Parts of speech A Verb can be used: 1. after N(P) pron. (as S) My mother (she) always ............... meals carefully. (preparation) 2. after modal: Nothing could ................... him. (attractive) 3. before adv: Things are getting on ................... (succeed) A Noun can be used: 1. as S ....... is a serious problem in many countrries. (employ) 2. as O (after transitive V) Have you got any ...............? (suggest) 3. as C I consider him my ................... as he has taught me a lot. 4. after Adj. The restaurant now is under a new ............ (manage) 5. after Determinersquantifiers What is the ............. of the runway at this airport? (long) We have had a lot of ............. from customers today. (complain) 6. after Prep. I had to check the wages in ................. to my normal work. (add) 7. after BE They teach here. They are ................... An Adj. can be used: 1. before N Artists are ................... people. (create) 2. after Adv. He is ................... unemployed. (complete) 3. after BE (Linking verbs) He was ................... of the work he had done. (pride) Having been waiting a long time, I start to feel ............. (patient) An Adv. can be used: 1. after V. I wrote letters of application .................. , but got no reply. (end) 2. before Adj. The world of computers is ................... competitive. (extreme)
Trang 1Complex noun phrase
The categories in the following table can be described as follows:
Determiners: articles and other limiters
Observation: postdeterminers and limiter adjectives (e.g., a real hero, a perfect idiot)
and adjectives subject to subjective measure (e.g., beautiful, interesting)
Size and Shape: adjectives subject to objective measure (e.g., wealthy, large, round)
Age: adjectives denoting age (e.g., young, old, new, ancient)
Color: adjectives denoting color (e.g., red, black, pale)
Origin: denominal adjectives denoting source of noun (e.g., French, American, Canadian)
Material: denominal adjectives denoting what something is made of
(e.g., woolen, metallic, wooden)
Qualifier: final limiter, often regarded as part of the noun
(e.g., rocking chair, hunting cabin, passenger car, book cover)
THE ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES Determiner Observation Physical Description Origin Material Qualifier Noun
Size Shape Age Color
Pre-modifiers + Head Noun
Determiners + opinion (general) + size + shape + quality + age + colour + participle forms + material + origin + type + purpose + HEAD NOUN
- Determiners: articles / possessive adjectives / demonstrative adjectives / quantity…
- Opinion: nice, wonderful, excellent, lovely, terrible, awful
- Size: large, small, long, short, tall
- Shape: round, square, fat, thin, wide, narrow
- Quality: clear, busy, famous, important, quiet
- Age: old, new, young
- Colour: green, red, yellow…
- Participles: broken, torn out, running, crying…
- Material: brick, paper, plastic, wooden
- Origin: British, Italian, American
- Type: human, chemical, domestic, electronic
- Purpose: alarm (clock), tennis (course), walking (boots)
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(Từ chất cỡ dạng lượng từ chất tịch đích từ chính)
Trang 2Parts of speech
1 - A Verb can be used:
+ after N(P) / pron (as S)
My mother (she) always meals carefully (preparation)
+ after modal: Nothing could him (attractive)
+ before adv: Things successfully at this time (get on)
2 - A Noun can be used:
+ as S is a serious problem in many countries (employ)
+ as O (after transitive V) Have you got any ? (suggest)
+ as Complement I consider him my as he has taught me a lot.
+ after Adj The restaurant now is under a new (manage)
+ after Determiners/quantifiers
What is the of the runway at this airport? (long)
We have had a lot of from customers today (complain)
+ after Prep I had to check the wages in to my normal work (add)
+ after BE They teach here They are
3 - An Adj can be used:
+ before N Artists are people (create)
+ after Adv He is completely (employ) + after BE (Linking verbs: seem, smell, taste, look, feel, sound, appear)
He was of the work he had done (pride)
Having been waiting a long time, I start to feel (patient)
4 - An Adv can be used:
+ after V I wrote letters of application, but got no reply (end)
+ before Adj The world of computers is competitive (extreme)