Qualitative Adjectives
Adjectives: Adjectives describe the world around us: things and people (list is not exhaustive) Qualitative adjectives: Describe: colour, dimension, shape and the quality of an object Colour: red, blue, black, white, green, orange, yellow, mauve, purple, grey, brown, pink, violet, scarlet, crimson, lemon, gold, silver, bronze, greenish, bluish, opaque, transparent , striped, spotted, mottled, cream, dark, light Size / Weight : light , heavy, big, small, large, little, tall, short, fat, thick, thin, high, low, narrow, broad, tiny, slim, wide, enormous, huge, vast, gigantic, miniscule, microscopic, dense, weighty, hefty, giant, fat, obese, plump Shape : round, square, trctangular, triangular, oval, oblong, circular, flat, spherical, straight, wavy, cylindrical, elliptical, crooked, oblique Emotion and personality: happy, sad, funny, cheerful, lonely, friendly, friendless, scared, excited, frightened, jolly, grumpy, adventurous, arduous Speed : quick, fast, slow, swift, hasty, speedy, rapid, Temperature : hot, cold, tepid, freezing, frozen, chilly, burning, fiery, steaming, icy, wintry, frosty, Material : wooden, iron, metallic, fabric, cotton, plastic, glass, leather, metal, cloth, concrete, steel, plastic, paper, liquid, sulphurous, wet, dry Age : old, young, ancient, modern, antique, new, elderly youthful, recent, old-fashioned Taste : sweet, savory, bitter, sour, salty, delicious, tasty, bland, tasteless, spicy, acidic Quantity : one, two, three, four, few, many, little, several, all, some, every, each, no, Opinion : good, bad, not bad, not good, mediocre, better, best, worse, worst, rich, poor, lovely, difficult, important, unimportant, clean, dirty, pretty, ugly, clever, brave, courageous, smart, intelligent, expensive, cheap, nice, attractive, unattractive, beautiful, attentiveinterestingamusing, amazing, surprising, usual, unusual, wonderful, awful, fantastic, comfortable, uncomfortable, important, unimportant, useful, useless, horrible, terrible, evil, hot Sound : soft, loud, silent, quiet, noisy, mellifluous Touch : soft, hard, smooth, coarse, rough, glossy Smell : smelly, burnt, aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, delicate Distance : long, short, close, far, nearby, distant, remote Brightness : bright, dim, light, dark, shiny, dull, luminous Origin : English, French, Irish, Celtic, Greek Roman, Australian, Spanish, northern, Islamic, European, Antipoidean, South American, oceanic, Martian, Romulan...
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Meeting and Greeting (saying Hello): (A – person 1 B person 2) Hello / Hi / Good morning / afternoon / evening. A: How do you do? B: I’m well / fine, and you? A: How are you? B: Fine thanks and you? A: Fine, thank you. A: Nice to see / meet you. B: It’s nice to meet you too. A: How nice / lovely (it is) to see you again B: (it is for) Me too. A: / B: Glad / Nice to meet you. A: The weather is nice / terrible today. A: Lovely / Terrible weather we’re having. B: Yes, it’s lovely / awful, it’s usually nice here this time of year. Good-bye / See you later / Good night / All the best It’s been nice / lovely seeing / meeting / speaking with you. Asking for directions: (A – person 1 B – person 2) A: Excuse me / Hello / Hi, Could you help me please? Where is the…? Where is there a…? Where can I find…? I’m looking for a / the… How do I get to… (See get – General Grammar) (The King’s Hotel / The police station / chemist / doctor / Oxford Street / Broadway / The nearest station / The natural history museum etc.) B: The…….. is / It’s……… You can / will find the… / it’s Over there / There. On the other side of the road. At the end of the road. On the next corner. Second on the left and straight ahead (US: Two blocks over and one block up). A: Thank you / Many thanks. B: You’re welcome. A: Goodbye, have a nice day. At the hotel: (A – person 1 B – person 2) B: Hello. / Good evening / morning / afternoon Sir / Madam, can / may you help you? Do you have a reservation Sir / Madam? A: Yes, I / we have a reservation A: Excuse me / sorry, I believe I / we have a reservation. B: Yes, you are in room 7, on the third floor. B: Take the lift to the third floor, the room is down the corridor, fourth room on the right. A: Thank you. B: You’re welcome. A: May I / we have my / our key please? A: Thank you. B: You’re welcome Good-bye / See you later / Good night / All the best It’s been nice / lovely seeing / meeting / speaking with you. When we don’t understand A: Excuse me / Sorry, do you speak English? A: What’s your name please? B: My name is… A: Pardon / what? (what may be heard but is not polite) A: Say that again please / Pardon me. A: Speak more slowly please, I didn’t catch / hear that. A: I’m sorry I don’t understand. Ok / That’s ok / Very well. Thank you / Thanks / Many thanks / That’s very kind of you, thanks / Thanks for your help. On the Telephone – Making a call (A – person 1 B person 2) A: Hello / Good morning / afternoon / evening… May I speak to…? / I would like to speak to… I’m calling to speak to / in response to When you have Direct line to intended contact B: Hello / Good morning, etc. Yes, speaking! Receptionist B: Hello / Good morning, etc. Can / May I help you? A: May I speak to (name)? B: Yes / thank you, I’ll put you through. B: What is it about / concerning? A: It’s about… B:...
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Irregular verb list Arise Arose Arisen Awake Awoke Awoken Be Was / Were Been Beat Beat Beaten Become Became Become Begin Began Begun Bend Bent Bent Bid Bade Bidden Bite Bit Bitten Blow Blew Blown Break Broke Broken Bring Brought Brought Build Built Built Burn Burnt Burned Burnt Burned Buy Bought Bought Catch Caught Caught Choose Chose Chosen Come Came Come Cost Cost Cost Cut Cut Cut Deal Dealt Dealt Dig Dug Dug Dive Dived Dove Dived Do Did Done Draw Drew Drawn Dream Dreamt Dreamed Dreamt Dreamed Drink Drank Drunk Drive Drove Driven Eat Ate Eaten Fall Fell Fallen Feel Felt Felt Fight Fought Fought Find Found Found Fly Flew Flown Forbid Forbade Forbad Forbidden Forget Forgot Forgotten Forgive Forgave Forgiven Freeze Froze Frozen Get Got Got / Gotten Give Gave Given Go Went Gone / Been Grow Grew Grown Hang Hung Hanged Hung Hanged Have Had Had Hear Heard Heard Hide Hid Hidden Hit Hit Hit Hurt Hurt Hurt Keep Kept Kept Kneel Knelt Kneeled Knelt Kneeled Know Knew Known Lay Laid Laid Lead Led Led Leap Leapt Leaped Leapt Leaped Learn Learnt Learned Learnt Learned Leave Left Left Lose Lost Lost Make Made Made Mean Meant Meant Meet Met Met Pay Paid Paid Prove Proved Proven Proved Put Put Put Read Read Read Ride Rode Ridden Ring Rang Rung Rise Rose Risen Run Ran Run Saw Sawed Sawn Sawed Say Said Said See Saw Seen Seek Sought Sought Sell Sold Sold Send Sent Sent Shake Shook Shaken Shed Shed Shed Shine Shone Shone Show Showed Shown Shrink Shrank Shrunk Sing Sang Sung Sink Sank Sunk Sit Sat Sat Sleep Slept Slept Smell Smelt Smelled Smelt Smelled Sneak Sneaked Snuck Sneaked Snuck Sow Sowed Sown Speak Spoke Spoken Spell Spelt Spelled Spelt Spelled Spend Spent Spent Spring Sprang Sprung Stand Stood Stood Steal Stole Stolen Sting Stung Stung Stink Stank Stunk Strike Struck Struck Stricken Strip Stript Stripped Stript Stripped Strive Strove Striven Swell Swelled Swollen Swim Swam Swum Take Took Taken Teach Taught Taught Tell Told Told Think Thought Thought Throw Threw Thrown Tread Trod Trodden Understand Understood Understood Wake Woke Woken Wear Wore Worn Win Won Won Write Wrote Written...
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Irregular verbs list 1 Present Past Present Perfect Be Was Been Bring Brought Brought Break Broke Broken Buy Bought Bought Choose Chose Chosen Come Came Come Do Did Done Drink Drank Drunk Drive Drove Driven Eat Ate Eaten Find Found Found Fly Flew Flown Forget Forgot Forgotten Get Got Got / Gotten Give Gave Given Go Went Gone Have Had Had Know Knew Known Leave Left Left Make Made Made Meet Met Met Pay Paid Paid Read Read Read Rise Rose Risen Run Ran Run Say Said Said See Saw Seen Sit Sat Sat Sleep Slept Slept Sell Sold Sold Send Sent Sent Speak Spoke Spoken Stand Stood Stood Swim Swam Swum Take Took Taken Teach Taught Taught Tell Told Told Understand Understood Understood Write Wrote...
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Irregular verbs list 2 Present Past Present Perfect Arise Arose Arisen Beat Beat Beaten Become Became Become Bend Bent Bent Bet Bet Bet Build Built Built Burn Burnt Burned Burnt Burned Catch Caught Caught Cost Cost Cost Cut Cut Cut Deal Dealt Dealt Draw Drew Drawn Dream Dreamt Dreamed Dreamed Dreamt Fall Fell Fallen Feel Felt Felt Fight Fought Fought Hear Heard Heard Hit Hit Hit Hold Held Held Keep Kept Kept Lead Led Led Lose Lost Lost Mean Meant Meant Ride Rode Ridden Ring Rang Rung Show Showed Shown Sing Sang Sung Smell Smelt Smelled Smelled Smelt Spend Spent Spent Tear Tore Torn Throw Threw Thrown Undertake Undertook Undertaken Wake Woke Woken Wear Wore Worn Win Won...
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