F2F Class Notes (Cricket)

1100 words you need to know (Barron’s) 6th edition

high level words plus idioms(phrases)

Vocabulary

caught red-handed– caught in the act of doing something wrong

can’t stand something– hate doing something, dislike, can’t bear it

crack someone up– make someone burst into laughter

invigorating– to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.

brew coffee

brew tea

brew beer

K is always silent if there is an ‘N’ after it: know, knack, knock

Grammar

He saw so many rubbish. He saw a lot of rubbish/trash on the ground.

What are adjectives?

Adjectives are words that modify – that is describe, quantify, or identify – a noun or pronoun. The purpose is to give more information so that the author’s meaning is clear to the reader. For example:

In the first sentence the noun “girl” doesn’t really give us much information. We don’t know anything about her; we just know there is a girl sitting in the back row. Is she tall, thin, small, large, happy, or sad? Is she from another planet? We don’t know.

But in the second sentence the word “wretched” is an adjective that describes the noun “girl.” Suddenly, we get a different mental picture when we read the sentence.

Examples of adjectives

Here are more sentence examples using adjectives that describe, quantify, or identify. In each sentence, the adjective is italicized.

Tips for using adjectives

1. Use two or more descriptive adjectives together to further describe the noun in the sentence.

2. When using more than one descriptive adjective, there is a generally accepted order to follow: size/age/shape/color/nationality/material.

3. General opinion adjectives should be placed before specific opinion adjectives.

4. When writing similar adjectives, separate each word with a comma.

If the adjectives have different meanings, don’t use a comma.

5. Adjectives usually come just before the noun in a sentence. However, in some cases the adjective can follow the noun is a verb precedes it.

Here the adjective “bright” is at the end of the sentence, not before the noun, but follows the verb “is.”

6. Some nouns can be transformed to adjectives by adding a suffix. The noun “danger” is changed to the adjective “dangerous” when the suffix “-ous” is added. Other suffixes that can create adjectives from nouns are “-ly, -ic, -like, -ish, -al.”

Love – lovely

Child – childlike

Acid – acidic

Sheep – sheepish

Nation – national

The proper use of adjectives adds the right amount of spice and clarity to your writing. Don’t hesitate to use adjectives, but use them wisely to help create vibrant, descriptive pictures with your words.