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2018-06-12 Grammar: noun phrase order

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. [email protected]
  3. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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  5. Homework: p. 35 exercise 4 - Decide where in the sentence each adverb or phrase should go.
  6. (You might want to read p. 34 to help you.)
  7. 1 Gladstone Gulp goes on a new diet every few months because he feels heavy.
  8. 2 He regularly uses diet pills to increase his metabolism.
  9. 3 He occasionally rides an exercise bicycle very hard to use up calories.
  10. 4 He sometimes trades diet plans with his friend Biff.
  11. 5 Whenever he can, he carefully reads about every new diet in magazines.
  12. 6 He doesn’t always (carefully) follow their directions (carefully).
  13. 7 He usually drinks a special vitamin supplement to make sure he gets proper nutrition.
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  15. I keep the door closed with considerable difficulty.
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  17. Noun Phrase: a phrase (a group of words) that means a particular noun
  18. my teacher’s old boss
  19. Noun phrases can be subjects, objects, or anything else a noun can be.
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  21. p. 148 - order of words in a noun phrase
  22. [a] [very] [old] [stone] [wall] [next to the river]
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  24. p. 149 exercise 1 - With your partner, make five sentences that use words from the box to make noun phrases.
  25. This expensive stone statue was made by a very famous artist.
  26. We had quite a relaxing three-week vacation.
  27. Those extremely famous circus animals are really good.
  28. The good teacher is playing a game.
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  30. I saw a wonderfully cute stone statue. = the cuteness was wonderful
  31. I saw a wonderful cute stone statue. = the statue was wonderful
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  33. Order of Adjectives
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  35. the old green sculpture (age before color)
  36. the green jade sculpture (color before material)
  37. the big old sculpture (size before age)
  38. the beautiful big sculpture (opinion before size)
  39. the green Japonese jade sculpture (color - origin - material)
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  41. Opinion
  42. Size
  43. Age
  44. Shape
  45. Color
  46. Origin
  47. Material
  48. (There are many other types of modifiers, such as temperature, condition, level, but this is an easy basic thing to remember.)
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  50. Homework: p. 152 exercise 3 - Write the adjectives in the correct order.
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