Hal. 136-137-138-139-144-145.

ADJECTIVES WITH LINKING ( COPULATIVE ) VERBS

A special category of verbs connects or links the subject with the subject
complement
(predicate adjective) . Unlike most verbs, these do not show action. They must be
modified by adjectives , not adverbs.
be appear feel
become seem look
remain sound smell
stay taste

Mary feels bad about her test grade .

Children become tired quite easily.
Lucy will look radiant in her new dress.
They were sorry to see us leave.
The flowers smell sweet.
The soup tasted good.
Be, become , and remain can be followed by noun phrases as well as adjectives.

They remained sad even though I tried to cheer them up.

Doug remained chairman of the board despite the opposition.
Children often become bored at meetings.
Christine became class president after a long , hard campaign.
Sally will be happy when she hears the good news.
Ted will be prom king this year.

Feel, look, small, and taste may also be tranigive verbs and take a direct
object. When they function in this way , they become active and are modivied by
adverbs. Notice the following pairs of see tences. Those which take objects are
active , and those which do not are linking.

The doctor felt the leg carefully to see if where any broken bones.
Mike felt costatic after passing his law school exam.
Professor Ingells looked at the exams happily.
 Joey does not look happy today.
The lady is smelling the flowers gingerly.
After being closed up for so long , the house smells musty.
The chef tasted the meat cautiously before presenting it to the king
Your chocolate cake tastes delicious.

Exercise 27 : Linking (Copulative ) Verbs

Circle the correct form in parenthese .

1. Your cold sounds ( terrible/terribly )

2. The pianist plays very ( good/well )
3. The food in the restaurant always tastes ( good/well )
4. The campers remained ( calm/calmly ) despite the thunder storm.
5. They became ( sick/sickly ) after eating the contaminated food.
6. Professor Calandra loocked ( quick/quickly ) at the students sketches.
7. Paco was working ( diligent/diligently ) on the project.
8. Paul protested ( vehement, vehemently ) about the new proposals.
9. Our neighbours appeared ( relaxed/relaxedly ) after their vacation.
10.The music sounded too ( noisy/noisly ) to be classical.

17. COMPARISONS

Comparisons indicate degree of difference with adjectives and adverbs, and

may be equal or unequal.
EQUAL COMPARISONS

An equal comparisons indicates thet the two entities are ( or are not, if
negative ) exactly the same. Thhe following rule generally applies to this type of
comparison.

Subject + verb + as + (adjective

adverb ) +as +( noun )
pronoun

NOTE: Sometimes you may see so instead of as before the adjective or adverb in
negative comparisons.
 He is not as tall as his father
OR
He is not so tall as his father
NOTE: Remember that the subject formof the pronoun will always be used after
as in correct English.
Peter is as tall as I. You are as Old as she.
Examples of equal comparisons:
My book is as interesting as yours. (adjective)
His car runs as fast as a race car. (adverb)
John sings as well as his sister. (adverb)
Their house is as big as that one. (adjective)
His job is not as difficuit as mine . (adjective)
OR
His job is not so difficult as mine
They are as lucky as we . (adjective)
The same idea can also be conveyed in another way.
noun
(
Subject + verb + the same + (noun) + as + pronoun )
NOTE: as high as means the same as the same height as .
My house is as high as his
My house is the same height as his
Be sure that you know the following adjectives and their corresponding nouns.
ADJECTIVE HOURS
Heavy, light Weight
Wide, narrow Width
Deep, shallow Depth
Long, short Length
Big, small Size
NOTE: Remember thet the opposite of the same as is different from.
NEVER use differen than.
My nationality is different from hers.
Our climate is different from Canada’s.

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

A few adjectives and adverbs have irregular forms for the comparative and
superlative. Study them.

ADJECTIVE OR COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

ADVERB
Far
( farther
further ) ( farthest
furthest )
Lit, le Less Least

much More Most

(many )
Better Best
( good
will )
bad worse worst
(badly )
I feel much better today than I did last week.
The university is farther than the mall.
He has less time now than he had before
Marjorie has more books than Sue.
This magazine is better than that one.
He acts worse now than ever before.

Exereise 28 : Comparisons.

Supply the correct form of the adjective and adverbs in parentheses. Let as and
than be your clues. Add any other words that may be necessary.

1. John and his friends left __________ (soon) as the professor had finished his
lecture.
2. His job is __________ (important) than his friend’s.
3. He plays the guitar __________(well) as Andres Segovia.
4. A new hgouse is much _________(expensive) than an older one.
5. Last week was _________(hot) as this week.
6. Martha is ________(talented) than her cousin.
7. Bill’s descriptios are _________(colourfull) than his wife’s.
8. Nobody is ________(happy) than Maria Elena.
9. The body felt _________ (bad) than the girls about losing the game.
10.A greyhound runs ________(fast) than a Chihuahua.

Exercise 29: Comparisons.

Supply than, as , or from in each of the following sentences.

1. The empire state building is taller ________the statue of Liberty.

2. California is farther from New York _________ Pennsylvania.
3. His assignment is different ________mine.
4. Louie reads more quickly ________ his sisters.
5. No animal Is so big ________ King Kong.
6. That report is less impressive ________the government’s.
7. Sam wears the same shirth _________ his teammates.
8. Dave paints much more realistically ________ his professor.
9. The twins have less money at the end of the month ________ they have at
the beginning.
10.Her sports car is different ________ nancy’s.
11.MULTIPLE NUMBER COMPARATIVES
Number multiples can include: half, twice, three times, four times. Etc.
study the following rule.

much + ( noun )+ as+ noun

Subject + werb + number multiple + as + (many ) ( pronoun)
NOTE : It is incorrect to say : “ twice more than ,” etc.

This encyclopedia costs twice as much as the orther one.

At the clambake last week , Fred ate three times as many oysters as
Barney.

Jerome has half as many records now as I had last year.

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