tells us something about a noun. example: jim is wearing a nice shirt
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AdjectivesUnit 4Pages: 32-33High School Grammar Book
Prepared by: Maali HamdanSemester B, January 2014
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An adjective
Tells us something about a noun. Example: Jim is wearing a nice shirt.
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We put adjectives
Before nouns:That’s a beautiful photo.
After the verb “to be” and linking verbs:
It’s cold.I feel cold.
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Comparatives
We use the comparatives form of adejctivs to compare two items (people, places, things, ideas, etc.)
- He looks younger than he actually is.
- Fruit is more expensive now than it was last month.
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There are two ways of making comparatives form with adjectives.
A. -er than B. more ____________than
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A)We use –er (or –r after an adjective ending in a vowel):
For one syllable adjectives:Is Dana older than Avi?This is nicer jacket than the other one.
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For two-syllable adjectives ending in y:
easy-easierfunny-funnierdirty-dirtiersilly-sillierThis exam is easier than that one.
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For certain other two-syllable adjectives.
quiet-quieter simple-simplerclever-cleverergentle-gentlerThere is a simpler solution to that problem.
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B) We use more____:
For adjectives of three or more syllables. The adjective itself does not change its form.
This is more interesting than I thought it would be.
This road is quicker but more dangerous.
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For adjectives ending in –ed, even if they have only one syllable.
tired bored amused annoyed surprised
I’m more surprised than you can imagine.
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For most two-syllable adjectives.
careful – more careful boring –
modern – more modern correct -
famous – more famous useful -
tiring – more tiring willing -
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With all the following adjectives, we usually use –er, but more can also be used on occasion.
Isn’t your road narrower than it used to be?
I think it’s more pleasant today than it was yesterday.
The weather seems to be pleasanter this year than last year.
polite narrow stupid pleasant
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Spelling rules on page 33
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Irregular adjectives.
A few adjectives have irregular comparative forms:
good better
ill worse
little (size) smaller
bad worse
farfurther
(American: farther)
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Italians footballers are good, but I think the Brazilians are better.
Yesterday’s lesson was bad, but today’s is even worse.
Haifa is quite far from Tel-Aviv, but Nahariya is even further.
Luxemboug is little but Monaco is smaller.
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Note: Further is used in British and American English to mean “additional.” Here it is not the comparative of far.
I can’t answer that without further information.
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