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We use an adjective to describe a noun and a pronoun. An adjective tells about: a personan animala place a thing

An adjective answers the following questions: What kind? Which one? How many? I found a red rose in the cave. What kind of rose? Red Will you give me three tickets, please. How many tickets? Three I would eat these cakes. Which cakes? These.

Usually an adjective comes in front of the noun it is describing. e.g.The big balloon floated over the dark sea. An adjective can also come after certain verbs. These include: be (am, is, are), seem, look, appear, sound, smell, taste, feel, get, become, remain, keep. e.g. The room smells good.

demonstrative possessive quantitative distributive of quality/ descriptive interrogative This dress is new. I need a little milk in the coffee. Every student should have a book and a workbook. The heavy box was on the floor. Which blouse do you like? My uncle lives in the USA.

Adjectives which give us objective information are called fact adjectives: sunny, hot, young, large Adjectives which give us objective information are called fact adjectives: sunny, hot, young, large Adjectives which tell us what someone thinks of someone are called opinion adjectives: nice, ugly, pretty Remember: opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives. Sometimes there are two or more fact adjectives. Put them in the following order: how big? 1 how big? 1 how old? 2 how old? 2 what color? 3 what color? 3 where from? 4 where from? 4 what is it made of? 5 what is it made of? 5 a noun a tall young man big blue eyes a small black plastic bag

Sometimes we can recognize an adjective by its ending. Endings include: -able, -al, -en, -ful, -ic, -ive, -less, -ous, -y Endings include: -able, -al, -en, -ful, -ic, -ive, -less, -ous, -y admirable active natural careless wooden funny beautiful serious Comic healthy admirable active natural careless wooden funny beautiful serious Comic healthy

Positive degree – the simplest form. Comparative degree – comparing two things or persons. Superlative degree – comparing three or more things or persons. PositiveComparativeSuperlative largelarger thanthe largest horriblemore horrible thanthe most horrible

Add -er and -est to short adjectives of one syllable (sometimes two syllables) PositiveComparativeSuperlative shortshorter thanthe shortest greatgreater thanthe greatest smallsmaller thanthe smallest oldolder thanthe oldest If a short adjective ends with consonant and -y, change the -y to -i and add -er and -est. PositiveComparativeSuperlative luckyluckier thanthe luckiest heavyheavier thanthe heaviest happyhappier thanthe happiest sillysillier thanthe silliest uglyuglier thanthe ugliest

If a short adjective ends with -e, add –r (comparative) and –st (superlative). PositiveComparativeSuperlative nicenicer thanthe nicest finefiner thanthe finest For an adjective that ends in C-V-C, double the final consonant and add –er (comparative) and –est (superlative). PositiveComparativeSuperlative hothotter thanthe hottest thinthinner thanthe thinnest Do not double –y and –w at the end of the words. PositiveComparativeSuperlative newnewer thanthe newest greygreyer thanthe greyest

Put more (less) and most(least) in front of longer adjectives (with two or more syllables) to show comparison. PositiveComparativeSuperlative interestingmore interesting thanthe most interesting remarkablemore remarkable thanthe most remarkable beautifulmore beautiful thanthe most beautiful Irregular adjectives PositiveComparativeSuperlativePositiveComparativeSuperlative badworse thanthe worstfarfarther than further than the farthest the furthest goodbetter thanthe bestmanymore thanthe most littleless thanthe leastoldelder thanthe eldest

When we compare people, things or events which are the same, use as + adjective + as. e.g. She is as tall as her mother. When we compare people, things or events which are the same, use as + adjective + as. e.g. She is as tall as her mother. When we compare people, things or events which are different, use not as + adjective + as. e.g. Dan is not as strong as his elder brother. When we compare people, things or events which are different, use not as + adjective + as. e.g. Dan is not as strong as his elder brother.

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