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UNIT 5 THE ADJECTIVE. ADJECTIVE SINGULAR ADJECTIVE + NOUN ADJECTIVE + ADJECTIVE +ADJECTIVE+ NOUN. USUAL MISTAKES: THESE STUDENTS ARE INTELLIGENTS. INTELLIGENT THIS IS A SUBJECT VERY DIFFICULT. VERY DIFFICULT SUBJECT. IT IS A LONG FILM AND VERY INTERESTING.
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ADJECTIVE SINGULAR ADJECTIVE + NOUN ADJECTIVE + ADJECTIVE +ADJECTIVE+ NOUN USUAL MISTAKES: THESE STUDENTS ARE INTELLIGENTS. INTELLIGENT THIS IS A SUBJECT VERY DIFFICULT. VERY DIFFICULT SUBJECT. IT IS A LONG FILM AND VERY INTERESTING. VERY INTERESTING AND LONG FILM. IT IS A BLUE PLASTIC BIG BALL. A BIG BLUE PLASTIC BALL
ADJECTIVE ORDER • WHEN USING MORE THAN ONE ADJECTIVE TO DESCRIBE A NOUN:
BOOK INTERESTING - SMALL - SPANISH PICTURE MODERN - UGLY - RECTANGULAR OPINION OLD - BORING - AMERICAN APPLE ROUND - GREEN - DELICIOUS SUIT WOOLEN - LARGE - BLACK HOUSE BEAUTIFUL - MODERN - SMALL MAGAZINE GERMAN - THICK - STRANGE CAP COTTON - FUNNY - GREEN AN INTERESTING SMALL SPANISH BOOK. AN UGLY MODERN RECTANGULAR PICTURE. A BORING OLD AMERICAN OPINION. A DELICIOUS ROUND GREEN APPLE. A LARGE BLACK WOOLEN SUIT. A BEAUTIFUL SMALL MODERN HOUSE. A STRANGE THICK GERMAN MAGAZINE. A FUNNY GREEN COTTON CAP PLACE THE ADJECTIVES IN THE CORRECT ORDER.
= SIMILARITY: A AS ADJ AS B SHE IS AS TALL AS PETER SHE IS AS HAPPY AS PETER SHE IS AS BORING AS PETER - INFERIORITY A LESS ADJ THAN B SHE IS LESS TALL THAN HIM SHE IS LESS HAPPY THAN HIM SHE IS LESS BORING THAN HIM COMPARATIVESA ADJECTIVEB
1 SYLLABLE. ENDING IN –Y ADJ+ ER THAN SHE IS TALLER THAN HIM SHE IS HAPPIER THAN HIM 2 OR MORE SYLLABLES. MORE ADJ THAN SHE IS MORE BORING THAN HIM. SHE IS MORE INTERESTING THAN HIM + SUPERIORITY
= AS AS • MARY IS INTELLIGENT PETER • MARY IS INTELLIGENT PETER • MARY IS INTELLIGENT PETER LESS - THAN MORE + THAN
AS AS = • MARY IS NICE PETER • MARY IS NICE PETER • MARY IS NICE PETER THAN LESS - MORE + THAN ER
1 SYLLABLE. ENDING IN –Y THE ADJ+ -EST SHE IS THE TALLEST. SHE IS THE HAPPIEST 2 OR MORE SYLLABLES. THE MOST ADJ SHE IS THE MOST BORING. SHE IS THE MOST INTERESTING. THE SUPERLATIVEA B,C,D,E….
SPELLING RULES CVC+C ER/EST BIGGER,BIGGEST YIER/IEST PRETTIER/PRETTIEST IRREGULAR FORMS GOOD----BETTER----BEST BAD-------WORSE----WORST FAR-------FARTHER--FARTHEST FURTHER--FURTHEST ATTENTION!