ADJECTIVE IN COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

1. short A/Adv:Add “er” after them: shorter, longer, higher,….Some exceptions:end with “y” change into “I” then add “er”: lovelier, prettier, happier, …end by consonant preceded with vowel, double consonant : thinner, fatter, slimmer,….end with “w, er, t” add only “er” : slower, cleverer, quieter, smarter, …..
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ADJECTIVE IN COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE• * SOME RULES FOR FORMING COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE A. Comparative:• 1. short A/Adv:• Add “er” after them: shorter, longer, higher,….• Some exceptions:• end with “y” change into “I” then add “er”: lovelier, prettier, happier, …• end by consonant preceded with vowel, double consonant : thinner, fatter, slimmer,….• end with “w, er, t” add only “er” : slower, cleverer, quieter, smarter, …..2. long A/ Adv: more + A/ AdvEx: more intelligent, more beautiful, … B. Superlative:1. short A/Adv:• Add “the A+est” after them: the shortest, longest, highest,….• Some exceptions:• end with “y” change into “I” then add “est”: the loveliest, prettiest, happiest, …• end by consonant preceded with vowel, double consonant : the thinnest, fattest, slimmer,• end with “w, er, t” add only “er” : slower, cleverer, quieter, smarter, …..• 2. long A/ Adv: more + A/ Adv• Ex: the most intelligent, the most beautiful, ………. Some irregular As:compariso Comparative Superlative nAdjectives Good Better The best Bad Worse The worst Far Farther The farthest little less The leastSOME OTHER KINDS OF COMPARISON:1. Double comparative: + short A: [the short A + er]Ex: the higher the sun, the shorter the shadow. + long A: [the more A, the more/ A+ er]Ex: the more modest you are, the more successful you can get.+ V: [the more S+ V]Ex: The more he works, the thinner he will be.+ N: the more N , the more N/ A+ erEx: The more money I got, the more industrious I am. There are 8 kinds of A:1. Proper: describe a thingEx: Chinese language, Italian Watch,…2. Descriptive: show what quality, in which state of a thing or a personEx: a good man, an old book, an ill person,…3. Quantitative: show an amount or number of sthEx: much, some, few, little,…4. Demonstrative: show which or what thing is meantEx: this, that these, those, such, same,…5. Interrogative: used for asking questionsEx: whose, what, which, when,…6. Distributive: show a person or thing are taken singly or separate lots (every, each, either, neither…)7. Possessive: show possession (my, her, his, its, their, your, our)8. Limiting or Articles: the, a, an (a man, the cat, an orange…) Position of A:• + often in front of N, pronoun + Some exceptions:+ Modified by a phrase, the A as common thing.ex: He’s a prison worthy of death.Qualifying the compound of some,any, no (one/ thing/ body)Ex: Is there anything new today?When it’s formed by prefix “a”Ex: I saw a boy asleep in his room.Used in a complement of O to a V(make, keep, urge,….)Ex: U made me happy.- Used as a Subjective complement after Vunderstood.Ex: All people (that were) present was astonishedbyhis coming late.I booked the most expensive seat (that was)available.- Denoting measure or ageEx: she is 10 years old.+ This table is 1 meter long and a half of meterwide. ORDER OF ADJNUMBER Ex: a small black plastic bag QUALITY SIZE SHAPE AGE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN Ex: an old Korean song noteSIZE AND LENGHT SHAPE AND WIDTH EX: a tall thin man a short fat woman note Two or more A of colour, use ANDEX: a pink and yellow scarf a red , blue and white flag Some examples of adjective order Opinio Materia Purpos Size Age Shape Colour Origin n l e youn Englisa silly man g ha huge round metal bowl smal sleepina red bag l gExercise 1: Choose the best answer: 1. Which is the correct order? • a small Canadian thin lady • a Canadian small thin lady • a small thin Canadian lady • a thin small Canadian lady •2. Which is the correct order?• a carving steel new knife• a new steel carving knife• a steel new carving knife• a new carving steel knife3. Which is the correct order?• a beautiful blue sailing boat• a blue beautiful sailing boat• a sailing beautiful blue boat• a blue sailing beautiful boat ...