English Language Year 5

Unit 11:
Natural Disasters
Module 5.0 :
Grammar
Order of Adjectives
 Let’s learn and practise.
• Mount Vesuvius in Italy is the only active volcano in
Europe.
• The floods are worse than last year’s.
• The eruption was the most spectacular ever seen.

The words in bold are called

adjectives. Adjectives are words
that describe nouns. You can
describe a noun using more than
one adjective.
Order of Adjectives
 In such cases, we use this order of
adjectives.

Positive Adjectives
Descriptions
Quantity Quality or Nationality/ Material
Size Age Shape Colour Origin
or number opinion

Some beautiful big young round green Malay cotton

Many expensive small old square yellow Indian silk

Two bright huge ancient oval blue Chinese wooden

Several cheap thin ripe circle white Russian rubber

A few clever tall modern oblong pink European leather

 blue
blouse

new

Sarah bought a new blue blouse.

 rattan

basket

big

. This is a big rattan basket.

 wooden
old

cupboard

My grandmother has an old

wooden cupboard.
 roses

red
beautiful

My sister bought a bouquet of

beautiful red roses.
 cute

kitten
young

Lisa has a cute young kitten.

 fresh
red
rambutans

My uncle sold a bunch of fresh red

rambutans.
 Comparative adjectives compare two
nouns. We usually add ‘-er’ to the
adjective. For adjective that we cannot
add ‘-ed’, we add word ‘more’ without
changing the spelling.

Comparative Adjectives
Examples:
•The waves are higher than yesterday.
•This year, many of the flood victims are more
prepared to face the disaster than last year.
 Superlative adjectives compare more
than two nouns. We usually add ‘the –
est’ to the adjective. For words that we
cannot change , we add ‘the most’ to
the adjective.

Superlative Adjectives
Examples:
•The hurricane which hit the city is the strongest
ever recorded.
•The eruption of Mount Pinatubo was the most
destructive in the 20th century.
 Positive , comparative and
superlative adjectives…

Positive Comparative Superlative

bold bolder boldest
old older oldest
big bigger biggest
thick thicker thickest
sad sadder saddest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
famous more famous most famous
hardworking more hardworking most hardworking
 Adjectives that end with ‘-y’ are
replaced with ‘i’ before adding ‘-er’ or
‘-est’

Positive Comparative Superlative

early earlier earliest
dirty dirtier dirtiest
happy happier happiest
hungry hungrier hungriest
merry merrier merriest
noisy noisier noisiest
 Some comparatives and superlatives are
changed completely from their
adjectives.

Positive Comparative Superlative

good better best
bad worse worst
a few less least
a little less least
many more most
much more most