ADJECTIVES-

OPPOSITE
AND
COMPARATIVE
DEGREE
 Introduction

Adjective is a word naming an attribute of a noun

In linguistics, an adjective is a word that modifies a

noun or noun phrase or describes its referent. Its
semantic role is to change information given by the
noun.
REACTIONS
Happy Sad Exited Bored
OPPOSITE OF THE ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES OPPOSITES
Fast Boring
Modern Slow
Expensive Friendly
Dangerous Clean
Dirty Quiet
Unfrienly Old
Noisy Safe
Exiting Cheap
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

A comparative adjective is an adjective used to

compare two people or things. We use comparative
adjectives to say that one person or thing demonstrates
a high degree of a quality or is a better than the other.
Example: taller, smarter, and slower are examples of
comparative adjectives.
 Rules
1-For the Regular comparative adjectives we add ´´er´´ and ´´than´´
for short adjectives:
a)tall-taller b)cheap-cheaper c)nice- nicer d)warm-warmer e)cold-colder f)fast-faster

2-Two or more syllabes adjectives, add more:

a)Expensive - more expensive b)beautiful - more beautiful c)difficult - more
difficult d)romantic - more romantis

3-Short adjectives ending in one vowel and one consonant double the consonant and add ´´er´´:
a)big- bigger b)hot-hotter c)wet-wetter

4-Irregular Adjectives
a)good –better b)bad-worse far-further little- less

5-Adjectives ending in Y we remove the ´´Y´´ and add ´´ier´´:

a)noisy –noisier b)dirty-dirtier c)pretty-prettier d) easy-easier
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
READING
A: Which city do you prefer, London or Paris?
B: Well, I´m from Paris, so of course I love Paris.

A: London is a lot bigger than Paris.

B: It´s true. Paris is much smaller than, but it`s more romantic!
A: Yes. this is what people say.
B: And the food is better.
A: well, I´m not sure about that.
 Practise
1-Complete the conversations using the comparative form of the adjectives:

Example: New York is older than London. (old)

NO, it isn`t! New York is more modern!(modern)

2. Tokyo is_____________ ___________Bangkok.(cheap)

No, it isn´t! Tokyo`s _____________ ____________!(expensive)

3. Huambo is ____________ ______________ Luanda.(safe)

4,Taxi drivers in Luanda are_________ __________taxi drivers in Johannesburg.(good).

No, they aren`t! They´re much_______ ________ the others!(bad)

 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Superlative adjectives are adjectives that are used to
compere, describe 3 or more people or objects which is at
the upper or lower limit

Exemple:(the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).

They are used in sentences where a subject or object is

compared to 3 or more people or a group of objects. Noun
(subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun
(object).