Unit 99. Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired
Unit 99; Part A

• My brother lives in a nice new house.
• In the kitchen there was a beautiful large round wooden table.
Adjectives like new/large/round/wooden are fact adjectives. They give us factual information about age, size, colour etc.
Adjectives like nice/beautiful are opinion adjectives. They tell us what somebody thinks of something or somebody.
Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives.
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Unit 99; Part B
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Unit 99; Part C

• Be careful!
• I'm tired and I'm getting hungry.
• As the film went on, it became more and more boring.
• Your friend seems very nice.
We also use adjectives to say how somebody/something looks, feels, sounds, tastes or smells:
• You look tired. / I feel tired. / She sounds tired.
• The dinner smells good.
• This tea tastes a bit strange.
But to say how somebody does something you must use an adverb (see Units 100-101):
• Drive carefully! (not Drive careful)
• Susan plays the piano very well. (not plays ... very good)
Unit 99; Part C

• I didn't enjoy the first two days of the course. (not the two first days)
• They'll be away for the next few weeks. (not the few next weeks)
Exercises
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