English Language - Basic Grammar for the student in University, Schemes and Mind Maps of English Language

Download English Language - Basic Grammar for the student in University and more Schemes and Mind Maps English Language in PDF only on Docsity! OTHER PHRASES Adjective Adjectives are descriptive words used to “modify” or tell more about nouns and pronouns Presenting a blue car, a red car and a light brown car… Other examples • Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals. • Tina lost her dark brown briefcase. • Mr. Sweet was a tall, thinnish man with thick kinky hair going dead white. He was dark brown, his eyes were very squinty and sort of bluish, and he chewed Brown Mule tobacco • The new outfit was very pricey but really beautiful. • Mom said the cost of a car is way too high. • Faster than a speeding bullet, Superman saved the day. • Students upset about the rising cost of tuition staged a rally. • That complex has quite small but cheap apartments. • Her eyes were incredibly mesmerizing to the young man. Adverb • An adverb is a descriptive word that tells more about a verb, an adjective or another adverb. • Adverbs tell how, where and when: “Yesterday, she ran quickly downtown.” • The most commonly used adverb in English is “very.” • Many adverbs end in “ly”: quickly, carefully, & slowly…