Professional Documents
Culture Documents
9. Religion
e.g. Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem, pagan, atheist
10. Material
e.g. wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk
11. Noun used as an adjective
e.g. campus (as in 'campus activities')
12. The noun that the adjectives are describing.
How to remember the order
Very
Value
Soon
Size
Shall
Shape
Age
Train
Temperature
Come
Color
Or
Move
Materila
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Japanese tall
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When traveling to Peru, make sure you visit the ___ ruins.
ancient Inca
Inca ancient
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18.
For example:
She is late for work. (rarely)
She is rarely late for work.
We visit him on Sundays. (sometimes)
We sometimes visit him on Sundays.
I have read that book before. (never)
I have never read that book before.
Yes, I do. (usually)
Yes, I usually do.
1. I had wanted to see the ocean. (always)
2. They do their homework. (frequently)
3. She is very friendly. (usually)
4. They have the opportunity to travel. (seldom)
5. I am at home in the mornings. (generally)
6. He has always done his assigneement. (always)
7. We were given free transportation to the school. (frequently)
8. Birds often return to the place where they were born to build their
nests. (often)
9. Albatrosses are seen close to shore. (seldom)
10. We would. (never)
11. They follow the news. (rarely)
12. Maple wood is used to make violins. (sometimes)
2. Rewrite each of the following sentences, placing the adverb of
frequency given in brackets in the middle position of the main clause.
For example:
Have you visited New York? (ever)
Have you ever visited New York?
I do not go to the library on the weekend. (always)
I do not always go to the library on the weekend.
1. He did not arrive on time. (ever)
2. Do you visit Boston? (often)
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1. They stood. (at the bus stop, for twenty minutes, patiently)
2. We arrived. (here, last night, on foot)
3. The young child walked. (by herself, this morning, to school)
4. They were waiting. (at seven o'clock, eagerly, outside the
fairgrounds)
5. She arrived. (in a black limousine, at the hotel)
6. Chickadees build their nests. (in dense evergreens, in the early
spring, secretively)
7. The waves crashed. (against the shore, loudly)
8. I walked. (in the rain, to work, yesterday)
9. He sat. (until the announcements were finished, on the edge of his
chair, expectantly)
10. We left. (this morning, home, in a hurry)
11. She went. (by bus, downtown, today)
12. They talked. (for an hour, animatedly, on the front lawn)
6. For each of the following sentences, fill in the blank with is or are,
as appropriate. For example:
Here __ one of the computations.
Here is one of the computations.
There ___ all of the results.
There are all of the results.
1. There _______ his brother and sister.
2. Here _______ the news.
3. There _______ several of her classmates.
4. Here _______ both of the disks.
5. There _______ a pair of pliers.
6. Here _______ a few chocolates.
7. Here _______ a box of eggs.
8. There _______ two of the books.
9. Here _______ another of the magazines.
10. Here _______ some of the answers.
ii. There _______ one of his brothers.
12. Here _______ the essays.
7. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing the underlined phrases
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