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The document discusses adjectives and how they are used to describe nouns. It explains that adjectives are placed before or after nouns and do not change based on gender or plurality. When comparing two things, adjectives usually take -er or more, and than is used. For three or more things, -est or most is used along with the. There are exceptions for irregular adjectives and those with certain endings.

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Adjectives New

The document discusses adjectives and how they are used to describe nouns. It explains that adjectives are placed before or after nouns and do not change based on gender or plurality. When comparing two things, adjectives usually take -er or more, and than is used. For three or more things, -est or most is used along with the. There are exceptions for irregular adjectives and those with certain endings.

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ADJECTIVES

- An adjective tells you something about a noun.

- An adjective is placed before the noun. Ex: a big man / a black cat / a tall girl

- An adjective is placed after the verb BE. Ex: She is Italian. / I am cold. / They were late.

- Adjectives do not change with masculine or feminine nouns. Ex: a tall boy / a tall girl
- Adjectives do not change with plural nouns. Ex: a blue car / two blue cars

- 2 adjectives can be used together without AND between them. Ex: a small grey cat

COMPARATIVES:
When comparing 2 things using adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables, usually ad -ER to the end of
the adjective. Ex: April was warm but May was warmer / Anne is tall but Sue is taller

- EXCEPTION: If the adjective is long (with 3 or more syllables): use MORE instead of -ER
Ex: English is difficult but I think French is more difficult.

- Use THAN to compare 2 things: Ex: March was colder than May. / Tom is taller than Jim.
- You can also say: Ex: Monday was not as cold as Tuesday. / Jim is not as tall as Tom.

SUPERLATIVES:
When comparing 3 or more people or things, usually add EST to the adjective and put
THE before the adjective. Ex: Its the tallest building in the city / Its the highest peak in the world

- If the adjective is long, put THE MOST in front of it. Do not use EST at the same time
with the same adjective. Ex: Shakespeare is the most famous English writer.

NOTES for both Comparatives and Superlatives:

- There can be some spelling changes:


. if there is one vowel followed by one consonant at the end of consonant, we often double
the consonant. Ex: wet/wetter/wettest, big/bigger/biggest, hot/hotter/hottest, thin/thinner/thinnest
. if the adjective ends in y, this often changes to I : Ex: dry/drier/driest,
happy/happier/happiest
. if the adjective ends in e, dont add er just r or st. Ex: nice/nicer/nicest

- Irregular adjectives with totally different forms:


. BAD WORSE WORST
. GOOD BETTER BEST
. FAR FURTHER FURTHEST
. LITTLE LESS LEAST
. MOST MORE MOST
Ex: Traffic in London is bad but its worse in New York. Your English is good but hers is better.

- Other exceptions: there are a few adjectives that we have to use more or most with,
even though they have only one syllable. We cant add er or est :
. FUN MORE FUN MOST FUN
. REAL MORE REAL MOST REAL
. RIGHT MORE RIGHT MOST RIGHT
. WRONG MORE WRONG MOST WRONG

- EXCEPTION: Its also fine to use more and most for adjectives such as clever, simple, narrow,
quiet instead of adding -ER

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