Showing posts with label Adjective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adjective. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Wah How to use So and Such.

We use So and Such to show the extreme of something.
These forms are often used in interjections.

So + adjective 
  • This box is so heavy!
  • This meal is so terrible!
  • That movie is so boring!
  • You are so clever!
  • They are so lovely!
  • Sara's eyes are so beautiful!

Such + adjective + noun.
  • This is such a heavy box!
  • This is such a terrible meal!
  • That is such a boring movie!
  • You are such a clever person!
  • They are such lovely people!
  • Sara has such beautiful eyes!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Wah How to use Numbers as Adjectives.

We can make an adjective by linking number with singular noun.

200 + page
This is 200-page book. (This book has 200 pages.)

1000 + step 
It was a thousand-step ladder. (The ladder had 1,000 steps.)

five + minute
It's a five-minute walk from here. (It takes five minutes to walk there from here.)


Note: The noun must be singular.
It is nine pounds dog.  It is nine-pound dog.

  • It was a ten-day job. (I work ten days.)
  • I made a three-layer cake.
  • This is a twelve-room house.
  • It is a 4-door car.
  • It was a 6-hour flight.
  • This is a 3-hour lesson.

Look at the difference of these sentences.

  • I saw a two-foot tree. (There was only one tree that was 2 feet height.)
  • I saw a two foot-tree. (There were two of them and they were a foot height.)

I took a thousand-mile road trip.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Wah How to use Superlative Adjectives.

We know how to compare two things in the varieties of ways.
Wah How to compare things with "Same"
Wah How to compare things with "As"
Wah How to use comparison of adjectives.


Superlative adjective is used to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.

1. Comparative forms for one and two syllable words.
    Mary is the tallest in our family.
    The richest people are not always the happiest.
    I am not the best person in your life.
    Is Bill Gates the richest person in the world?
    Which country is the coldest country in the world?

2. Comparative forms for three or more syllable words.
    This is the most comfortable hotels in Rome.
    She is the most beautiful woman in the world.
    My mother is the most careful person in our family.
    Is Ferrari GTO the most expensive car?
    What is the most annoying song?

Note: There are some adjectives using another form:
        good -> better -> best
       bad -> worse -> worst

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Wah How to use "Too + Adjective"

Too + adjective is used to emphasize a fact the speaker feels is correct.
When you want to say that "You are so tired and you don't want to do anything." 
You could say "I am too tired to do anything".

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    He's too poor to have a new house.
    No one is too old to learn.
    I am too busy to go to the movies today.
    She is too young to have an alcoholic drink.
    It's too late to go back.


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    I'm too old for dangerous sports like boxing
    That suitcase was too heavy for one person to carry.
    It was too late for us to do anything else.
    He is too big for one's boots. 

Note :Too big for one's boots means someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are.

"That it's too late to apologize, it's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late" from Apologize - Justin Timberlake