grammar nouns and modifiers

Learn English With Les Grammar Essentials Lesson

Learn English With Les

CONTENTS

Preview1. Modifying Nouns with Adjectives and Nouns2. Word Order of Adjectives3. Linking Verbs + Adjectives4. Adjectives and Adverbs5. Expressions of Quantity: All Of, Most Of, Some Of,…6. Expressions of Quantity: Subject-Verb Agreement7. Using Every, Everyone, Everybody, Everything8. Indefinite Pronouns: Something, Someone, Somebody,…

Nouns And Modifiers

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Noun or Adjective

truck

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delicious

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Noun or Adjective ?

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interesting

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Noun or Adjective ?

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I bought an old book.

MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES ANDNOUNS

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ADJECTIVE + NOUN

(a) I bought an old book.

adjective noun

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(c) We went to a dress shop.

(b) I bought a science book. NOUN + NOUN

nounsnouns

MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS

noun as adjective singular

We went to a dresses shop.?

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(d) I bought a thick science book.

ADJECTIVE + NOUN + NOUN

I bought a science thick book.?

MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES ANDNOUNS

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The is swimming.young girladjective noun? ?

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noun usedas adjective noun

I put the away.coffee cup

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adjective noun

The gave me anicewaiter cold soda.

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a large red car

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

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(a) a large red car

a red large car ?two adjectives

sizeredlarge

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

color

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(b) a wonderful old car

(c) a delicious red apple

(d) a good Italian pizza age

opinion nationalitycolor

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

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dangerous favorite important

difficult good interesting

dirty happy strong

expensive honest

wonderful many otheradjectives

opinionadjectives

(e) OPINION ADJECTIVES

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

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goldtin

marble

(f) a funny little story

(g) a tasty pink grapefruit

(h) a nice French gold necklace

nicefunnytasty

thinlittlebig

youngold

ancient

greypinkwhite

FrenchKoreanItalian

USUAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

(1)OPINION

(2)SIZE

(3)AGE

(4)COLOR

(5)NATIONALITY

(6)MATERIAL

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

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goldtin

marble

nicefunnytasty

thinlittlebig

youngold

ancient

greypinkwhite

FrenchKoreanItalian

USUAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

(1)OPINION

(2)SIZE

(3)AGE

(4)COLOR

(5)NATIONALITY

(6)MATERIAL

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

(i) a big ancient white Italian marble statue

RARE

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a ________________ pitcher

lovely new

lovely glass

glass

new

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a _____________ chick

cute little

cute yellow

yellow

little

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porcelain

Chinese

a _____________________ vaselovely Chinese

lovely

porcelain

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The wedding was lovely.

LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES

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(a) The wedding was lovely. BE + ADJECTIVE

be + adjective

LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES

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common linking verbs: look, smell, feel, taste, and sound

LINKING + ADJECTIVE VERB

(b) The band sounded terrific.

(c) The bride looked beautiful.

(d) The food tasted delicious.

(e) The bouquet smelled fresh.

(f) Everyone felt happy.

LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES

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Marisa feels ____.sick

good calm terrific happy sick fine

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John got a great new job. He feels _____ . happy

badcalmsicklazy

happy terrible

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All of these things ____________.

look delicious

look salty look terrible

look delicious smell bad

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Katya is a slow reader.

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

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(a) Ada is a slow reader.

ADJECTIVES ADVERBS

carefulslowquickeasy

carefullyslowlyquicklyeasily

adjective noun adverb action

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

(b) Ada reads slowly.

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(c) Len is a fast runner.

ADJECTIVES ADVERBS

fasthardearlylate

fasthardearlylate

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

(d) Len runs fast.

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(e) Lou is a good runner.

ADJECTIVE ADVERB

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

(f) Lou runs well.

good well

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I can see ______.

It is a _____ day.

clear

clearly

clear clearly

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When you study enough, exams are _____.easy

easy easily

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Everyone should drive _______.carefully

carefulEveryone should be ______ when they drive.

careful carefully

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Darren likes all of his classes.

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF

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(a) Darren likes all of his classes.

(b) Alex likes most of his classes.

(c) Jung-Min likes some of her classes.

all of most of some of

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF

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(d) Hamid likes almost all of his classes.

all of almost all of

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all of almost all of

most of some of

_______ these shapes are hearts.Some of

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Most of______ these shapes are green.

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all of almost all of

most of some of

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__________ the kittens are looking up.Almost all of

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all of almost all of

most of some of

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All of your homework is correct.

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

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(a) All of your homework is correct.

all of + singular noun + singular verb

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(b) All of those dogs are friendly.

all of + plural noun + plural verb

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(c) Some of his house is messy.

some of + singular noun + singular verb

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(d) Some of my dogs are old.

some of + plural noun + plural verb

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(a) All of your homework is correct.

(b) All of those dogs are friendly.

(c) Some of his house is messy.

(d) Some of my dogs are old.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS OF QUANITITY

all of a lot of most ofalmost all of half of some of

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

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All of this paper __ for the computer.is

is

are

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Some of the food they cooked ____ terrible!

was

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was were

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Almost all of my cookbooks ___ old.are

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is

are

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Every class has a teacher.

USING EVERY, EVERYONE, EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING

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Every of the classes has a teacher.

(a) Every class has a teacher.

(b) All of the classes have teachers.

??Every classes have a teacher.

every + singular noun

USING EVERY, EVERYONE, EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING

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(c) Everyone has feelings.

(d) Everybody has feelings.

samemeaning

everyoneeverybody

singular verb

USING EVERY, EVERYONE, EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING

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(e) I studied everything the teacher gave us.

(f) Everything looks delicious.

everything = each thing

everything singular verb

USING EVERY, EVERYONE, EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING

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All of the ______ you taught me ___ fun.

gamesare

gamegames

is are

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Everyone ____ that this __ a great school.says is

saysays

is are

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cell phones ____ have___ all of the newDo

strong signals?

do does has have

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I want something new to wear.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, SOMEBODY, ANYTHING, ANYONE, ANYBODY

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(a) I want something new to wear.

(b) I met someone from Uzbekistan.

STATEMENT

(c) I don’t have anything new to wear.

(d) I didn’t meet anyone at school.

NEGATIVE

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, SOMEBODY, ANYTHING, ANYONE, ANYBODY

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QUESTION

(e) Do you need something?

Do you need anything?

(f) Did you meet someone at school?

Did you meet anyone at school?

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, SOMEBODY, ANYTHING, ANYONE, ANYBODY

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someone = somebody

anyone = anybody

Somebody and anybody more common in speaking

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, SOMEBODY, ANYTHING, ANYONE, ANYBODY

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I found ________ to go skating with you.someone

somethingsomeone anything anyone

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He cooked _________ delicious for dinner.something

somethingsomeone anything anyone

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Is there ______________ you want to call?anyone/someone

somethingsomeone anything anyone

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