ADJECTIVES

Adjectives comes before the noun.

Do not have gender, and some do not have quantity.

Formula: adjective + noun

The blue house
a red car

A lot of adjectives are made from verbs by adding -ing or -ed:

-ing adjectives
The commonest -ing adjectives are:
amuse = amusing
Example:
annoy = annoying
I read a very interesting article in the news
bore = boring
paper today.
excite = exciting

-ed qdjectives
annoyed Example:
bored We had nothing to do. We are really bored.
closed
delighted

Types of adjectives
Apprearance Condition Feeling Shape Size

Adorable crowded sad curved big

beautiful better angry fat small

dull eassy confused chuby tiny

 COMPRATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE
We use comparative adjectives to show, change or make
comparisons:
Formula: noun+ comparative adjective (-er or -ier)
I'm feeling happier now.
We need a bigger garden.

We use than to compare one thing with another:

Formula: noun+ comparative adjective + than

She is two years older than me.
He is a better player than Ronaldo.

When we want to describe how something or someone

changes we can use two comparatives with and
Formula: noun+ verb + com. adjective + and + com. adjective
The balloon got bigger and bigger.
Everything is getting more and more expensive.

We often use the with comparative adjectives to show

that one thing depends on another:

Formula: The + com. adjective + verb (,) + com. adjective + rest

The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.
The higher they climbed, the colder it got.
SUPERLATIVE

Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the

upper or lower limit of a quality

Formula: pronoun + superlative adjective (-est /-iest) + noun

It was the happiest day of my life.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
That's the best film I have seen this year.
I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the
youngest.

Comparative formula:
Positive + Negative -
negative to be + as +adjective + as
as + adjective + as
He isn't as tall as me.
He is as tall as me.
You aren't as intelligent as me.
She is as intelligent as you.

Rules

Add –er and –est to one-syllable words to old / older / oldest

make comparatives and superlatives: long/ longer / longest

nice / nicer / nicest

If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st:
large / larger / largest

If an adjective ends in a vowel and a big / bigger / biggest

consonant, we double the consonant fat / fatter / fattest

If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we happy / happier / happiest

change –y to –i and add –er or –est: silly / sillier / silliest
 careful / more careful /most
We use more and most to make comparatives
careful
and superlatives for most two syllable
interesting / more
adjectives and for all adjectives with three or
more syllables:
interesting / most
interesting

good / better / best

The adjectives good, bad and far have bad / worse / worst
irregular comparatives and superlatives: far / farther -further /
farthest- furthest