Volume 2
The Codex: Adjectives & Descriptive Syntax
Attributive/Predicative Constraints, Participial Forms, Royal Ordering & Comparative Systems
A · The Royal Order Builder
B · Participial Contrast
-ING
Active cause / source
“The game is exciting.”
-ED
Passive experiencer
“The fans are excited.”
C · Distribution Alerts
- an asleep baby→a sleeping babyasleep is strictly predicative
- spicy something→something spicyindefinite pronouns take the adjective after them
- a two-hours walk→a two-hour walkcompound modifiers stay singular
- the rich has→the rich havesubstantive groups take plural verbs
18 rules
Reference Tables
The Volume 2 Reference Manual
Part 7
4-Tier Master Practice Workshop
Tier 1 · Mechanical Inflexion & Form Discrimination
Fill in the correct participial adjective (-ed or -ing)
The three-hour lecture on maritime logistics was very (tire) ; all the attendees felt completely (exhaust) .
Leo was (fascinate) by the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu match; it was the most (thrill) final he had ever seen.
The instructions on the tax form are so (confuse) that taxpayers feel utterly (frustrate) .
Provide the comparative or superlative form
This road is much (narrow) than the main highway.
February was the (cold) month of the entire winter.
Do you need any (far) information before submitting the grant?
Living near the mountains is (healthy) than residing in the industrial center.
Tier 2 · Ordering the Royal Adjective Series
Tier 3 · Sentence Assembly & Compound Measure Construction
(we / take / a / two hours / walk / through / the forest / yesterday)
(she / buy / a / fifty dollars / jacket / at / the clothing store)
(the / old / people / need / accessible / sidewalks / in / our town)
(the / fast / you / run / the / early / you / reach / the park)
(there / be / something / strange / inside / the old cupboard)
Tier 4 · Error Calibration & Register Correction
The baby was asleeping in his room, but his asleep brother woke him up.
We went on a three-weeks vacation and stayed in a modernest house of the beach.
She bought a silk red beautiful dress and felt very pleasing with her purchase.
The injureds were transported to the clinic by three emergency ambulances.
Extended Practice · 20 exercises
0/20 calibrated
Clear your answers and start again, or use Scribe's new variations (uses credits) only when you want something new.
1. Fill the gap
This quarter's results are (good) than last quarter's.
2. Fill the gap
It was the (bad) presentation of the whole conference.
3. Fill the gap
The new office is much (spacious) than the old one.
4. Fill the gap
Our team was (bore) by the long briefing.
5. Fill the gap
The figures in the report are really (worry).
6. Fill the gap
We took a (two hour) flight to Lisbon.
7. Fill the gap
She is the (young) director in the company's history.
8. Fill the gap
Traffic is getting and worse every year.
9. Choose
She bought a bag.
10. Choose
He works in a building.
11. Choose
The candidates were about the results.
12. Choose
This is hotel I have ever stayed in.
13. Choose
The second proposal is the first.
14. Choose
We need a solution.
15. Calibrate the sentence
This report is more clear than the previous one.
16. Calibrate the sentence
The meeting was very interested and productive.
17. Calibrate the sentence
We signed a five-years contract.
18. Calibrate the sentence
She is the most smart analyst on the team.
19. Calibrate the sentence
They live in a wooden old beautiful house.
20. Calibrate the sentence
The new software is more better than the old system.