a beautiful scenic

a: a cut and naughty boy

b: a heavy and sleepy man

c: an angry man

d: a thin and calm man adj.+ n.

a kind man

an old womana young lady

a famous designer

Adjectives before nouns

We often put adjectives before the nouns they describe.

Adjective 形容词 + nouns 名词

He had grey hair and black eyes.

We live in a big white house.

a: a cut and naughty boy. He looks cute.

b: a heavy and sleepy man. He is heavy.

c: an angry man. He seems angry.

d: a thin and calm man. He gets calm.

He / She looks_______

sad

happy

funny

cunning

frightened

angry

It tastes

_______. It smells

_________.

It sounds

______.

delicious

wonderfulgood

Adjectives after verbs

We often put adjectives after certain verbs such as

be and look.

+ adj. 形容词

be become

get grow turn

taste smell sound

feel look seem连系动词

Complete the following conversation with the adjectives in the box.

unhealthy burnt hard hot

bright fresh tired

mother Morning! Don’t stay in bed any more. It’s a (1) _____ day!

son It’s Sunday, Mum. I don’t feel like getting up.

mother Why are you so (2) _________?

son I stayed up last night doing my term paper. It was quite (3)_______, and I drank a lot of coffee to feel (4) _______.

mother I think that’s rather (5) __________.

bright

tired

hard fresh

unhealthy

• son Yes, I agree. Mum, will you please make breakfast for me?

• mother Sure. What do you want to eat?

son I want to eat some (6) _____ food. Mum, what are you cooking in the kitchen? Something smells (7) ________.

• mother Oh, no. It’s the bread in the oven.

hot

burnt

It is + adjective 形容词 + to do

It’s exciting to read comics.

漫画书

It’s easy to draw cartoons.

漫画

It is + adjective 形容词 + to do

Tom

Chinese 40

Maths 90

English 70

Politics 10

physics 100

It’s _______ for Tom to learn ____.

John Do you like your new flat?

Jane Oh, yes. (1) It’s __nice to live___ in it.

John No complains about it?

Jane Well, sometimes it’s noisy, so(2)________________.

John And it’s in Yuexiu, isn’t it?

Jane That’s right, and (3) _____________________.

John Is it?

Jane Yes. It’s near an underground station, so (4)

_____________________ by underground.

John Do you have good security?

Jane 24 hours a day, so (5) _______________ there

John Is the building full? Yes. (6) ____________ a flat now.

it’s difficult to fall asleep

it’s easy to get there

it’s possible to go there

it’s safe to live

It’s impossible to find

adjective 形容词 + to do

Comics are exciting to read.

It’s easy to draw cartoons.

It’s exciting to read comics.

Cartoons are easy to draw.

Tom

Chinese 40

Maths 90

English 70

Politics 10

physics 100

Chinese is easy to learn.