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Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes nouns such as: persons, animals, places or things.
• For examples:• Ahmed is happy.• The tiger is strong.• The garden looks
beautiful.• The ring is expensive.
Adjectives usually come just before the noun they describe.• nice boy • big house
They can also come after a linking verb such as, verb to be, seem, look, smell, …..etc.•The food smells good.•Ahmed is tall.
Underline the adjectives in the following sentences:
1. The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, is also known as the giant planet.
2. The polite child asked his mother for some cold water from the tall refrigerator.
Comparative Adjectives
• They are used to compare two persons, animals, places or things.• They are usually followed by ‘’than’’.
The car is faster than the bike.
Adjectives are made comparatives by adding ‘’er’’ at the end of the adjective.
• old old• young young• long long• short short
erer
erer
If the adjective ends with (- cvc ), we double the last letter and add ‘’er’’.• big big• fat fat• hot hot
If the adjective ends in ‘’y’’, we drop the ‘’y’’ and add ‘’ier’’. • heavy heav heav• pretty prett prett• happy happ happ
gerter
ter
yyy
ierierier
If the adjective is a long word, we simply put ‘’more’’ or ‘’less’’ in front of it.• important• important• attractive• attractive
There are some irregular adjectives such as: • good • bad
more lessmoreless
betterworse
big / small
The lion is bigger than the mouse.The mouse is smaller than the lion.
fast / slow
The rabbit is faster than the turtle.The turtle is slower than the rabbit.
Superlative Adjectives
• They are used to compare one person, animal, place or thing with others of the same kind.
• They always take the article ‘’the’’ in front of them.
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.
Adjectives are made superlatives by putting ‘’the’’ in front of them and adding ‘’est’’ at the end.
• fast• tall • loud
the estthe estthe est
If the adjective ends with (- cvc ), we double the last letter and add ‘’est’’.• big the big• fat the fat• hot the hot
If the adjective ends in ‘’y’’, we drop the ‘’y’’ and add ‘’iest’’. • heavy heav the heav• pretty prett the prett• happy happ the happ
gesttesttest
yyy
iestiestiest
If the adjective is a long word, we simply put ‘’most’’ or ‘’least’’ in front of it.• the important• the important• the attractive• the attractive
There are some irregular adjectives such as: • good the• bad the
mostleastmostleast
bestworst
heavy
The elephant is the heaviest land animal in the world.
interesting
English is the most interesting subject in school.