Read about Ashton KutcherHere are some sentences about the American actor Ashton Kutcher.Which of these words are adjectives? | ||
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| Look at this picture of the American actor Ashton Kutcher. How would you describe his appearance? Fill in the gaps in the sentences with suitable adjectives, then press "Check" to check your answers. |
| His name is Ashton Kutcher. He is a [?] (age) man. He has short [?] (colour) hair.
He has [?] (colour) eyes. He is over 6 foot [?] (height). He is [?] (weight) and very [?] (looks). Source: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/appearance/gapfill/gapfill.html |
Adjectives for Describing Appearance
Here is a list of English adjectives that are frequently used for describing people's height and body shape.
Attractive - a person who is good looking. (male or female).
Example sentence: Demi Moore is a very attractive woman.
Beautiful - a person who is extremely good looking (mainly used to describe women),
Example sentence: The American singer Beyonce is very beautiful.
Blonde - a person who has yellow hair.
Example sentence: The American celebrity Paris Hilton has blonde hair.
Fat - a very negative way to describe someone who is overweight (very rude and a bit insulting).
Example sentence: Kirstie Alley starred in the American sitcom "Fat Actress".
Gorgeous - very attractive (used to describe men and women).
Example sentence: I think Johnny Depp is gorgeous!
Redhead - a person with orange hair!
Example sentence: Nicole Kidman is a redhead.
Short - used to describe someone who isn't very tall.
Example sentence: American actor Tom Cruise is fairly short.
Skinny - used to describe someone who is very thin (impolite).
Example sentence: Many fashion models are too skinny.
Smart - used to describe someone who takes a lot of care over their appearance.
Example sentence: It is important to look smart if you want to make a good impression.
Tall - used to describe someone who is above average height.
Example sentence: American actor Ashton Kucher is very tall.
Thin - used to describe someone who weighs less than the average person (impolite!).
Example sentence: Victoria Beckham is very thin.
Source: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/appearance/vocab1.html
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| Ronny's brother | Ronnys Bruder and Ronny's Bruder (since spelling reform) |
Add 's:
Examples:
Mandy's brother John plays football.
My teacher's name is ...
Add the apostrophe ' to regular plural forms:
Examples:
The girls' room is very nice.
The Smiths' car is black.
Add 's to irregular plural forms:
Examples:
The children's books are over there.
Men's clothes are on the third floor.
If there are multiple nouns, add an 's only to the last noun:
Peter and John's mother is a teacher.
Source: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/genitiv.htm
| 1) Tom stamps. (not/to collect) | |
| 2) You songs in the bathroom. (not/to sing) | |
| 3) Julie in the garden. (not/to work) | |
| 4) I at home. (not/to sit) | |
| 5) Tina and Kate the windows. (not/to open) | |
| 6) Adam French. (not/to speak) | |
| 7) His sister lemonade. (not/to like) | |
| 8) We to music. (not/to listen) | |
| 9) My father the car every Saturday. (not/to clean) | |
| 10) Johnny and Danny in the lake. (not/to swim) More exercises: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_negation_long.htm |
Many consonant sounds come in pairs. For example, P and B are produced in the same place in the mouth with the tongue in the same position. The only difference is that P is an unvoiced sound (no vibration of the vocal cords) while B is a voiced sound (vocal cords vibrate). Put your hand on your throat as you say the pairs below to feel the difference.
Note that the first pair of consonants in the table (p, b) is produced at the front of the mouth. Each pair shifts further back with the last pair (k, g) being produced at the back of the mouth.
The following consonant sounds are represented using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The words in parentheses represent phonetic transcriptions.
Click on a the examples below to hear these consonant sounds. Pay special attention to the letters in bold.
| IPA | Examples | IPA | Examples | |
| unvoiced | voiced | |||
| p | please (pliz) | b | book (b  k) | |
| f | five (faIv) | v | vanilla (v  nIl) | |
 | thirty (  ti) |  | they ( eI) | |
| t | ten (t  n) | d | dish (dI  ) | |
| s | sir (s ) | z | zero (z   ) | |
| she ( i) |  | genre (  nr) | |
 | cheers ( s) |  | jump (  mp) | |
| k | king (kIŋ) | g | good (g d) | |
[VERB] + s/es in third person
Examples:
Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.
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The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.
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Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.
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Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.
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The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.
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Ashton Kutcher is a young man.
