Adjective in English

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2. Adjective-is one of the English parts of speech and describes a noun or a pronoun.

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4. Adjective answer these questions Which one? ( yellow, that) What kind? (plastic, special) How many? (sixteen, many) Whose?

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Personal
pronouns
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
the 1st person
my
our
the 2nd person
the 3rd person
your
her
his
its
their

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There are three degrees
of comparison
adjectives:

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10. Comparative Degree we use the comparative degree when we compare two persons or two things with each other. Example : My house

11. Superlative degree we use the superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another. Example:

12. Forming the Comparative

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We add –er
to one syllable
adjectives.
Cold
Old
Tall
Fast
Colder
Older
Taller
Faster

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We add –er after
a vowel+consonant,
we double the final
consonant.
Hot
Big
Fat
Hotter
Bigger
Fatter

15. We add –er to one-syllable adjectives ending in –e.

Wide
Late
Large
Wider
Later
Larger

16. We add –ier to two-syllable adjectives after a consonant+ -y.

Easy
Early
Happy
Easier
Earlier
Happier

17. We use more with two or more syllable adjectives.

Beautiful
Famous
Useful
Comfortable
More beautiful
More famous
More useful
More comfortable

18. We can use –er or more with some two-syllable adjectives

Quieter
Cleverer
Narrower
Simpler
Commoner
or
or
or
or
or
More quiet
More clever
More narrow
More simple
More common

19. We use the comparative form of adjectives to compare one person, thing, etc. with another.

20. Red house is bigger than blue house

comparative + than
we use than after the comparative
Red house is bigger than blue house

21. Forming the Superlative

22. We use –est, -st or –iest to form the superlative of one-syllable adjectives.

old
older
the oldest
large
larger
the largest
happy
happier
the happiest
wet
wetter
the wettest
late
later
the latest

23. We use most to form the superlative of adjectives that have two or more syllables

comfortable
interesting
important
beautiful
famous
the most comfortable
the most interesting
the most important
the most beautiful
the most famous

24. We use the superlative form of the adjective to compare three or more people, things, etc.

25. the + superlative we use the before the superlative

He is the happiest
man in the world.

26. We use as+comparative+as to compare places, people, events or things, when there is no difference.

as + comparative + as
We use as+comparative+as
to compare places, people,
events or things, when
there is no difference.

27. Tom is 14 years old.

Marry is also 14 years old.
Marry is as old as Tom.

28. Examples

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Small
Small+er
the small+est

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older than …….
I am
58
the oldest of all
I am
70
I am
64
Bob
Molly
Barbara
Molly is old
Bob is older than Molly
Barbara is the oldest of all

31. The moon is as happy as the sun.

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beautiful
more
beautiful
the most
beautiful

33. A strawberry is smaller than a pumpkin.

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Bad – worse – the worst
Good – better – the best

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Good – better – the best
•Bad – worse – the worst
•Far – father - the farthest
•Old – older/elder – the oldest/eldest

36. Exercises

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Interesting
more interesting
___________
the most interesting
Dangerous
_______
more dangerous
the most dangerous
___________
Difficult
Wonderful
more difficult
the most difficult
___________
___________
more wonderful
the most wonderful
___________
___________
© Л.Б. Гмыря, учитель английского языка, МОУ СОШ № 72, 2007 г.

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Nice
Small
nicer
smaller
________
Big
the nicest
the smallest
bigger
Funny
funnier
___________
Happy
_________
happier
___________
Clever
_________
Long
New
______
______
Hot
the biggest
______________
the funniest
_______________
the happiest
cleverer the cleverest
_______________
longer
________
newer
_______
hotter
the longest
the newest
__________
the hottest