(GRAMMAR - ADJECTIVES GRAMMAR - ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES * COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES, We use the comparative adjective (and than) to ‘compare two things, people, actions or events: Who is shorter, you or your brother? ‘My homework is more difficult than yours. When a pronoun comes after than, itis usually an object pronoun (me, you, him, her it, us, or them) She is faster than me. You are more inteligent than him. We use the superlative adjective to compare a thing, person, action or event with the whole group to which this thing, person, action or event belongs. We normally use the before a superlative. After a superlative we can use in or of. We use in with a singular word for a place or group: Little Harry is the youngest in our family. Ellas the prettiest girl in our school For me Ronaldo is the most famous football player ofall This is the coldest month of the year. + not enough: Your test results are not good enough. The water wasn't warm enough to take a bath. + (not) as... as: Robert is as clever as his brother. Our new teacher is not as patient as Mrs Smith ‘We use so and such to emphasize the meaning of adjectives: | was so happy when our baby was born. (really happy) She is such a nice gir. (really nice) + such is used before an adjective followed by a noun: It was such a beautiful day. Angela and Tom are such good friends. + 50 is used before an adjective alone, without a noun: ‘twas so warm yesterday. | was so tired that | couldn’ fall asleep. {In exclamations with adjectives we can also use What and How: How nice of you to think of that! ‘To compare things, people and actions, we can also use What a lovely day! the following patterns: «+ what is used before an adjective followed by a noun: A What « good idea! ‘This cake is too sweet for me. What stupid things you're taking about! Our holiday was too short. Shae eles hrire ane cite sere marienia pom How strange! How kind of him to remind me! Spelling rules: ADJECTIVES Companarive SUPERLATIVE one-syllable add-er add est long longer harder the longest, the ha ‘one-syllable, ending with -e add-r aid aaa rice, large ricer, larger the nicest, the largest ‘one-syilabl, with one vowel and one ‘consonant at the end, hot, thin ‘wo-syllable, ending with a consonant and-y easy, funny ‘many two-syllable and all longer comfortable, modern easier, furmier ‘double the last consonant and add -er ‘add more before the adjective ‘more comfortable, more modem double the ast consonant and add -est ‘change -y to ~i and add ~est the easiest, the funniest add the most before the adjective the most comfortable, the most modem irregular good better bad worse lice less for | further farther) 200 the best the worst the least the furthest (farthest)@ Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box in the comparative or superlative form. popular hot comfortable good far lazy large dangerous slim ‘cheap 1 July isthe hottest __ month in my country. 2. My T-shirt cost only $10, it was much than yours. 3. Why haven't you tidied up your room yet? You're person | know. 4 Were you born in France? Your French accent is even than our teacher’. 5 Everyone likes Hannah, She is girl in our school, 6 Johnlives____—_away fromme now, so we don't see each other that often, 7. The first two weeks of a new diet were difficult but I'm now than ever before. 8 Why don't you sit on the sofa? caer than the chair. 9 Isboxing Oris it rugby? 10 The Pacific Ocean is water and covers a third of the Earth. sport in the US? area of © Complete the gaps with the adjectives in brackets in the comparative or superlative form. My three "best: _ (good) friends are very different but we get on very well together. Kathy is certainly * (intelligent) of all of us ~ think, she’s a genius. Her IQis > (high) than her much older brother’. But Kathy is also very shy and much «____Gquiet) than Celia, Fiona and me. Celia loves sport and she's * (fast) long,-distance runner in our school. She's ot So good at team sports though — in fact, she's : (bad) basketball player I know. Strange, isn't i? And Fiona doesn't like sport at all. Shes? __(funny) gil in the world and everybody likes her company. Recently though, shehasbecome'_______(serious) about life and her Future, perhaps because she is : (old) and" (mature) than us. (My three friends are even ®___ (close) to me than my own two sisters. think life is much” (easy) when you have nice people around. °. (sad) people | know are those who have no true friends © Using the word in capitals write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. 1. Mark is aller chan Robert. AS Robert _isn't as tall as Mark, 2 The exam was so difficult. Iewas, SUCH 3 Icis very nice that he helps me. oF How ! ENOUGH 4 Jim is too short to join the police force. Jimmi, 5. Georgia is prettier than all the other girls in her class. OF Georgia is, Ea @ The letter below is a sample answer to an exam task, Read it and complete the gaps with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. In some gaps you may need to add a word or expression. Dear Sir/Madam, ‘My name is Anna Novak and I'm writing on behalf of my friend Klara Farkas, who stayed at your hotel last Saturday night. She asked me to write to you because her English isnot *_goadenough (good) to write a formal letter. My friend would like to complain about the quality of your hotel services. First ofall, her room was 610? (expensive) the rates you give on your webpage. ‘What is more, she got a room on the top floor and nobody helped her with her suitcase. Then, the water was? (cold) to take a bath in Furthermore, the people in the other rooms on her floor were*__ (noisy) that she couldn't sleep until the early morning, But the next morning was even $__ (bad). First, she was woken up forty minutes ‘ (late) she had requested. Then, at breakfast, her fried egg was cold and the waiter rudely refused to acknowledge the problem. Your staff could certainly be”. (polite) Why are your room rates high) if you offer’ (poor) quality and, service? ‘My friend insists on a full refund, otherwise she will be forced to take the matter further. Yours faithfully, ‘Anna Novak 201 SAALLa(ay + SWWWv¥D