ADJECTIVESBy: Sujjey, Shareef & Fai

More beautifulFastest

CuterMost intelligent

GOOD, GOODER ,GOODEST??

CONTENTS

In the ghetto What are adjectives? Regular comparatives & superlatives Irregular comparatives &

superlatives Adjectives with ‘more’ & ‘most’ Adjectives that cannot be

comparative or superlative I.T crowd

WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?

An adjective is a word that describes. Adjectives convey a sense of which, what kind, or how many/much. Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.

Examples: Shaahi has a beautiful daughter.

(what kind) Zamna scored a million goals. (how

many) Rifa likes chocolate milkshake. (what

kind)

REGULAR COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES Regular comparative adjectives have

the –er suffixed. Regular superlatives have the –est

suffixed.

Shorter

Shortest

Short

Tallest Taller Tall

Nash

ShafJosh

MORE REGULAR COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE EXAMPLES

What about the following examples?

Positive Comparative Superlative

Big Bigger Biggest

Slow Slower Slowest

Fast Faster Fastest

Quick Quicker Quickest

Positive Comparative Superlative

Good Gooder Goodest

Bad Bader Baddest

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES Irregular comparatives and

superlatives change their form/spelling completely! They are neither suffixed with –er nor –est.

C F UBAD WORSEWORST

Zaki Maary

Rozy

MORE IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE EXAMPLESPositive Comparative Superlative

Good Better Best

Bad Worse Worst

Some More Most

Little Less Least

Far Further Furthest

ADJECTIVES WITH ‘MORE’ & ‘MOST’ When the adjective has three or

more syllables, then ‘more’ & ‘most’ are added in front of the word to form the comparative & superlative forms respectively.

Positive Comparative Superlative

Beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful

Intelligent More intelligent Most intelligent

Straightforward More straightforward

Most straightforward

ADJECTIVES THAT CANNOT BE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE 1. Some adjectives cannot be

compared because the positive (simplest) form expresses the only degree possible.

Examples: perfect, unique, fatal, universal, dead, wrong, straight, blind, final, vertical, right, left

Continued… 2. Verbs functioning as adjectives

E.g. fly ---> flying machine. colour (v) ---> colour paper

3. Nouns functioning as adjectivesE.g. Tree---> tree diagram

Grammar ---> grammar book

4. Pronouns functioning as adjectivesE.g. this ---> I like this book.

his ---> I have his iPhone.

References

Thornbury, S. (2007). About language: Tasks for teachers of English. Cambridge: CUP.

Parrott, M. (2010). Grammar for English Language Teachers. Cambridge: CUP.