ADJECTIVES

POSITIONS OF ADJECTIVE

Most PREDICATIVE
ATTRIBUTIVE
adjectives
can appear in
It is an interesting story. both The story is interesting.
positions

ATTRIBUTIVE-ONLY ADJ. PREDICATIVE-ONLY ADJ.

ADJ. of degree: absolute, total

ADJ. with prefix a-: awake, alive, ashamed,...
Quantifying ADJ.: entire, only
ADJ. taking infinitive or preposition phrase
ADJ. of time and location: previous, left, complement: devoid, liable,...
southern

Other: main, chief, principal, moral,

ADJ. describing medical condition or health: faint, ill,...
mere,...
Decide whether each sentence is correct or incorrect

1. Susan turned out to be the eventual winner.

2. The fireman picked up the afraid child and carried him out of the
blazing buiding.
3. The nurse helped the ill woman to a chair and called the doctor on
duty.
4. The liable person has to pay.
THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVE BEFORE NOUN
 COMPARISONS WITH ADJECTIVE

COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Your car is much more I think my hometown is the best place in

comfortable than mine. the world.

COMPARATIVE MODIFIERS SUPERLATIVE MODIFIERS

üquite) a bit, a little, somewhat, just,

üquite
slightly
üby far, far and away, far from
ü(quite) a lot, a great deal, a good deal,
ümuch, easily
much, far, even, considerably
üany, no
 STRUCTURES USED TO MAKE COMPARISONS

(nearly/almost/twice/just) as...as Plantinum is about twice as expensive as gold.

not (nearly/quite) as/so ...as Iron isn’t nearly so hard as diamond.

nothing like as... as Iron is nothing like as hard as diamond.

nowhere near as... as

the...., the ... The taller the building, the greater the fire risk
c
 are not quite as expensive as

nothing like as committed as Richard

more you argue about it, the later

half as expensive as

is nowhere near as big as

isn’t nearly so adventurous as

bigger the city, the higher

was nowhere near as successful as

 hard a day

frightening an experience

difficult a task

moving a performance

good a memory

tempting an offer

successful a career

good a pianist
 unhappy

calm

dreadful

restless

spicy

angry

tired