B1 · Intermedio Capítulo 37

Adjectives, Adverbs & Question Tags

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Elevate your descriptive language and conversational flow by mastering nuances in adjectives, adverbs, and tag questions.

  • Distinguish between internal feelings and external descriptions.
  • Use intensifiers to emphasize your opinions.
  • Integrate compound descriptors and question tags into natural conversation.
Add color and clarity to your everyday English.

Lo que aprenderás

Master -ed/-ing adjectives, so/such, compound adjectives with numbers, and question tags to sound natural in English.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Use -ed/-ing adjectives to correctly describe emotions and situations.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: Construct natural-sounding tag questions to confirm information.

Consejos y trucos (4)

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The Person Test

If the subject is a person feeling something, use -ed.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: -Ed and -Ing Adjectives: Bored or Boring? Interested or Interesting?
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The Noun Test

If you see a noun, use 'such'. If you don't, use 'so'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: So, Such, Such a, So Much, So Many: Intensifiers
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The Hyphen Rule

Always use a hyphen when the adjective comes before the noun. It's the visual signal that the words are linked.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Compound Adjectives with Numbers: A Two-Day Trip, A Five-Star Hotel
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Listen for the intonation

If the voice goes down, it's a statement. If it goes up, it's a question.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Question Tags: Aren't You? Don't You? Isn't It?

Vocabulario clave (5)

bored feeling weary boring causing weariness intensifier word that adds force hyphen the '-' symbol frequency how often

Real-World Preview

plane

Planning a Vacation

Review Summary

  • -ed = feeling; -ing = source
  • So + adj; Such + (a/an) + noun
  • Number + hyphen + singular noun
  • Statement, + auxiliary + pronoun?
  • Subject + adverb + verb

Errores comunes

Saying 'I am boring' means you are a dull person. Use 'bored' to describe your feeling.

Wrong: I am boring.
Correcto: I am bored.

Compound adjectives with numbers must use the singular form of the noun.

Wrong: A two-days trip.
Correcto: A two-day trip.

Tag questions require the auxiliary verb (do/does/is/are) to match the main verb tense.

Wrong: You like it, like you?
Correcto: You like it, don't you?

Next Steps

You have done a fantastic job today. Keep practicing these structures and you will sound native in no time!

Write a diary entry using 3 tag questions.

Continue to: Connectors, Clauses & Prepositions

Práctica rápida (10)

Choose the correct tag.

He likes coffee, ___?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: doesn't he
Simple present needs 'does'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Question Tags: Aren't You? Don't You? Isn't It?

Choose the correct word.

I was ___ by the results.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: disappointed
You are the recipient of the feeling.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: -Ed and -Ing Adjectives: Bored or Boring? Interested or Interesting?

Choose the correct word.

The lecture was very ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: interesting
The lecture causes interest.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: -Ed and -Ing Adjectives: Bored or Boring? Interested or Interesting?

Find the mistake.

Find and fix the mistake:

They went home, went they?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: They went home, didn't they?
Simple past needs 'did'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Question Tags: Aren't You? Don't You? Isn't It?

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

I am boring because I have nothing to do.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: I am bored
You are describing your feeling.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: -Ed and -Ing Adjectives: Bored or Boring? Interested or Interesting?

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: I have already finished.
Adverb placement in perfect tense.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Position of Adverbs and Adverb Phrases

Complete the tag.

You are tired, ___?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: aren't you
Positive statement needs negative tag.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Question Tags: Aren't You? Don't You? Isn't It?

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

I have so many homework.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: so much
Homework is uncountable.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: So, Such, Such a, So Much, So Many: Intensifiers

Find the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

She is happy always.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: She is always happy
Adverbs go after 'to be'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Position of Adverbs and Adverb Phrases

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

I have a ten-minutes break.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: I have a ten-minute break
Singular noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Compound Adjectives with Numbers: A Two-Day Trip, A Five-Star Hotel

Score: /10

Preguntas frecuentes (6)

No, things don't have feelings. Use -ing.
Yes, but it means the person causes the feeling (e.g., 'He is boring').
No, 'so' is for adjectives/adverbs. Use 'such' for nouns.
Because 'such' acts as a determiner, and singular countable nouns need an article.
Because it is an adjective. Adjectives in English do not have plural forms.
Yes, when it is used as an adjective before a noun.
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