tailieunhanh - Collins cobuild student grammar part 4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'collins cobuild student grammar part 4', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at A bored student complained to his teacher. She had big blue frightened eyes. Note that the past participles of irregular verbs do not end in -ed but can be used as adjectives. See pages 216-217 for a list of irregular past participles. The bird had a broken wing. His coat was dirty and torn. 4 Like other adjectives -ing and -ed adjectives can be used in front of a noun They still show amazing loyalty to their parents. This is the most terrifying tale ever written. I was thanked by the satisfied customer. The worried authorities cancelled the match. used after link verbs It s amazing what they can do. The present situation is terrifying. He felt satisfied with all the work he had done. My husband was worried. modified by adverbials such as quite really and very The film was quite boring. There is nothing very surprising in this. She was quite astonished at his behaviour. He was a very disappointed young man. used in the comparative and superlative His argument was more convincing than mine. He became even more depressed after she died. This is one of the most boring books I ve ever read. She was the most interested in going to the cinema. 5 A small number of -ed adjectives are normally only used after link verbs such as be become or feel . They are related to transitive verbs and are often followed by a prepositional phrase a to -infinitive clause or a that -clause. convincedinterestedpreparedtired delightedinvolvedscaredtouched finishedpleasedthrilled The Brazilians are pleased with the results. He was always prepared to account for his actions. She was scared that they would find her. Unit 35 Comparison basic forms Main points You add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative of one-syllable adjectives and adverbs. You use -er and -est with some two-syllable adjectives. You use more for the comparative and most for the superlative of most two-syllable adjectives all .