TINH TU CHI PHAM CHAT
1/ Tính từ chỉ phẩm chất không thay đổi theo giống và số của danh từ.
Ví dụ:
- An old woman (Một bà lão) & Old women (Các bà lão)
- An old man (Một ông lão) & Old men (Các ông lão)
2/ Vị trí của tính từ chỉ phẩm chất
Trước danh từ.
Ví dụ:
- A poor family (Một gia đình nghèo)
- Sau danh từ, nếu tính từ có bổ ngữ kèm theo.
Ví dụ:
- Burgundy is a region famous for its wines
(Burgundy là một vùng nổi tiếng về các loại rượu vang)
- A shelf full of crockery (Một ngăn chứa đầy đồ sành sứ)
Sau các động từ Be, Become, Seem, Appear, Feel, Get/Grow, Keep, Look, Make, Smell, Sound, Taste, Turn.
Ví dụ:
- He looks world-weary (Anh ta có vẻ chán đời)
- This event made them more optimistic (Sự kiện này khiến họ lạc quan hơn)
- This milk smells sour (Sữa này có mùi chua)

Phân biệt
- This waiter looks very curious (Người hầu bàn này trông rất tò mò) và He looks curiously at his boss (Anh ta nhìn chủ mình với vẻ tò mò)
* VERBAL ADJECTION:
Được thành lập từ quá khứ phân từ (V +ed) và hiện tại phân từ (V + ing)
Tính từ tận cùng bằng ING cho biết tính chất công việc, sự việc (mang nghĩa chủ động)
Ex: The film is boring
Tính từ tận cùng bằng ED cho biết trạng thái, cảm xúc của người nào đối với việc gì, điều gì (mang nghĩa bị động)
Ex: I’m bored with the film
The boring film made her bored
Các cặp tính từ thường gặp:
- Interested (in) - interesting : thú vị, thích
- tired (of) - tiring : mệt mỏi
- frightened (of) - frightening : Sợ
- surprised (at) - surprising : ngạc nhiên
- amused (at) - amusing : làm vui, vui
- excited (about / at) - exciting : thích thú
- amazed (at) - amazing : kinh ngạc
- exhausted (at) - exhausting ; xấu hổ
- pleased (with) - pleasing : hài lòng
- bored (with) - boring : chán nản
BÀI TẬP ỨNG DỤNG
I/ Chọn từ thích hợp:
Are you (interesting/ interested) in football?
The football match was quite (exciting/ excited). I enjoyed it.
It’s sometimes (embarrassing/ embarrassed) when you have to ask people for money
Do you usually get (embarrassing/ embarrassed) ?
I had never expected to get the job. I was really (amazing/ amazed) when I was offer it.
She has really very fast. She has made (astonishing/ astonished) progress
I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not (amusing/ amused)
It was a really (terrifying/ terrified) experience. Afterwards everybody was very (shocking/ shocked)
Why do you always look so (boring/ bored)? Is your life really so (boring/ bored)?
He’s one of the most (boring/ bored) people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never say anything (interesting/ interested).
At first I thought Jake was an interesting/ interested guy, but tonight I felt somewhat boring/ bored with his company.
She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing/ astonished progress.
It was very disappointing/ disappointed not to get the job.
Philip was exceptionally annoying/ annoyed at Joanne`s behaviour.
I thought the program on wildlife was fascinating/ fascinated. I was absolutely fascinating/ fascinated.
We were thrilling/ thrilled to hear your good news.
It was really terrifying/ terrified experience. Afterwards everybody vv; very shocking/ shocked.
The journey took all day and night. They found it very tiring/ tired.
Did Tim feel frightening/ frightened when he saw the snake at his feet?
Why do you always look so boring/ bored. Is your life really
II) Hoàn chỉnh các câu trong mỗi tình huống. Dùng từ đã cho + "ing", "ed"
The film wasn`t as good as we had expected. (disappoint)
The film was _____ .
We were _____ with the film.
Diana teaches young children. It`s a very hard job but