Predicate adjectives Forms used in front of noun alike like, similar alive live, living, alone, lone, afraid, frightened asleep sleeping A predicate adjective appears after a linking verb such as be. It cannot appear directly in front of the noun that it describes.
SKILL 10: LISTEN FOR NEGATIVE WITH COMPARATIVES COMPARATIVES WITH NEGATIVES Comparative more Example no one is more beautiful than she is Meaning She is the most beautiful Comparative er Example He couldn't be happier. Meaning He is extremely happy To get more information watch the next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlcwgF-lFBA
SKILL 8: LISTEN FOR DOUBLE NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS DOUBLE NEGATIVES Situation negative word (e.g. not, no, none) and a negative prefix (e.g. in, un, dis). Example He didn´t like the unclean office. Meaning did not like unclean office= liked clean office. Situation two negative verbs Example It isn´t snowing, so they aren´t going to the mountains. Meaning implies that they would go if it were snowing. Situation neither or not....either Example Sue didn´t like the movie, and neither did Mark. Meaning both did not like the movie To get more information watch the next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ygc6DIUn5Y
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