Adjectives – pridevniki

 

 

 

1. PRIDEVNIK tako v slovenščini kot v angleščini stoji PRED samostalnikom in ga natančneje opiše. Odgovori nam na vprašanja KAKŠEN? KATERI? ČIGAV?
               a big dog, a black bird, an exciting book

 

2. Pridevnik se v slovenščini sklanja in spreminja po spolu in številu, v angleščini pa ostaja vedno enak. 

velik pes – a big dog, velikih psov – big dogs, velika mačka – a big cat, z velikimi mačkami – with big cats, veliko kolo – a big bike

SKLON: velik pes – velikega psa – velikemu psu – velikega psa – o velikem psu – z velikim psom

There’s a big dog. There isn’t a big dog. I give food to a big dog. I can see a big dog. I dream about a big dog. I play with a big dog.

 

SPOL: velik pes – velika mačka – veliko kolo

a big dog – a big cat – a big bike

 

ŠTEVILO: velik pes – dva velika psa – trije veliki psi – pet velikih psov

a big dog – two big dogs – three big dogs – five big dogs

 3. VPRAŠANJA

 a) Vprašanja za opis oseb ali stvari (pri ljudeh bolj za značaj):
What is your mum like? / What’s she like? – She’s great.
What’s your parrot like? / What’s it like? – It’s big, colourful and noisy
What are your grandparents like? / What are they like? – They’re quite old and very kind.

b) Vprašanja samo za zunanji izgled oseb ali stvari:
What does your uncle look like? / What does he look like? – He’s tall and he’s got black hair.

c) Vprašanja o podobnosti:
Does he look like his father? – No, he’s got a bigger nose and blue eyes.

d) POZOR! Beseda LIKE ima različne pomene.

• glagol LIKE pomeni biti všeč, imeti rad, marati: I LIKE reading books. We LIKE ice cream.

• veznik LIKE pomeni kot, kot da: You’re LIKE your sister.

e) Beseda LIKE se pojavlja v več vprašanjih. Zapomni si prevode!
What is Linda LIKE? – Kakšna je Linda?
What does Linda LOOK LIKE? – Kakšna je Linda (po zunanjosti)?
Does Linda LOOK LIKE her mother? – Ali je Linda podobna svoji mami?
What does Linda LIKE? – Kaj je Lindi všeč, kaj ima rada?

 

PRACTICE

Exercises 1

Exercises 2

Here you can find a variety of games and exercises which will help you to master English adjectives better. Try, it’s fun.

matching 1, 4

opposites 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

jumbled spelling 1, 2

memory game 1, 2

crosswords  2

hangman 1, 2, 3

word order of adjectives 1, 2, 3, 4

comparison of adjectives 1, 2, 3

comparison of adjectives in sentences 1, 2

comparison with as … as

comparison with -er / -est 1, 2

test 1, 2, 3

adjectives describing character/personality 1, 2