Unit 84: old/nice/interesting etc. (adjectives)
Master adjective placement and linking verbs
A. adjective + noun
adjective + noun (nice day / blue eyes etc.)
• It's a nice day today.
• Laura has got brown eyes.
• There's a very old bridge in this village.
• Do you like Italian food?
• I don't speak any foreign languages.
• There are some beautiful yellow flowers in the garden.
• It's a nice day today.
• Laura has got brown eyes.
• There's a very old bridge in this village.
• Do you like Italian food?
• I don't speak any foreign languages.
• There are some beautiful yellow flowers in the garden.
The adjective is before the noun:
• They live in a modern house. (not 'a house modern')
• Have you met any famous people? (not 'people famous')
• Have you met any famous people? (not 'people famous')
The ending of an adjective is always the same:
• a different place (not 'differents')
B. be (am/is/was etc.) + adjective
The weather is nice today.
I'm hungry. Can I have something to eat?
• The weather is nice today.
• These flowers are very beautiful.
• Are you cold? Shall I close the window?
• I'm hungry. Can I have something to eat?
• The film wasn't very good. It was boring.
• Please be quiet. I'm reading.
• These flowers are very beautiful.
• Are you cold? Shall I close the window?
• I'm hungry. Can I have something to eat?
• The film wasn't very good. It was boring.
• Please be quiet. I'm reading.
C. look/feel/smell/taste/sound + adjective
You look tired.
It smells good.
• You look tired. / 'Yes, I feel tired.'
• George told me about his new job. It sounds very interesting.
• Don't cook that meat. It doesn't smell good.
• George told me about his new job. It sounds very interesting.
• Don't cook that meat. It doesn't smell good.
Compare:
He is tired.
He feels tired.
He feels tired.
They are American.
They look American.
They look American.
It is good.
It smells good.
It tastes good.
It smells good.
It tastes good.
Adjective + noun
a nice day → blue eyes
an old bridge → foreign languages
an old bridge → foreign languages
be + adjective
The weather is nice. → I'm hungry.
The film was boring. → Please be quiet.
The film was boring. → Please be quiet.
look/feel/smell/taste/sound + adjective
You look tired. → I feel tired.
It smells good. → It tastes good.
It smells good. → It tastes good.
84.1 Put the words in the right order.
- (new / live in / house / they / a) They live in a new house.
- (like / jacket / I / that / green)
- (music / like / do / classical / you)
- (had / wonderful / a / I / holiday)
- (went to / restaurant / a / Chinese / we)
84.2 The words in the box are adjectives (black/foreign etc.) or nouns (air/job etc.). Use an adjective and a noun to complete each sentence.
air clouds foreign holiday job knife languages sharp water
- Do you speak any foreign languages?
- Look at those . It's going to rain.
- Sue works very hard and she's very tired. She needs a .
- I want to have a bath but there's no .
- Can you open the window? We need some .
- Fire-fighting is a .
- I need a to cut these onions.
84.3 Write sentences for the pictures. Choose from Box A and Box B.
A
feel(s) look(s) sound(s)
smell(s) taste(s)
feel(s) look(s) sound(s)
smell(s) taste(s)
B
happy ill nice
horrible new surprised
happy ill nice
horrible new surprised
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3
4
5
6
- You sound happy.
84.4 A and B don't agree. Complete B's sentences. Use the word in brackets (...).
- A: You look tired.
B: Do I? I don't feel tired. (feel) - A: This is a new coat.
B: Is it? It . (look) - A: I'm American.
B: Are you? You . (sound) - A: You look cold.
B: Are they? They . (look) - A: These bags are heavy.
B: Does it? It . (look) - A: That soup looks good.
B: Does it? It . (taste)