文法跟讀 In-Tense Ep.057: Indefinite Adjectives 不定冠詞

Welcome to 15mins.today, the home of English Shadowing, I am your host Gavin, and this is InTense Episode 57. Well, hooray guys! We are on the last one of the adjectives number 5, so we have covered four other ones in the previous episodes and today we're doing the fifth one.

They are called indefinite articles and what they are, they are adjectives that don't specify the specific amount of something, and I will give you some examples: all, each, more, several, another, either, most, some, any, few, neither, both, many, other, so there is a good list of indefinite adjectives, again, I will reiterate, as long as you know that these words are adjectives, it does not matter if you know they are indefinite adjectives, unless you really care about that. But most people would just be satisfied to know that these are adjectives. So, when I look at a sentence and I have to pull it apart for grammar, as long as I know it's an adjective, that's fine. That's what I learned at school, nobody ever asked me what adjective it was. What kind of adjective? I never learned this at school in basic grammar. As long as you know it is an adjective, you will be fine most of the time. But some people like to know things, so here you go. So, let's look at some examples.

Did John eat all the pizza? No, he did not eat all the pizza.

Is each appointment important? Yes, each appointment is important.

Is each appointment important? No, each appointment is not important.

Would you like more cake? Yes, I would like more cake.

Would you like more cake? No, I would not like more cake.

Were you in Tokyo for several days? Yes, I was in Tokyo for several days.

Were you in Tokyo for several days? No, I was not in Tokyo for several days.

Did Peter miss another meeting? Yes, he missed another meeting.

Did Peter miss another meeting? No, he did not miss another meeting. Would

you like some tea? Yes, I would like some tea.

Would you like some tea? No, I would not like some tea.

Did either Suzan or James do the report? Yes, both Suzan and James did the report.

Did either Susan or James do the report. No, neither Suzan nor James did the report.

Did he use the other car? Yes, he used the other car.

Did he use the other car? No, he did not use the other car.

Did Gavin eat the most? Yes, he ate the most.

Did Gavin eat the most? No, he did not eat the most well.

There you go guys, some good examples. I hope this is helpful, again, I will underline the appropriate words in the transcript. I hope that is helpful. That's the end of adjectives. Hooray! We will move on to something new in the next episode. Take care and catch you in the next one bye, bye!