2014-11-17 Structure: adjectives/modifiers

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 141-143, exercises 3 and 4
exercise 3
2 a one-paragraph(-long)
3 a 300-page(-long) (no plurals in modifiers)
4 a six-year(-long)
5 a stress-related
6 an eyesight-related
7 a ten-gallon
8 performance-induced (anxiety is noncount)
9 a two-month(-long)

five-dollar bills (some bills of $5 each)
five dollar bills (  5  bills of $1 each)

performance-enhancing drugs (they enhance performance)
performance-induced anxiety (it's induced by anxiety)
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exercise 4
2 I had a long-haired cat when I was young.
3 a comfortable old jacket
4 an interesting and amusing experience
  an amusing and interesting experience
  an interesting, amusing experience
  an amusing, interesting experience
5 an eleven-year-old child
6 an award-winning movie
7 a three-legged table (body parts can be "past participles")
8 unusual-looking people (no "an", because plural)
9 a short blue cotton skirt
10 a Chinese jade bowl
11 a 60-story building
12 a 90-pound bag
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exercise 5
- child psychiatry
- nine- and ten-year-old kids
- troubled middle-class children
- a young Brazilian doctor
- disgusting cafeteria food
- tasty hot Chinese food
- favorite local place
- new computer program
pediatrician, podiatrist, psychiatrist
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Simple adjectives (one word):
This is a good book.
This book is good.

Compound adjectives (multiple words):
This is a 300-page-long book.
* This book is 300-page-long. (WRONG)
This book is 300 pages long. (RIGHT)

I see some unusual-looking people.
Those people are unusual looking.
OR: Those people look unusual.

I have a three-legged dog.
My dog has three legs.
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be, look, sound, smell, taste, feel, seem, act

This book is good.
This book looks good. (I think it will be good from the cover and maybe the description on the back.)
This book sounds good. (I think it will be good from what someone has told me.)

This food is spicy.
This food tastes spicy. (same as "is spicy" - I know it's spicy, and the reason I know is the taste.)
This food smells spicy. (I think it will be spicy based on the smell. Maybe I haven't tasted it yet.)

I am sick. (I have an illness and I already know about it.)
I feel sick. (It's my feeling, but maybe I just ate too much or need to get some sleep.)

You seem tired. (I think you are tired based on your actions and behaviors (possibly including what I see and hear).)
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The movie looks good.

* John draws good.
-> John draws well. (adverb)

* John draws beautiful.
-> John draws beautifully.

The food doesn't smell very good. (I think the food is bad.)

If you have a cold you can't smell very well. (Your ability to smell is bad.)