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Chapter 14 Nouns and Modifiers :CONTENTS Preview 14-1 Modifying nouns with adjectives and nouns 14-2 Word order of adjectives 14-3 Expressions of quantity: all of, most of, some of,… 14-4 Expressions of quantity: subject-verb agreement 14-5 Expressions of quantity: one of, none of 14-6 Indefinite pronouns: nothing and no one 14-7 Indefinite pronouns: something, someone, anything,… 14-8 Using every 14-9 Linking verbs + adjectives 14-10 Adjectives and adverbs Chapter 14 Nouns and Modifiers 3


Preview :Preview 4 Noun or Adjective truck ?


Preview :Preview 5 delicious Noun or Adjective ?


Preview :Preview 6 interesting Noun or Adjective ?


14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS :14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS 7 I bought an old book.


14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS :14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS 8 ADJECTIVE + NOUN (a) I bought an old book. adjective noun


14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS :14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS 9 (c) We went to a dress shop. (b) I bought a science book. NOUN + NOUN nouns nouns noun as adjective singular We went to a dresses shop. ?


14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS :14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS 10 (d) I bought a thick science book. ADJECTIVE + NOUN + NOUN I bought a science thick book ?


14-1 Let’s Practice :14-1 Let’s Practice 11 The is learning. elderly lady adjective noun ? ?


14-1 Let’s Practice :14-1 Let’s Practice 12 noun used as adjective noun I put the away. coffee cup ? ?


14-1 Let’s Practice :14-1 Let’s Practice 13 adjective noun The gave me a nice waiter cold soda. ? ?


14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES :14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 14 a old rusty boat


14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES :14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 15 (a) a large red car a red large car ? two adjectives size red large color


14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES :14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 16 (b) a wonderful old car (c) a delicious red apple (d) a good Italian pizza age opinion nationality color


14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES :14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 17 dangerous favorite important difficult good interesting dirty happy strong expensive honest wonderful many other adjectives opinion adjectives (e) OPINION ADJECTIVES


14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES :14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 18 gold tin marble (f) a funny little story (g) a tasty pink grapefruit (h) a nice French gold necklace nice funny tasty thin little big young old ancient grey pink white French Korean Italian USUAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES (1) OPINION (2) SIZE (3) AGE (4) COLOR (5) NATIONALITY (6) MATERIAL


14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES :14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 19 gold tin marble nice funny tasty thin little big young old ancient grey pink white French Korean Italian USUAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES (1) OPINION (2) SIZE (3) AGE (4) COLOR (5) NATIONALITY (6) MATERIAL (i) a big ancient white Italian marble statue RARE


14-2 Let’s Practice :14-2 Let’s Practice 20 a ________________ set. lovely new lovely glass glass new


14-2 Let’s Practice :14-2 Let’s Practice 21 a _____________ chick cute little cute yellow yellow little


14-2 Let’s Practice :14-2 Let’s Practice 22 Wool Persian a _________________ carpet. lovely Persian lovely wool


14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF :14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF 23 Jai likes all of his classes.


14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF :14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF 24 (a) Jai likes all of his classes. (b) Alex likes most of his classes. (c) Hema likes some of her classes. all of most of some of


14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF :14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF 25 (d) Zaffar likes almost all of his classes. all of almost all of


14-3 Let’s Practice :14-3 Let’s Practice 26 all of almost all of most of some of _______ these shapes are hearts. Some of


14-3 Let’s Practice :14-3 Let’s Practice 27 Most of ______ these shapes are blue. all of almost all of most of some of


14-3 Let’s Practice :14-3 Let’s Practice 28 __________ the kittens are eating. Almost all of all of almost all of most of some of


14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT :14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 29 All of your class work is correct.


14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT :14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 30 (a) All of your home work is correct. all of + singular noun + singular verb


14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT :14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 31 (b) All of those dogs are friendly. all of + plural noun + plural verb


14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT :14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 32 (c) Some of his house is messy. some of + singular noun + singular verb


14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT :14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 33 (d) Some of my dogs are old. some of + plural noun + plural verb


14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT :14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 34 (a) All of your homework is correct. (b) All of those dogs are friendly. (c) Some of his house is messy. (d) Some of my dogs are old. COMMON EXPRESSIONS OF QUANITITY all of a lot of most of almost all of half of some of


14-4 Let’s Practice :14-4 Let’s Practice 35 All of this paper __ for the computer. is is are


14-4 Let’s Practice :14-4 Let’s Practice 36 Some of the food they cooked ____ terrible! was was were


14-4 Let’s Practice :14-4 Let’s Practice 37 Almost all of my books ___ old. are is are


14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF :14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF 38 Tazo is one of our classmates.


14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF :14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF 39 (a) Tazo is one of our classmates. ONE OF + PLURAL NOUN Tazo is one of our classmate. ? one of plural noun


14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF :14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF 40 (b) One of our classmates is sick. ONE OF + PLURAL + SING. NOUN VERB One of our classmates are sick. ? one of + plural noun = subject subject singular verb


14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF :14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF 41 (c) None of our classmates was sick. (d) None of our classmates were sick. none of = not one of both correct ? ?


14-5 Let’s Practice :14-5 Let’s Practice 42 One of the cats ___ not eating. is are is


14-5 Let’s Practice :14-5 Let’s Practice 43 One of my classes ___ boring last week. was were was


14-5 Let’s Practice :14-5 Let’s Practice 44 None of my friends ____ here last week. was were was None of my friends ____ here last week. were


14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE :14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE 45 We didn’t do anything yesterday.


14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE :14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE 46 We didn’t do nothing yesterday. (a) We didn’t do anything yesterday. (b) We did nothing yesterday. ? (c) Luis didn’t know anyone in this town. (d) Luis knew no one in this town. Luis didn’t know no one in this town. ?


14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE :14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE 47 (a) We didn’t do anything yesterday. (c) Luis didn’t know anyone in this town. negative verb anything anyone (b) We did nothing yesterday. (d) Luis knew no one in this town. (a) We didn’t do anything yesterday. (c) Luis didn’t know anyone in this town. positive verb nothing no one (b) We did nothing yesterday. (d) Luis knew no one in this town.


14-6 Let’s Practice :14-6 Let’s Practice 48 I know _______ about Indian culture. nothing anything nothing anyone no one


14-6 Let’s Practice :14-6 Let’s Practice 49 I don’t know ______ about Indian culture. anything anything nothing anyone no one


14-6 Let’s Practice :14-6 Let’s Practice 50 I don’t know _______ in this class. anyone anything nothing anyone no one


14-6 Let’s Practice :14-6 Let’s Practice 51 Sometimes I think that ______ likes me. no one anything nothing anyone no one


14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE :14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE 52 I want something new to wear.


14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE :14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE 53 (a) I want something new to wear. (b) I met someone from Bangladesh. STATEMENT (c) I don’t have anything new to wear. (d) I didn’t meet anyone at school. NEGATIVE


14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE :14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE 54 QUESTION (e) Do you need something? Do you need anything? (f) Did you meet someone at school? Did you meet anyone at school?


14-7 Let’s Practice :14-7 Let’s Practice 55 I found ________ to go shopping with you. someone something someone anything anyone


14-7 Let’s Practice :14-7 Let’s Practice 56 He cooked _________ delicious for dinner. something something someone anything anyone


14-7 Let’s Practice :14-7 Let’s Practice 57 Is there ______________ you want to call? anyone/someone something someone anything anyone


14-8 USING EVERY :14-8 USING EVERY 58 Every class has a teacher.


14-8 USING EVERY :14-8 USING EVERY 59 Every of the classes has a teacher. (a) Every class has a teacher. (b) All of the classes have teachers. ? ? Every classes have a teacher. every + singular noun


14-8 USING EVERY :14-8 USING EVERY 60 (c) Everyone has feelings. (d) Everybody has feelings. same meaning everyone everybody singular verb


14-8 USING EVERY :14-8 USING EVERY 61 (e) I studied everything the teacher gave us. (f) Everything looks delicious. everything = each thing everything singular verb


14-8 Let’s Practice :14-8 Let’s Practice 62 All of the _____ you taught me ___ fun. games are game games is are


14-8 Let’s Practice :14-8 Let’s Practice 63 Everyone ____ that this __ a great school. says is say says is are


14-8 Let’s Practice :14-8 Let’s Practice 64 cell phones ____ have ___ all of the new Do strong signals? do does has have


14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES :14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES 65 The day was lovely.


14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES :14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES 66 (a) The day was lovely. BE + ADJECTIVE be + adjective


14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES :14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES 67 common linking verbs: look, smell, feel, taste, and sound LINKING + ADJECTIVE VERB (b) The band sounded terrific. (c) The bride looked beautiful. (d) The food tasted delicious. (e) The bouquet smelled fresh. (f) Everyone felt happy.


14-9 Let’s Practice :14-9 Let’s Practice 68 Mark feels ____. sick good calm terrific happy sick fine


14-9 Let’s Practice :14-9 Let’s Practice 69 John got a great new job. He feels _____ . happy bad calm sick lazy happy terrible


14-9 Let’s Practice :14-9 Let’s Practice 70 All of these things ____________. look delicious look salty look terrible look delicious smell bad


14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS :14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 71 Katy is a slow reader.


14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS :14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 72 (a) Adi is a slow reader. ADJECTIVES ADVERBS careful slow quick easy carefully slowly quickly easily adjective noun adverb action (b) Adi reads slowly.


14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS :14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 73 (c) Len is a fast runner. ADJECTIVES ADVERBS fast hard early late fast hard early late (d) Len runs fast.


14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS :14-10 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 74 (e) Lee is a good runner. ADJECTIVE ADVERB (f) Lee runs well. good well


14-10 Let’s Practice :14-10 Let’s Practice 75 I can see ______. It is a _____ day. clear clearly clear clearly


14-10 Let’s Practice :14-10 Let’s Practice 76 When you study enough, exams are _____. easy easy easily


14-10 Let’s Practice :14-10 Let’s Practice 77 Everyone should drive _______. carefully careful Everyone should be ______ when they drive. careful carefully


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