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The adjectives

A adjective is a word which qualifies or adds to meaning of a noun or a pronoun(an old form for adjective was ad noun).
Adjectives may be divided into 3 main classes.

 


Descriptive adjectives

Good, bad, hard, stupid, soft, old, this, small, fat, dirty, young, pale, red, hot, ugly ...

 


Adjective of quantity

  1. Definite (including, numerals): one, seven, five, twenty, second, booth, double...
    e.g.: Both plays scored three
    goal in the second match
  2. Indefinite: all, any, few, many, much, several, some
    e.g.: We met several boys who caught some fish

 


Adjective of distinction

  1. Demonstrative:
    This, that, these
    e.g.: This is my bag
  2. Interrogative:
    which, what, whose
    e.g.: which book do you want?
  3. Distributive:
    Each, every, either ... or, neither ... nor
    e.g.: He could go home by either ways

The tall gentleman a blue coast.
Little Jim was a delicate boy with pale cheek.
The weather was wet and foggy.
The ugly old woman spoke in a loud cracked voice

 


Comparative of adjective

Adjectives can have 3 degrees positions, comparative, superlative.

The positive

Simply it is descriptive describing a noun or pronoun
e.g.: Short holiday, beautiful rose, handsome boys, intelligent teacher, old woman, young girls, dirty classroom, small bag, nice dress, tall man.

Comparative

Is used in comparing two things be creature, thing or one group with another. Here we say shorter than, older than, younger than, smaller than etc...
We can also say: More beautiful than more noticeable than. If the positives is usually formed by adding er to the positive e.g.: fast - farter; old - older; small - smaller; thin – thinner.

The superlative

The superlative is used in comparing 3 or more thing can say:
The tallest of the 4
The smallest girl in class
The wisest men.

It is usually formed by adding est to the word if it is short adjectives of 3 or more syllables from their superlative by adding most to the adjective.

Adjective of 3 syllables or more and most adjective of two syllables form their comparatives by placing more in front of the word, and the superlative by placing most in front.
Some adjectives have quite different words for the comparative and superlative.

Small or short syllable words

Positive

comparative

Superlative

big

bigger

biggest

fast

faster

fastest

great

greater

greatest

clever

cleverer

cleverest

narrow

narrower

narrowest

hot

hotter

hottest

late

later

latest

long

longer

longest

small

smaller

smallest

thin

thinner

thinnest

heavy

heavier

heaviest

Different word for comparative and superlative

Positive

comparative

Superlative

bad

worse

worst

far

farther

farthest

good

better

best

little

less

least

many

more

most

much

more

most

Longer word in the positive

Positive

comparative

Superlative

beautiful

more beautiful

most beautiful

careful

more careful

most careful

prestigious

more prestigious

most prestigious

comfortable

more comfortable

most comfortable

ignorant

more ignorant

most ignorant

handsome

more handsome

most handsome

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