Adjectives-Adverbs-Comparisons

Adjectives-Adverbs-Comparisons

by sevara

Adjectives

Adjectives — describe nouns.
They have the same form in the singular and plural.
They go before nouns (e.g. a small house) but after the verbs such as be, look, smell, sound, feel, taste, seem, appear, become, get, stay, etc. (e.g. she is beautiful. He seems unhappy)
a small house
he seems unhappy
Classification of adjectives
• Opinion adjectives
Show what a person thinks
of sb or smth.
e.g. boring, exciting, etc.
•Fact adjectives
Give us factual information about age,size,colour,
origin, material, etc.
e.g. tall, thin, new, etc.
Attention!
The following adjectives have different meanings:
• He gave her a gold ring.(= a ring made of gold)
They walked on a golden sand. (= the sand colour of gold)
• She bought a silk blouse.(= a blouse made of a silk)
This new shampoo promises to give you a silky hair. (= hair which feels like silk)
• They walked up the stone pass. (= path made of stone)
The man had a stony look on his face. (= cold look like a stone)
a stone
a stony face
Adverbs
Adverbs — describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs
or sentences.
•An adverb can be one word (carefully) or phrase (in the morning)
•Adverbs can describe manner ( how?), place (where?), time (when?),
frequency (how often?), degree (to what extent?) etc.
Examples:
a) He drives carefully. (how?)
b) Your bag is here. (where?)
c) They will leave tomorrow. (when?)
d) He sometimes goes fishing at the weekends. (how often?)
e) She is very polite. (how polite is she?)
Formation of adverbs
•We usually form adverbs by adding -ly to the adjective: serious - seriously
•Adjectives ending -le drop the -e and take -y: gentle - gently
•Adjectives ending consonant + y drop the -y and take -ily: happy - happily
•Adjectives ending -l take -ly: afwul – awfully
•Adjectives ending –ic usually take –ally: iconic- iconically
•Adjectives ending in –e take –ly: polite – politely ; true- truly
Comparisons
Comparisons of adjectives
Comparisons of adverbs
The comparative
The superlative
•usually take –er as a comparative
and –est as a superlative
•Adverbs formed by adding –ly
To the adjective take more in the
comparative and most in the
superlative form.
The comparative and the superlative adjectives

• The comparative of one-syllable adjectives is formed by adding –er.

e.g: hard - harder; small - smaller; soft – softer
b) The comparative of three or more syllable adjectives is formed by adding
more before the adjective
e.g: more comfortable; more interesting
c) The superlative of one-syllable adjectives is formed by adding –est. in the end
and the before the adjective
e.g: the hardest; the smallest; the softest
d)The superlative of three or more syllable adjectives is formed by adding the
and most before the adjective
e.g: the most comfortable; the most interesting

Important!
• Some one-syllable adjectives of abstract meaning such as clear, safe, true, free
wise, etc. take either -er/-est or more/most
e.g. clear – clearer – the cleanest
more clean – the most clean
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives:
good/well – better – the best
bad/badly – worse – the worst
much/many, a lot of – more – most
little – less – least
far – further/ farther – the furthest/ the farthest
Thank you for ATTENTION!