/relaxedworrying/worried6. only predicate:表语形容词afraid alive alone ashamed asleep awake aware conscious fond illunablewelled as attributive: 定语形容词chief elder eldest electric exactformermainmedicalmereonlyparticularsocialspokentotalwoolen8.adj.+ that-clause/ adj. + clause 可跟that从句的形容词annoyed, astonished disappointed gladhappypleasedproudsadsorrysuresurprisedI was disappointed that many students failed to hand in their homework ontime.His teacher was very proud that he got the first prize in the National Olympic Maths Contest.9.pron. + adj.somebody someone something anyone anybody anythingeverybodyeveryoneeverythingnobodynothingsomewhereanywhere10.enough + n./ n.+ enoughDo you have enough money to pay for the bill?Yes, I have money enough.We are very glad to tell you that we have enough people to support us, but unfortunately we don’t have money enough to provide for our projects.11.present (different position, different meaning)who is the present president of the U.S.A.? (present means now)The number of the guests present is over 200. (present means to be seated) 12.note the use of the ending –ed to turn nouns into adjectives to certainexpressions. (The meaning of –ed, in these cases, is similar to with or having)wheeled transporta one-eyed sailora broad-shouldered, blue-chinned truck-drivermiddle-agedwhite-hairedstrong-willedopen-mindedlong-leggedred-eyedshort-sightedheart-shaped egg-shaped fan-shapedbell-shapedpear-shaped13.well + p.p.well-dressed well-known well-chosenwell-educatedwell-paid14.accordingly: 1.for that reason; therefore; 2.as the stated circumstancessuggestI have told you the circumstances, so you must accordingly.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.On1u2 adjectivei. Fill in the blanks with “of” or “for”.1.It is important _____ young people to learn some modern technology to keepup with the constantly changing world.2.Do you think it’s possible _____ s student to learn t hree foreign languages atthe same time?3.It was cruel _____ people to kill a large number of whales for their oil and skin.4.It is sensible _____ the officer to look into the matter before hastily making aconclusion.5.It was generous _____ Rick to donate $1,000 to the Hope Project.6.It seems difficult ____ me run so long a distance in such a short time.7.Would it be necessary ____ an applicant for a well-paid job to master Englishand computer skills.8.It was brave ____ the soldier to fight with the enemy barehanded.9.If it’s not convenient ____ you to come on Friday, how about Saturday?10.It was thoughtful ____ you to move in the flower pot before the storm came. ii. Complete the sentences with the words in the blankets in their proper forms.1.He failed in the mid-term exam. The _____________ (disappoint) result wasquite beyond our expectation.2.All the students present were ______________ (amuse) by his ____________(interest) story.3.The film was so ____________ (touch) that I was _____________ (move) totears.4.The _____________ (charm) village attracts many visitors from home andabroad every year.5.He is a very ______________ (bore) man; even being with him for a momentmakes me feel _______________ (bore).6.The _______________(annoy) noise from upstairs makes me realize that Ican’t have a ______________ (relax) day today.7.She had a ______________ (worry) look on her face, because her baby had ahigh fever.8.I felt very ashamed. I had never been in more ______________ (embarrass)situation.9.It was ______________ (surprise) that one of the Chief Executive Officersattending the APEC meeting was teenager.10.She seemed _____________ (puzzle) by his ____________ (confuse) remarks. iii. Chang the sentences similar in meaning, one word for each blank.1.The voice of the speaker was not low. We could hear it clearly. Thespeaker’s voice was ___________ ____________ ___________ to hear.2.The room is warm. You can sleep in the room comfortably. The room is_________ __________ for you to _________ __________ comfortably. 3.The concert hall is not small. It can hold an audience of 2,000. the concerthall is _________ _________ _________ ___________ 2,000 people.4.The shop is not far away. We can go there on foot. The shop is _________________ for us to _________ __________.5.The river is not dirty. People swim in the river. The river is _________________ for people to swim in.6.She was not confident. She didn’t enter for the contest. She was _________________ ________ to take part in the contest.7.The y are poor. They can’t afford the house. They are _________________ __________ to ________ the house.8.The test was a bit difficult. Not all the students passed it. The test was________ _________ _________ for all the students __________ ________.9.The girl was very careful. She didn’t make any mistakes in the exercise.The girl was _________ _________ __________ _________ make any mistakes in the exercise.10.He is very clever. He is not easily taken in by such a story.He is _________ ________ _________ _________ _________ taken in by such a story.vi. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.1.He left the land where he was brought up with a(n) ______ heart.A. onlyB. lonelyC. singleD. breaking2.Though there was much noise in the waiting hall. It seemed that the _______child would soon fall ______.A. sleep, asleepB. sleepy, sleepC. asleep, sleepyD. sleepy, asleep3.His proposal to build another bridge over the river is quite ______, and we willhave a discussion on it.A. acceptingB. receivingC. acceptableD. received4.I bought an ________ razor as a gift for my father’s birthday.A. electricB. electricalC. electrifiedD. electricity5.Our English teacher is a ________ speaker., so sometimes it’s difficult for us tofollow him.A. fastB. quickC. rapidD. swift6.Suffering from his illness, the _____ man becomes _______ tempered.A. ill, sickB. sick, illC. ill, illD. sick, sick7.My eldest brother is a _______ engineer, who is responsible for all thedesigning work of the company.A. mainB. majorC. chiefD. principal8.The ______ boy burst out crying at the terrible sight.A. afraidB. frightfulC. frightenedD. frightening9.It is _____ that he’ll be put into prison if he fails to pay off the debts.A. certainB. sureC. of courseD. certainly10.Fruit is said to be _______ for people but not all people are fond of it.A. goodB. healthyC. satisfyingD. valuable11.Medicine usually taste ______, but they help to cure a patient of his illness.A. sweetB. betterC. bitterD. bitterly12.The students attending the evening school are _______ young people betweenthe ages of 16 and 20.A. mainB. mostC. almostD. mostly13.A piece of _______ music will make you feel relaxed and happy.A. fondB. pleasedC. merryD. glad14.Take it ________ an keep ______. Everything will be all right.A. quiet, calmB. easy, calmC. light, quietD. calm, easy He has written many _____ short stories so far, two of which are especially popular children.A. funB. amusingC. amusedD. impressing15.I couldn’t even move may feet on this _______ bus.A. crowdB. fullC. filledD. crowdedHe struck the enemy to the ground with a ______ blow on the head. Which of the following words is not proper?A. bigB. heavyC. sharpD. strong16.Several hours of swimming made her _______.A. tireB. tired outC. tire outD. tiring out17.I want to a talk to him but I don’t know whether he is ______ or _______.A. awake, asleepB. awake, sleepingC. woken, asleepD. woke, slept18.She is _________ that her plan of expanding the business goes smoothly.A. pleasingB. satisfyingC. pleasedD. disappointed On1u2 adjectives 67-73-294i.1.for2.for3.of4.of5.of6.for7.for8.of9.for 10.of ii.1.disappointing2.amused, interesting3.touching, moved4.charming5.boring, bored6.annoying, relaxing7.worried8.embarrassing9.surprising10.puzzled, confusingiii.1.loud enough for us2.warm enough, sleep inrge enough to hold4.near enough, walk there5.clean enough6.not confident enough7.not rich enough, afford8.not easy enough, to pass9.careful enough not to10.clever enough not to beiv.1. B2. D3. C4. A5. A6. B7. C8. C9. A10.A11.C12.D13.C14.B15.B16.D17.A18.B19.A20.COn2u3117-132 (adj., adve.) 0212051.only used as predicative (no comparative or superlative)叙述性形容词afraid /alike/ alive/ alone/ asleep/ awake / ashamed / ill / awareThe man is illThat little girl is afraid of dogs.The girl is afraid.The children were asleep before you came, but now they are awake.I am aware that he is responsible for that accident.Of all the guests present, I knew only three.These two boys are very much alike.These two boys are much alike.2.well/unwell/ill/faint + adj.性质性形容词We are looking for a good place to build a companyThe place is comfortable and peaceful.Some of the greenest scenery in that area are very attractive.This is a very convincing explanation.3.(adj.)elderly, friendly, deadly, lovely, lonely, likely, lively, ugly, brotherly,sisterly,(adj./adv.) daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, early(adj./adv.) eastwards, southwards, westwards, northwards, downstairs, upstairs.We were very surprised at the deadly snake lying on the ground.It is not likely that he is able to complete the work ahead of time.The negotiation was held in a friendly way.Is there anything important in today’s newspaper?The New York Times is a daily paper.The magazine is published weekly.4.quite a few/a little = many/muchnot a few/ a little =many/muchonly a few/ a little = few/littlejust a few/ a little = few/littleso few/little = few/littlevery few/little =few/littleHurry up, there is only a little time left.Would you like to have some more? Just a little, please.The news that he failed in the exam didn’t give us a little surprise.Many students left the tutorial centers because they obtained so little knowledge.Quite a few students trust him, for he is a nice guy.5.would you be + adj. + enough to + to V.= would you be so + adj. + as to V.Would you be so kind as to do it for me?Would you kind enough to help me carry the heavy box upstairs.She is so stupid as not to understand such a simple thing.It is not hot enough to swim here.He is cleaver not to do such a silly thing.She is rather tall for her age6.Word order (oscom)O= opinion: beautiful, horrible, lovely, niceS= shape: long, big, small, wide, short, round, narrowA= age old, new, youngC= color red, black, orange, blue, green, whiteO= origin British, Canadian, German, Chinese, Australian, RussianM= material: plastic, woodThis is a dirty old brown shirt.That is an expensive Japanese sports carHe attended a famous German medical school when he was eighteen.We are going to build a tall medical school when he was eighteen.We are going to build a tall gray building.Those three beautiful large square old brown Japanese wood tables are excellent.Taken from page 13 of PEUWhen several adjectives before a noun (or when nouns are used to modify another noun), they usually have to be put in a particular order. For instance, we say a fat old lady, not an old fat lady; a small shiny black leather handbag, not a leather black shiny small handbag. Unfortunately, the rules for adjective order are very complicated, and different grammars disagree about the details. Here are some of the most important rules.a.colour, origin, material and purposeadjectives (or modifying nouns) of colour, origin, material and purpose usually go in that order.Colour origin material purpose nounRed Spanish leather riding bootsBrown German beer mugb.other adjectivesother adjectives usually go before words of colour, origin, material and purpose. It is impossible to give exact rules, but adjectives of size, length and height often come first.The round glass table (NOT the glass round table)A big, modern brick house (NOT a modern, big brick house)Long, flexible steel polesA tall, ancient oak-treec.Judgements and attitudesAdjectives which express judgements or attitudes usually come before all others. Examples are lovely, definite, pure, absolute, extreme, perfect, wonderful, silly.A lovely, long, cool drinkWh o’s that silly fat man over there?d.NumbersNumbers are usually go before adjectives.Six large eggsThe second big shockFirst, next and last most often go before one, two, three etc.The first three days (more common than the three first days)My last two jobsmasBefore nouns, we generally use commas between adjectives (especially in longer sequences) which give similar kinds of information, for example in physical descriptions.A lovely, long, cool, refreshing drinkAn expensive, ill-planned, wasteful projectBut commas can be dropped before short common adjectivesA tall(,) handsome cowboy7.感觉情绪的形容词glad, sorry, pleased; for example: more/most glad. 描绘一种绝对状态的绝对形容词(without the forms of comparative or superlative): correct, wrong, right, ready, full, empty, perfect, true, round, excellentShe is very glad to meet her mother.I was very pleased when I won the game.He gave a correct answer and I had nothing to say.She is an honest girl. What she said was absolutely true.Of all the three boys, Tom is excellent in everything.8.大部分现在分词和过去分词都可以用作形容词The football game was very exciting and the fans got excited immediately after it began.We are very pleased with the progress that the students have made so far this year.The news that the World Trade Centre was ruined was so surprising.The story is so interesting that everyone likes to read it.The worried look on her face really puzzled her teacher.9.be 动词，还有remain, prove, stay, keep, lie, stand;表示变为，成为become, get, turn, go, run, come, grow不及物感官动词：look, appear, seem, sound, smell, taste, feelHis idea proved practical.That old man remained active after fifty years of work.His dream has come true.Eggs go bad easily on the hot summer days.Charlie has gone mad.Prices are running higher and higher.The apple tastes nice.The music sounds pleasant.That man liked angry.10.He cannot run so/as fast as you.This is as good an example as the other is.I can carry as much paper as you can.He can write as many compositions as she can.It is too heavy a box to lift.He came much too early.It is much too cold.11.too…to…(with affirmative meaning); anxious, delighted, eager, easy, glad,kind, pleased, ready, surprised, willing, usually with the following words: only, all, never, just; one is never too old to learn.He is only too glad to meet you.A boy was too surprised to see how angry his father was.English beginners are too easy to make such mistakes.He is only too willing to help you.a. A is three (four, etc.) times the size (length, height, width, age, depth, etc.) of B.b. A is three (four, etc.) times as big (long, high, wide, old, deep, etc.) as B.c. A is three (four, etc.) times bigger (longer, higher, wider, older, deeper, etc.)than B.This bridge is three times as long as that one = This bridge is three times the length of that one.Your room is twice as large as mine. = Your room is twice the sized of mine.Your room is the same size as mine.The building being located near the river is four times the height of that old one.As compared with the previous years, the production in this company has doubled.This river is three times deeper than the one twenty miles away from here.After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced more than twice as many tractors in 1988 as the year before.12.This handbag is as good as, or better than the one I lost the day beforeyesterday.This handbag is as good as, if not better than the one I lost the day before yesterday..This handbag is one of the best handbags, if not the best one I lost the day before yesterday.13.the more+ adverbial clause (Vs)…, the more+ main clause (will V.)…more and more = all the moreThe harder you study, the more knowledge you will obtain.The situation in the Middle East is getting more and more complicated.Spoken English has become all the more important since China entered WTO.14.It is easier to make a plan than to carry it out.The book here is much better than the one over there.Which is large, Canada or China?Which is the larger country, Canada or China?She is taller than her two sisters. She is the taller of the two sisters.Tom is the taller of these two boys.Which is the larger school, this one or that one?The lights in your room are as bright as those in mine.He is more clever than his brother.He is cleverer than his brother.China is larger than any other country in Asia.The population of Shanghai is larger than that of Beijing.It is easy to read than to write.It is easy said than done.15.a bit / a little/ rather /much/ still /even / far /by far /any / many /a lot +comparative (a./ad.)Are you feeling any better?Please come a bit earlier tomorrow.The experiment was much easier than we had expected.His English is far better than mine, for he knows many more English words and expressions than I do.You made still greater progress last semester.My elder brother is two years older than I .Mary is the oldest of the three sisters.I have nothing further to say.The more you cheat others, the further/farther your friends will stay away from you.He obtained much more teaching experience when he worked as a tutor during his summer holiday.If there were no examinations, we should have a much happier time at school.16.副词最高级前不可用定冠词；a most a./ad. + N.只表示“非常”This is the biggest oil company in the U.S.Mike is the most intelligent student in his class.*Mike is a more intelligent student in his class.My father was a most extraordinary gentleman and he was always glad to help the poor.Of all the students in his class, Tom it the best one.17.very and much modify the superlative. This is the very best. This is muchthe best. 序数词只用在最高级中。
