Adjectives, Adverbs, Comparatives and Superlatives

What is an Adjective?

An Adjective describes a noun (person, place or thing)

Answers the question (What kind of ……..)

Example- What kind of city?

Answer – A beautiful city.

Other Adjectives:

People and things: old, small, friendly, rich, cheap

Nationality: Turkish, American, German, French

Feelings: Frightened, Excited, Disappointed, Entertained

Let’s Practice

1) My father is a _______ man.

2) My friend is a _______ person.

3) My friend is from Europe. She is ________.

4) We were all _______ by the news.

What is an adverb?

We use adverbs to describe how the action is done. If an adjective is (What kind of), the adverb is (How it d0es something).

Be careful: These words are both an adjective and an adverb: Fast and Hard.

How do we make adverbs from adjectives?We usually just add –ly to the end of an

adjective to make the adverb. slow-slowly; bad-badly

If the adverb ends in –y, the adverb ends with –ily. happy- happily easy- easily

If the adjective ends with –ble, the adverb ends with –bly. comfortable- comfortably.

Some adverbs are irregular: good - well

Let’s Practice

She did her homework ________.

We solved the problem ________.

You are able to sit ________ in this chair.

Do she speak English ________?

Comparatives: AdjectivesComparative Adjectives that have one syllable

usually take –er or add another letter for t and g. Example: older, longer, nicer, newer, taller, fatter, hotter, bigger

Long adjectives take more: famous- more famous; difficult – more difficult; careful – less careful.

Adjectives ending in –y take the –ier: happy – happier

Irregular Adjectives: good – better; bad - worse

Let’s Practice

John is _______ than Jane (tall)

Math is _______ than PE. (difficult)

I am _______ than you. (happy)

Can is ______ than me at basketball. (bad)

Superlatives: AdjectivesShort Adjectives: warm – the warmest; tall – the

tallest; big – the biggest

Long Adjectives: famous – the most famous; difficult – the most difficult; expensive – the least expensive

Adjective ending with –y: easy – the easiest, happy – the happiest

Irregular adjectives: good – the best, bad – the worst

Let’s PracticeAnna is the ________ person in the class. (young)

Math is the ________ subject in school. (difficult)

I am the _______ person in the world. (happy)

John is the _______ basketball player in school. (bad)

Comparatives for Adverbs

We generally use more or less for the comparative: carefully – more/less carefully; more/less easily

The comparative of well is better

The comparative of fast and hard is faster and harder

Let’s PracticeYou do your homework _______ than she does.

(carefully)

Gold is found _______ than silver. (easily)

She speaks English ________ than me. (well)

You will have to work _______ in the future. (hard)

Superlatives for Adverbs

We generally use the most or the least for the superlative: carefully – the most/least carefully; easily -the most/least easily

The superlative of well is the best.

The superlatives of fast and hard are fastest and hardest.

Let’s Practice

She works the _______ in class. (carefully)

Calculus is the ________ understood subject in school. (easily)

Which member of the team played the ______ and which played the ______? (well, badly)

Who works the ________ in class? (hard)