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[초급문법] UNIT 3.1 - Adjectives (Kinds of Adjectives)
최고관리자 | 14-07-23 19:08
17. Kinds of adjectives
A. The main kinds are:
(a) Demonstrative: this, that, these, those
(b) Distributive: each, every; either, neither
(c) Quantitative: some, any, no; little/few; many, much; one, twenty
(d) Interrogative: which, what, whose
(e) Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
(f) Of quality: clever, dry, fat, golden, good, heavy, square
B. Participles used as adjectives
Both present participles (ing) and past participles (ed) can be used as adjectives.
Care must be taken not to confuse them.
Present participle adjectives, amusing, boring, tiring etc., are active and mean ‘having this effect’.
Past participle adjectives, amused, horrified, tired etc., are passive and mean 'affected in this way'.
The play was boring. (The audience was bored.)
The work was tiring. (The workers were soon tired.)
The scene was horrifying. (The spectators were horrified.)
an infuriating woman (She made us furious.)
an infuriated woman (Something had made her furious.)
C. Agreement
Adjectives in English have the same form for singular and plural, masculine and feminine nouns:
a good boy, good boys a good girl, good girls
The only exceptions are the demonstrative adjectives this and that, which change to these and those
before plural nouns:
this cat, these cats that man, those men
D. Many adjectives/participles can be followed by prepositions: good at, tired of
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