Adjusting, modifying: technical verbs
Try this quiz to discover a few verbs that we use to show how things can be changed. There are certainly are lot more that are not in the quiz, but we can see from the Germanic side of English there are many that can be formed from the adjective, plus ‘-en’: widen, shorten, thicken, heighten etc.
If you can’t think of a good verb, the strategy is to use ‘make’ with the comparative form – ‘heavy’ for example, has no accompanying verb like in French lourd –> aloudir. So in English, would have to say, ‘make it heavier’.
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You can download a list of adjectives that are helpful here
Categories: prononciation | 
Tags: adjectif, verbes | 
3 Comments »
Taralil, thanks for your comment, I just came back from my holidays, it was great. Keep practising your English, even during the summer break!
bonsoir
desoléé j ai mal cmpris dans les 3pr exercices mais a la fin j ai compris qu il s agit de faire le contraire j ai pas pu en revenir pour les corriger
Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for your advice, I’m gonna use them, thanks also for the songs and the lyrics, they’re usely good.
Have a nice holiday, see you soon!
My best regards
Taralil