STEVE| 1. Describing Things - 2. Very, So & Such - 3. One, Some & Any |
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1. DESCRIBING THINGS |
| We describe things with words called adjectives. a small frog a green frog |
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| We often use more than one adjective at a time. a small green frog |
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| ANNE And a big strong tail. |
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| We use adjectives that describe size before colour. a small green frog a small green frog |
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| If the thing has more than one colour, we use and a small green and red frog |
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| If we want to say what type something is, we say it after size and colour. a small green and red toy frog |
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 If we want to say what type something is, we say it after size and colour.a small green and red toy frog When we describe a quality, we usually say it first. a happy green and red toy frog |
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| ANNE It’s got beautiful big brown eyes. |
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More Information: see episode 11 for more about adjectives |
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2. VERY, SO & SUCH |
| very We use very with adjectives to mean 'more than' or 'extremely'. very big You can say very twice to mean 'much more than' very, very big |
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| STEVE He has very, very strong arms and legs. |
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| Notice that we use a comma when writing very twice. very, very big |
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| Very can be used before or after the things it is describing. You have very beautiful eyes. Your eyes are very beautiful. |
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| STEVE Yeah. And ears. Very big ears. ANNE His fur looks very soft. |
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| STEVE I think that’s a willy wagtail. They’re very fast and they move around a lot |
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| STEVE Very colourful, isn’t it? There’s lots in Australia. Big ones and small ones. We have a very big one called a kookaburra. It has a very interesting laugh. |
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| So & such You can use so instead of very to mean the same thing. Your eyes are so beautiful. |
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ANNE He’s so cute! |
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But we use so only after the things being described. You have so beautiful eyes. XX |
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| We use such before the things being described and say: You have such beautiful eyes. |
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| ANNE It’s cute. It’s got such a long tail. |
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| If you use such to describe a single thing, you use a. You have such a beautiful smile. |
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| ANNE It’s cute. It’s got such a long tail. |
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| For things that can’t be counted we just use such. It’s such lovely weather. |
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3. ONE, SOME & ANY |
| We use the word one instead of naming the thing we are talking about if it’s clear what we are talking about. There’s a black and white bird. There’s a black and white one. |
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| ANNE Oh, look at that little black and white one. |
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| If there are more than one we use ones. I like black and white birds. I like black and white ones. |
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| STEVE Very colourful, isn’t it? There’s lots in Australia. Big ones and small ones. |
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| We only use one and ones with things that can be counted. For things that can’t be counted, such as milk, we use some or any. Do we have milk? Yes, we have some. or Do we have milk? No, we don’t have any. |
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