ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

1. Comparative and Superlative adjectives

   • Comparative
     • One syllable
       • -er
     • Two syllables
       • -y and -ier
     • Two/ Three/ Four syllables
       • more + adjective
   • Superlative
     • Two syllable
       • drop -y and add -iest
     • Two/ Three/ Four syllables
       • the most + adjective
     • One syllable
       • -iest
   • two sylleble adjectives:
     • quiet, plesant, common, polite
       • -er or est
   • two syllable ending in -ow
     • -er or -est
   • two syllable ending in one vowel + b,d,g,n,p, tt:
     • -er or -est
   • irregulars:
     • good,bad.far
   • exceptions

2. They are words to describe nouns

3. Comparative structures

   • Things are more:
     • better than
     • more exciting... than
   • Things are less:
     • as\so expensive as
     • less expensive than
   • Or things are equal:
     • as popular as

4. Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed

   • -ed
     • to describe our feelings
       • I'm tired
   • -ing
     • to describe the things which make us feel like that
       • This work is tiring

5. Adjective position

   • Adjectives usually go in front of the word they describe
     • We visited an old house
   • can also follow verbs
     • get
     • be
     • look
     • seem
     • appear
     • sound
     • taste
     • smell
     • feel
   • nouns are used as adjectives

6. Adjective order

   • 2. age
   • 1. size
   • 3. shape
   • 4. colour
   • 5. origin
   • 5.material
   • 6. purpose

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