ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS Pirchy Dayan

WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?  Adjectives are used to describe nouns. They usually come before nouns and add information about: shape, color, size, material, quality and quantity. big, beautiful, brown  This is a big, beautiful, brown house.  Adjectives are used to answer the following questions:  Which?mobile  Which?  Did you lose your mobile phone?  What kind? long, red  What kind?  I like your long, red sweater.  How many? five  How many?  There are five girls in our group.

COMMON ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES

WHAT ARE ADVERBS?  Adverbs are used to describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb. they answer the following questions. They usually come after the verb.  How?quickly. (manner)  How?  she ran quickly. (manner)  When?yesterday. (time)  When?  I left the house yesterday. (time)  Where?here. (place)  Where?  I lost my glasses here. (place)  How much / to what degree? very too(degree)  How much / to what degree?  I like you very much. It is too hot to walk (degree)

CHANGING ADJECTIVES INTO ADVERBS

DEGREES OF COMPARISON as_________as  We use as_________as when we want to compare two things that are similar. as tall as  Dan is as tall as sharon. as nice as  My family is as nice as yours. as fast as  I got here as fast as I could not as ________ as  We use not as ________ as when we want to show that two things are not the same. isn’t as old as  Sharon isn’t as old as Dan. wasn’t as difficult as  The test wasn’t as difficult as I expected.

COMPARATIVE ______er than  We use ______er than when we want to compare two things that are different. We use this for short adjectives. taller than  Dan is taller than Sharon. thinner than  Sharon is thinner than Dan. happier than  Sharon is happier than Dan more _________ than  We use more _________ than when we want to compare two things that are different. We use this for long adjectives. more intelligent than  Sharon is more intelligent than Dan. more serious than  Dan is more serious than Sharon.

SUPERLATIVE the ________est  We use the ________est when we want to compare one against many. We use this for short adjectives. the tallest  Dan is the tallest in the class. the nicest  Sharon is the nicest girl in the school. the healthiest  Dan is the healthiest boy I know. the most ______  We use the most ______ when we want to compare one against many. We use this for long adjectives. the most beautiful  Sharon is the most beautiful girl in class. the most interesting  Dan is the most interesting boy I have ever met.

SPELLING RULES & EXCEPTIONS  Good  better  best  Bad  worse  worst  Far  further/ farther  furthest/ farthest  Big  bigger  biggest  Happy  happier  happiest  Nice  nicer  nicest

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING/-ED –ed –ing  Someone is –ed if something or something is –ing.  cause –ing effect -ed  cause –ing  effect -ed amazedamazing  I was amazed because the movie was amazing. disappointeddisappointing  He is disappointed because his test grade is disappointing. annoyedannoying  They were annoyed because he was annoying. surprisingsurprised  My present was surprising so I was surprised.