Adjectives: An Adjective's Job Is To Modify A or - They Are Always Near The or They Are Describing

ADJECTIVES
An adjective's job is to
modify a noun or pronoun.
They are always near the
noun or pronoun they are
describing.
Comparative form of Adjectives
 When we compare two things or
people we look at what makes them
different from each other.
 Comparative adjectives are used to
show what quality one thing has
more or less than the other. They
normally come before any other
adjectives.
Forming the comparative

 Words of one syllable

ending in 'e'. Add -r to the
end of the word.
 Ejemplo: wide - wider
 Words of one syllable, with
one vowel and one
consonant at the end. Double
the consonant and add -er to
the end of the word.
 Ejemplo: big - bigger
 Words of one syllable, with
more than one vowel or more
than one consonant at the
end. Add - er to the end of the
word.
 Ejemplo: high - higher
 Words of two syllables,
ending in 'y'. Change 'y' to 'i',
and add -er to the end of the
word.
 Ejemplo: happy - happier
 Words of two syllables or
more, not ending in 'y'.
Place 'more' before the
adjective.
 Ejemplo: beautiful - more
beautiful
The following adjectives are
exceptions to this rule:
 'good' becomes 'better'
 'bad' becomes 'worse'
 'far' becomes 'farther' or
'further'
!Note
 When comparing two things like this
we put than between the adjective
and the thing being compared.
 For example:-
 "Mount Everest is higher than
Mount Snowdon."
 "Arguably, Rome is more beautiful
than Paris.
Adjective Order
 Adjectives can be used to
describe lots of things, from
physical size, age, shape,
colour, material, to more
abstract things like opinion,
origin and purpose.
 We can use adjectives
together to give a detailed
description of something.
Adjectives that express
opinions usually come before
all others, but it can
sometimes depend on what
exactly you want to
emphasise.
For example:
 "That nice, big, blue bag.

“(You like the bag.)
"That big, nice, blue bag.
" (You like the colour.)
When we group adjectives together there is a general
rule for the position of each type adjective, these are:
Positio
n 1st* 2nd* 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Opini Materi Purpo

on Size Age Shape Colour al Origin se
Racin
Nice Small Old Square Black Plastic British g
Cotto Ameri Runni

Ugly Big New Circular Blue n can ng
 This is just a guide as you wouldn't
normally see so many adjectives in
one description.
For example:
 "She had a big, ugly, old, baggy,
blue, cotton, British, knitting bag." Is
grammatically correct but a bit too
long-winded.
 For example:
 * You might swap opinion and fact
adjectives depending on what you
wish to emphasize:-
 For example:
 "She had a long, ugly nose."
emphasizing the length of her nose.
 "He was a silly, little man."
emphasizing that the man was silly.
Appearance Adjectives
 adorable  magnificent
 beautiful  old-fashioned
 clean  plain
 drab  quaint
 elegant  sparkling
 fancy  ugliest
 glamorous  unsightly
 handsome  wide-eyed
 long
Condition Adjectives
 alive  inexpensive
 better  mushy
 careful  odd
 clever  powerful
 dead  rich
 easy  shy
 famous  tender
 gifted  uninterested
 helpful  vast
 important  wrong.
Feelings (Bad) Adjectives
 angry  lazy
 bewildered  mysterious
 clumsy  nervous
 defeated  obnoxious
 embarrassed  panicky
 fierce  repulsive
 grumpy  scary
 helpless  thoughtless
 itchy  uptight
 jealous  worried
Feelings (Good) Adjectives
 agreeable  lively
 brave  nice
 calm  obedient
 delightful  proud
 eager  relieved
 faithful  silly
 gentle  thankful
 happy  victorious
 jolly  witty
 kind  zealous
Shape Adjectives
 broad  narrow
 chubby  round
 crooked  shallow
 curved  skinny
 deep  square
 flat  steep
 high  straight
 hollow  wide.
 low
Size Adjectives
 big  miniature
 colossal  petite
 fat  puny
 gigantic  scrawny
 great  short
 huge  small
 immense  tall
 large  teeny
 little  teeny-tiny
 mammoth  tiny
 massive
Sound Adjectives
 cooing  melodic  screeching
 deafening  noisy  thundering
 faint  purring  voiceless
 hissing  quiet  whispering
 loud  raspy
Time Adjectives
 ancient  old-fashioned
 brief  quick
 early  rapid
 fast  short
 late  slow
 long  swift
 modern  young
 old
Taste/Touch Adjectives
 bitter  melted  sweet
 delicious  nutritious  tart
 fresh  prickly  tasteless
 greasy  rainy  uneven
 juicy  rotten  weak
 hot  salty  wet
 icy  sticky  wooden
 loose  strong  yummy
Touch Adjectives
 boiling  crooked  filthy
 breeze  cuddly  flaky
 broken  curly  fluffy
 bumpy  damaged  freezing
 chilly  damp  hot
 cold  dirty  warm
 cool  dry  wet
 creepy  dusty
Quantity Adjectives
 abundant  light
 empty  many
 few  numerous
 full  sparse
 heavy  substantial
 Why do you need a list of adjectives?
Adjectives can turn the ordinary in to
the extraordinary. When used
properly, they can add vivid interest to
your conversation or written
communication. However, there can
be too much of a good thing. Please
keep your adjectives effective by
choosing them wisely.

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ADJECTIVES

 Words of one syllable

 "That nice, big, blue bag.

Opini Materi Purpo

Cotto Ameri Runni

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