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Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives

Use an adjective to describe a noun. An adjective always comes before the noun it describes

 Use an adjective after verb to be and sense verbs:

Tamer is angry; what has happened? Come and have lunch with me; the food tastes nice

● to describe a noun. We put the adjective before the noun. She is a talented singer. That‟s an expensive car.

● If there is no noun, we put the adjective after the verb be. I am happy. It is interesting.

Uses of comparative adjectives

● to make comparisons: We need a bigger house.

● to compare two things: My brother is older than me.

● to describe how something changes: She is growing taller.

NOTE: We use a lot, much, far or a little before the comparative adjective to say that there‟s a big or a small
difference between the two things: The Giza pyramids are far older than the Cairo Citadel.

Those cakes are a little cheaper than these ones Nessma is much more sensible than she used to be

Uses of superlative adjectives

● to compare three or more things: I like all your books, but this one is the best.
● to describe extremes: Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth.
● With short adjectives (1 syllable), we usually add -er to make comparatives and -est to make superlatives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Long longer longest

● When an adjective ends in -e, we add -r to make comparatives and -st to make superlatives.

Nice nicer nicest

● When an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant.

Big bigger biggest

● When an adjective ends in a consonant and -y, we replace it with -ier in
comparatives and -iest insuperlatives.

Happy happier happiest

● With long adjectives (two or more syllables), we usually add more for comparatives and most for superlatives.

Expensive more most
expensive expensive

● Some adjectives have irregular comparatives and superlatives.

Good better best
Bad worse worst
Far farther/furthest farthest/furthest

Compound adjectives

● Use compound adjectives (adjective or adverb + past participle) to describe a noun. Put the compound
adjective before the noun it describes. Use a hyphen to link the two parts of the adjective together.

She is a very well-rounded person. Spanish is a widely-spoken language.

Comparative phrases

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