Adjectives in context

Nota: recordar que los adjetivos describen piezas, partes, repuestos, usados dentro y fuera de
la maquinaria y los vehículos automotrices .

Adjectives for color: blue, red, yellow, and the like;

Adjectives for shapes; circular, triangular, square, rectangular and the
like; Adjectives for type of surface: rough, soft, wet, dry, and the like.

TABLA # 1
El orden de los adjetivos en una frase
Adjetivos: Ejemplos Traducción
1. De ubicación o f unción Computer tab les Mesas para Computadores
inmediatamente preceden
al sustantivo
2. Describen el material del que está P l a stic computer tab les Mesas de plástico para computadores
hecho el objeto, preceden al anterior
3. Inf orman de la procedencia del Amer i can plastic computer tab les
Mesas norteamericanas de plástico
objeto, para computadores
inmediatamente
4. Inf orman preceden
sobre el valor al
o precio, $15 American plastic computer Mesas norteamericanas de plástico de
inmediatamente preceden al anterior tab les 15 dólares para computadores
5. Describen el color del objeto, W hi te $15 American plastic Mesas b lancas norteamericanas de
inmediatamente se ubican antes computer tab les plástico de 15 dólares
del precio. para computadores
6. Los que inf orman sobre la f orma, New white $15 American plastic Nuevas mesas norteamericanas
edad, calidad o tamaño se computer tab les b lancas de plástico de 15 dólares
mencionan primero. para computadores
RESUMEN AGE+QUALITY+SIZE+COLOR+PRI Edad+calidad+tamaño+color + precio+
CE nacionalidad+ material s us tantivo
NATIONALITY+MATERIAL + NOUN
A modern great b ig green Un moderno auto hib rido japonés
EXAMPLE: unexpensive Japanese hyb rid car grande de color verde económico

EJEMPLO DE LA SECUENCIA DE ADJETIVOS MULTIPLES ANTES DEL SUSTANTIVO

(NUCLEO)

QUANTITY OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIA PURPOSE NOUN
L

Five Sma ll New Toothed Silver Korea n Steel Driving GEARS

Ba ttered Old Sha peless Gra y Cotton Work OVERALLS

Ma ny Ma gnificent Current Chilea n Reference HANDBOOKS

One Studious Young America n MECHANIC

Few Shiny Round Golden India n SEALS

Ma ny Well-ma de Tiny Elonga ted Brown Steel connecting RODS

Severa l Expens ive La rge Beige Cotton Infla ting AIRBAGS

Page 1 | ENME02 Workbook

Adjectives for dimensions
EXERCISE 15 Complete the table. Use your dictionary.

Adjective High Long Deep Wide

long Width
Noun High Depth

EX ERCISE 16 Complete the sentences with the correct word in brackets . Use your dictionary.

1. This Toyota car is 1.745 width (wide / width).

2. It has a long of 4.460 mm (long / length)
3. And it is 1.490 mm high (high / height)

EXERCISE 17 Change these nouns into adjectives .

1 depth: deep 3 width: wide

2 height: tall 4 length: long
Ron is making a new door. Alan is helping him.

Study these adjectives

high 2 millimetres high.

w ide is it? It’s 10 centimetres w ide.
How
long are they? They’re 100 metres long.
deep 1000 kilometres deep

Engine Dimensions

Height, width, length and weight of a typical Rover V8 engine

 EXERCISE 18 Make short conversations.

Example: (a) The door is one metre wide.

Note: m = metre Write Say

mm = millimetre 2m… two metres
km = kilometre

A- The door is one meter wide. F- The ruler measures twenty

B - The window is one meter high millimeters wide.
C- The house is ten meters high. G-The car is fifteen hundred
D-the street is five meters wide. millimeters tall
E- The table is two meters long H- The table is one meter wide
Dimensions
All dimensions are approximate:

Explain the three cases.(*), (**), (***).

Adjectives for materials

Read the texts and complete the table below. (You are applying the Scanning technique).

1 Seat covers in luxury cars are made from leather. It is made from animal skins and is strong
flexible. It doesn’t melt, but it can burn.

2 The instrument panel is placed in front of the driver’s seat. Holes are cut in the panel, and the
instruments are placed behind the holes. Some luxury cars have wooden instrument panels.
These are very expensive. The material is hard, but not flexible. You can cut i t, but you can’t
bend it or stretch it. it doesn’t melt, but it burns.

3 The cheapest car in the world today has a light but strong two-cylinder petrol engine, with a
capacity of 623 cc. The engine is made of aluminum. It is placed at the rear and drives the
two rear wheels.

4 Heavy goods vehicles have special, heavy tyres. The rubber composite makes the tyre tough
but flexible. The steel cords in the tyre walls make the tyres very strong, but heavy.

5 Cars have one or two silencers. Modern cars have s teel silencers. These are coated
with aluminum and are strong, rigid and corrosion – resistant.

6 Most wheels are made of steel of more expensive cars are made from a light but strong
alloy. This is more expensive than steel, but it looks better.

7 Most fuel tanks are made of steel, but the tanks of some small cars are made of plastic. Both
plastic and steel tanks are rigid, hard and water-resistant. Some of the plastic tanks have heat
– resistant steel plates fixed to them.

Pa rt Ma teri a l Properti es (a dj ecti ves )

1 s ea t cover Lea ther, Strong,

2 panel instrument Wooden hard

3 petrol engine Aluminium

4 tyres 1) Rubber compos i te 1) Tough, fl exi bl e

2) steel cords 2) strong, heavy
5 silencer steel Corrosión-resistant

6 wheels 1) Steel 1) No i nforma ti on gi ven

2) strong alloy 2) No i nforma ti on gi ven
7 fuel tank 1) platic 1) hard and water-resistant.
2) steel 2) hard and water-resistant.
 More adjectives
EXERCISE 19 Circle the correct adjective. Use your dictionary.

1 Polystyrene is a tough / soft material. You can’t break it easily.

2 Concrete is a rigid / tough material. It doesn’t bend easily.
3 Polycarbonate is a hard / light material. You can lift it easily.
4 This glass is brittle / fragile. You can break it very easily.
5 These plastic rulers are very flexible / rigid. They can bend them with ease.

EXERCISE 20 Complete these. Use hyphens (-). Note : Be careful with plural nouns.

1 The plane is ready for the road. It’s a road-ready plane.

2 The engine has a cycle of four strokes. It’s a four-stroke engine.
3 The propeller has three blades. It’s a three-bladed propel l er.
4 The cable is six metres long. It’s a six-meters cable.
5 This computer is activated when you use your voice. It’s a voice-activated com puter.
6 That ticket machine starts when you touch the screen. It’s a touch-screen ticket
machine.

EXERCISE 21 Identify the material from the description. Choose from the words in the box.

ALUMI NI UM CERAMI C POLYCARBONATE

POLYSTYRENE RUBBER STEEL

1 Sunglasses are made of this material. It’s hard and tough plastic.
POLYCARBONATE

2 You can stretch this material and you can bend it, but it doesn’t break.
POLYSTYRENE

3 You can heat this material to a high temperature, but it doesn’t burn or melt. They use it in spark
plugs.
CERAMIC

4 Part of aeroplanes are made of this material. It’s a strong, light, corrosion – resistant metal.
ALUMI NI UM

Wankel Rotary Engine

EXERCISE 22 Complete the description of the Wankel rotary engine with the parts in
the diagrams.
A rotary engine is an internal combustion engine with a rotary (1) piston. The (2) edges

of the rotating piston open and close the ports in the (3) cylinder wal l, so no valves-a r e
needed. The triangular piston rotates in an oval –shaped (4) chambers

1 Intake. The rotary piston rotates. At the same time, it uncovers the (5) inlet port_.
This allows the (6) Air and fuel mixture t o flow into
cylinder.

2 Compression. The (7) piston_rotates. At the same time, the (8) mixture is compressed into
a small space between the piston and the cylinder wall.

3 Ignition. The compressed fuel is ignited by the two (9) spark plugs_ .

Immediately afterwards, the expanding gases drive the piston round on the power
stroke.

4 Exhaust. The piston rotates. Simultaneously, i t uncovers t h e (10) outlet port

.
This lets the (11) Exhaust gases _
escape.

5 The triangular piston creates three (12) edges So there are three ignitions for each rotation
of the piston.

6 The rotary engine has only two moving parts, the (13) piston and the (14)
Activity: find words in the puzzle to match these definitions

Y R E F R I G E R A N T G I J A Z I F A N
F E X P A N S I O N V A L V E G C K Y B O
X L P Q I Z T R J A S E T O F C O I L S T
E V A P O R A T O R K C O M P R E S S O R
C O N D E N S E R X M U B T Q A H N T R H
G E D E C O M P R E S S W U E L T W R B G

1 take in, for example, heat or moisture 7 a device that decompresses the
refrigerant in the coils

2 lower the pressure of something 8 a machine with an electric motor and

rotating blades that moves the air
around

3 increase in volume 9 a fluid that can evaporate and condense

5 a set of coils that gives out heat to 10 a system of pipes bent into a U-shape
the surrounding air many times

6 a set of coils that extracts heat from

the surrounding air

Match these words with these definitions

abacus boiler com pas s crane crank and rod hydraulic jack

pulley and belt robot s pectacles wedge wind turbine Windm ill

1 A machine that can use tools and is controlled by a computer robot

2 A machine that turns in the wind and generates electricity, or grinds corn windmill
3 A machine that is used to provide heating or hot water. boiler
4 A rod attached to a wheel which rotates when the rod moves backwards
and forwards crank and rod
5 A frame with two lenses worn over the eyes to help you see spectacles
6 A large tall machine used by builders for lifting very heavy things crane
7 A hand-held device used for calculating abacus
8 An instrument that shows directions and the north point compass
9 A machine that turns in the winds and generates electricity wind turbine
10 A machine with a wheel over which a belt, rope or chain passes pulley and belt
11 A piece of wood or metal with one thick edge and one pointed edge wedge
12 A tool for lifting a heavy weight off the ground and supporting it in the air hydraulic jack