UNIT 4

UNIT 4

1. Adjectives and adverbs

   • (un) fortunate-Fotunately, luck-luckly, quick-quicly, easy-easily, helpful- helpfully, necessary-necessarily, happy-hapily

2. Compound adjectives

   • modern-day, three-bedroomed, semi-detached, labour-saving, two.storey, old-fashioned, full-time and open-plan.

3. Comparative and superlative adjectives

   • Short adjectives
     • Big: bigger, the biggets, Quiet: quieter, the quietest, Small: smaller, the smallest
   • Long adjectives
     • Comfortable: more confortable, the most comfortable. Interesting: more interesting, the most interesting
   • Irregular adjectives
     • Bad: worse, the worst, Good: better, the best, Far: further, the furthest

4. (Not) as...as, too, enough

   • We can use (not) as + adjective + as to comparate two people or things.
   • We use too + adjective to describe something that is more than is necessary or is not acceptable
   • We use adjective + enough to describe something that is as, goodbig, fast, etc. as is necessary

5. Verb + infinitive or verb + ing form

   • when two verbs appeartogether in a sentence, the first one can be followed by the infinitive or the-ing form on tha second
     • when I'm older, I want to be a historian (want+ infinitive)
     • I enjoyed reading this book ( Enjoy+ing form)

6. Adverbs of degree

   • incredibly, a bit, rather, really, not very, quite, slightly, estremely

7. Houses and homes

   • block of flats, bungalow, caravan, castle, cottage, detached house, mansion, semi-detached house, tent, terraced house