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Formato de Guía Temática 1.1 Nivel 5 - Gradable and Absolute Adjectives
Formato de Guía Temática 1.1 Nivel 5 - Gradable and Absolute Adjectives
Formato de Guía Temática 1.1 Nivel 5 - Gradable and Absolute Adjectives
1. Introducción:
Estimados estudiantes, esta guía está orientada al conocimiento y manejo de los adjetivos
conocidos como Gradable Adjectives y Absolute Adjectives, los cuales nos permiten
expresar nuestras ideas y opiniones de forma más detallada y precisas al momento de
describir los sustantivos, gracias a los Modifiers que podemos emplear con cada uno de
ellos.
De esa manera, es importante reconocer cómo se clasifican los adjetivos para así
emplear los Modifiers correctos al momento de expresar nuestras ideas.
2. Aspectos teóricos:
Please analyze the vocabulary on page 25 in your student book, related to works of art.
An adjective that ends in -ED is used to describe: a feeling (or how a person feels) or
an emotion. It is used to describe a temporary thing. Since only people (and some animals)
have feelings, -ed adjectives cannot be used to describe an object or situation.
Gradable adjectives
Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can have different levels of that quality. For
example, you can be a bit cold, very cold or extremely cold. We can make them weaker or
stronger with modifiers:
Here is a list of some common gradable adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with
them.
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Non-gradable: absolute adjectives
Some adjectives are non-gradable. For example, something can't be a bit finished or very
finished. You can't be a bit dead or very dead. These adjectives describe absolute qualities.
To make them stronger we have to use modifiers like absolutely, totally or completely:
Here is a list of some common absolute adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with
them.
Modifiers absolutely/totally/completely
acceptable, dead, destroyed, finished, free, impossible, necessary, perfect,
Adjectives
ruined, unacceptable, etc.
Here is a list of some common extreme adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with
them.
Modifiers absolutely/really
amazing, ancient, awful, boiling, delicious, enormous,
Adjectives excellent, exhausted, fascinating, freezing, gorgeous, terrible, terrifying,
tiny, etc.
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See page 142 on your books for grammar reference and more practice.
3. Actividades
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-to-upper-
intermediate/adjectives-gradable-and-non-gradable
4. Actividades evaluativas
Write a text (50 words), in which you need to use at least 5 gradable and 5
absolute adjectives. Deadline: March 29th 2020
Finish the activities in your workbook for unit 3. Deadline: April 12 th 2020.