1. Present
participle
Past
Participle
Verb
bore
boring
bored
excite
exciting
excited
interest
interesting
interested
shock
shocking
shocked..

2. Developing
countries
Developed
countries
Boiling water
Boiled water

3. SOME EXAMPLES
Turkey is a developing country.
The USA and England are developed countries.
There is some boiled water in the fridge.
You should put macaroni into boiling water..

4. Jane’s job is boring.
MORE EXAMPLES
Jane’s bored (with her job).
Julia thinks politics is very interesting.
Julia is very interested in politics.
The news was shocking.
We were shocked when we heard the news..

5. Choose the correct word
Are you ( interested, interesting ) in football?
He’s one of the most (boring, bored) people I’ve ever met.
The film was (disappointing
disappointed)..

6. She had a (tired, tiring) day.
We were all very (worrying, worried) when he didn’t come home..

7. = TRANSLATE =
1) Ağlayan çocuk annesini arıyor.
The crying child is looking for her mother.
2) A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Yuvarlanan taş yosun tutmaz.
3) The broken chair is in the kitchen.
Kırık sandalye mutfakta..

8. Comparative and superlative adjectives
For short adjectives we use -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative.
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
small
smaller
smallest
cheap
cheaper
cheapest
young
younger
youngest
long
longer
longest..

9. 1 Expensive ex-pen-sive More expensive Most expensive Interesting
For adjectives of three or more syllables we use more for the comparative and most for the superlative 1
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
Expensive
ex-pen-sive
More expensive
Most expensive
Interesting
in-ter-est-ing
More interesting
Most interesting ..

10. 2
For two - syllable adjectives ending in a consonant +y, change the -y to -i and add -er and -est. 3
A few other two syllable adjectives also take -er and -est..

11. EXAMPLES
funny (fun-ny)
funnier
funniest
easy (eas-y)
easier
easiest
clever (clev-er)
cleverer
cleverest..

12. Most other two syllable adjectives take more and most
Boring (bor-ing)
More boring
Most
boring
Modern
(mod-ern)
More modern
Most modern..

13. Some two syllable adjectives can take either -er /-est or more/most
Polite
(po-lite)
Politer / more polite
Politest / most polite
Common
com-mon
Commoner / more common
Commonest /
most common ..

14. Irregular comparatives and superlatives
adjective
comparative
superlative
good
better
best
bad
worse
worst
far
farther / further
farthest /furthest
little
less
least
much/many
more
most..

15. HERE IS SOME EXAMPLES The Amazon is longer than the Mississippi.
Good health is more important than money.
The Nile is the longest river in the world.
Who is the best footballer in Europe?
He is one of the most stupid people I know.
I think that was one of the worst days of my life..

16. as ....... as Ali is as old as Veli.
Istanbul is as beautiful as New York.
Ali is not as fat as Veli.
Ankara is not as crowded as Istanbul..

17. Translate the followings into Turkish.
1)Ayşe is more beautiful than her mother.
Ayşe annesinden daha güzeldir.
2)Ali speaks English bettter than his friends.
Ali İngilizce’yi arkadaşlarından daha iyi konuşur.
3)It’s not as cold today as yesterday.
Bugün hava dünkü kadar soğuk değil.
4)English is not as difficult as Chinese..
İngilizce Çince kadar zor değildir..

18. 3)The new machine is ................ than the old one.. (cheap)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives given in the brackets.
most important
1)It’s the victory of his career. Now everyone agrees that he’s the player in the world. (important - good)
best
younger
2)He’s than his sister. She’s the in the family. (old - young)
oldest
cheaper
3)The new machine is than the old one.. (cheap)