Adjectives
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Adjectives

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bulletWe use adjectives to describe people and things.

           e.g.  (  old,  small,   friendly,   rich,   cheap )

bulletThe form of adjectives never changes.

          e.g.  a poor man  ;  two poor men

bullet We put an adjective before a noun.

          e.g. I saw a beautiful girl.

bulletWe also put an adjective after these verbs :
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   am   is    are    look    feel     taste     smell

            Examples :

             Mary looks happy.

             He is hungry.

             Peter feels hot.

             The food tastes sweet.

Practice                             

 Level 3

Exercise  1 Exercise  2

 

Opposites

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The following adjectives are opposites.

tidy untidy
clean dirty
hot cold
tall short
thin fat/ thick
full empty
long short
big small
beautiful ugly
easy hard
cheap expensive
clever stupid
hard-working lazy
happy unhappy/ sad
old new
careful careless
kind unkind

 

Practice                             

 Level 3

Exercise  1 Exercise  2

 

 

 

 

Comparative  &  Superlative  adjectives 

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Short adjectives

Adjective

Comparative

Superlative

tall

taller

tallest

fat

fatter

fattest

slow

slower

slowest

hot

hotter

hottest

cheap

cheaper

cheapest

thin

thinner

thinnest

big

bigger

biggest

fast

faster

fastest

small

smaller

smallest

 

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Long adjectives

Adjective

Comparative

Superlative

careless

more careless

most careless

expensive

more expensive

most expensive
difficult more difficult most difficult
comfortable more comfortable most comfortable

       

bulletAdjectives ending with -y
Adjective Comparative Superlative
hungry hungrier hungriest
happy happier happiest
heavy heavier heaviest

 

bulletIrregular adjectives
Adjective Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
many more most
little/ few less least

 

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To compare things, we use a comparative adjective + than.

           e.g.  Tom is taller than peter.

                   Peter is more careful than Tom.

                        Sally's English is better than Mary's.

 

bulletWe usually use the before the superlative.

          e.g. London is the biggest city in England.

                    Peter is the most careful student in the class.

                Tom is tall.  Peter is taller than him.  John is the tallest.

Practice                             

 Level 4

Exercise  1 Exercise  2