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This presentation has been taken, revised and adapted from different sources by
Mercedes Urdaneta de Gonzlez
What is an adjective?
It is a word that describes a noun.
Old
Big
Small
New
Long
Empty
Short
Full
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
1. In English, adjectives do not take an S in the plural; they do not change.
Example: A red book
Two red books
2. In English we write an adjective:
a. Before a noun: A big house
b. After the verb To Be: The house is big
3. Adjectives tell us more about a noun (function). They can:
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1. * Value/opinion:
2. * Size:
3. * Age/Temperature:
4. * Shape:
5. * Colour:
6. * Origin:
7. * Material:
1. Equal degree:
2. Greater degree:
Exceptions:
1. If the adjective or adverb has only one syllable and ends in a
single vowel followed by d or g, the consonant is doubled
when the er is added. Ex. Red ----- Redder than
Big ----- Bigger than
2. If the adjective or adverb ends in y, you replace it by i
followed by er.
Ex. Happy -- Happier than
Messy ---- Messier than
Busy ---- Busier than
Easy ------ Easier than
3) Some adjectives and adverbs have irregular comparative
forms.
Ex. Bad (ly) --- Worse than Far ------ Farther than
Good ------ Better than Little ---- Less than
Much ------ More than
Well ---- Better than
3) Lesser Degree:
The superlative
concerns itself with the
extremes of a given
scale with regard to a
specific set:
REGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjectives
One Syllable:
Young
One Syllable
+ y: Easy
Two syllables
Happy
Comparative
Superlative
Younger than
The youngest
Easier than
The easiest
More
Less
happy than
happy than
Happier than
The
The
most happy
least happy
The happiest
Adjectives
Comparative
Superlative
three
Syllables or
more:
More beautiful
than
The most
beautiful
Beautiful
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjectives
good
bad
far
Comparative
Better than
Worse than
Farther than
(physical difference)
far
Further than
(mental difference)
quiet
Quieter than
Superlative
The best
The worst
The farthest
The quiest
Activities
Look at the following picture. Use adjectives to
make sentences
Dragons have:
A camel head,
a snake neck,
fish scales,
eagle claws,
tiger paws,
ox ears,
deer hornes and
whiskers
Big
Small
New
Long
Short
Empty
Full
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