homework
homework
Summarize the theory of ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS & COMPARISON and give examples.
•Adjectives describe nouns.
- They live in a big house.
- She bought a beautiful dress.
• Many common adjectives (pretty, sad, etc .) do not have particular endings.
beauty → beautiful
joy → joyful
care → careful
danger → dangerous
fame → famous
mystery → mysterious
• There are also compound adjectives which are formed with:
1 present participles.
It was a heart-breaking movie that made everyone cry.
2 past participles.
He bought a hand-made bracelet as a gift.
3 cardinal numbers + nouns.
They are working on a five-year plan to improve the economy.
4 well, badly, ill, poorly + past participle.
He is a well-known actor in the film industry.
• Certain adjectives are used with the as nouns to talk about groups of people in general.
The elderly need more support from the government.
The middle-aged often face unique health challenges.
The old should be treated with respect.
Order of Adjectives
•Opinion adjectives (bad, pretty, etc.) go before fact adjectives ( red, ancient, etc.)
She gave him an interesting old book about history.
•When there are two or more adjectives of the same category, the more general adjective
goes before the more specific one.
A tall young man walked into the room.
•We say the first three months
The first three months of the year are often the coldest in many regions.
• When there are two or more fact adjectives in a sentence they normally go in the
following order:
Three large old round wooden tables
Five beautiful small red apples
• We usually do not use a long list of adjectives before a single noun. A noun is usually
described by one, two or three adjectives at the most.
He wore a stylish suit.
She has a friendly dog.
• The adjectives afraid, alike, content, glad, ill , etc. are never followed by nouns.
He is afraid of dogs.
The plant is alive.
• The adjectives chief, elder, eldest, former, indoor, inner, main, only, outdoor, outer,
principal, upper can only be used before nouns.
The chief officer of the organization.
The elder statesman addressed the crowd.
• We can use nouns as adjectives before other nouns. In this case the nouns have no plural
form
I enjoy reading mystery novels.
She bought a new smartphone.
• Nouns which express purpose, material or substance (shopp i ng, cotton, gold, silver, etc.)
can be used as adjectives before other nouns
I bought a new baking tray for the oven.
•Present and past participles can be used as adjectives. Present participles describe what
something is like.
The exciting movie kept us on the edge of our seats.
• Adverbs usually describe verbs and past participles, adjectives, other adverbs or whole
sentences.
She sings beautifully
He is very tall.
• They say how (adverbs of manner - carefully) , where (adverbs of place - here),..
She worked carefully on the project.
He drives recklessly.