ADJECTIVUL

THE ADJECTIVE
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
USES WITH NOUNS
USES WITH TO BE AND SOME OTHER LINKING VERBS
ADJECTIVE ORDER
COMPARISION OF ADJECTIVES
EXERCISES
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
THEY ARE USED TO MODIFY NOUNS OR PRONOUNS
Possessive my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Descriptive beautiful, poor, tall, interested, asleep, surprising,
sick
Numeral one, four, first, tenth, some, any, much, many, few, a
little, every, each, another, other
Demonstrative this, that, these, those
Interrogative what, which, where, whose

Adjectives give information about nouns or pronouns.
What kind of? tall
How much of? a little
Which one? the other one


USES WITH NOUNS
Adjectives are placed before the noun

The girl is wearing a green blouse.
She is a smart girl.
USES WITH TO BE
AND LINKING VERBS
Adjectives are placed after the verb to be and the linking verbs

appear/seem a parea
become/get a deveni, a se face
look a arata
feel a se simti
smell a mirosi
taste a avea gust
sound a suna
EXAMPLES
She is French.
These photos look funny.
That meal tasted great.
It is getting dark.
He will become a musician.
A-ADJECTIVES
THEY CANNOT STAY BEFORE NOUNS
THEY ARE JOINED BY THE VERB TO BE
asleep /!`sli_p/ aware /!`w"!r/
awake /!`w"ik/ alive /!`l#!v/
afraid /!`fr"id/ alike /!`l#ik/
alone /!`l!$n/ ashamed /!`%"imd/

Heres what they mean:
be asleep = be sleeping
be awake = not be sleeping
be afraid (of something) = fear something; feel fear
be alone = be on your own; not be with anyone
be aware (of something) = know about something; sense something
be alive = be living; not be dead
be alike = be similar; look similar; be the same
be ashamed (of something) = feel guilty about something youve done


EXAMPLES
Are you afraid of your teacher?
We cannot say Are you an afraid boy?
But, we have to use synonyms of these adjectives before nouns:
The teacher talked to the frightened boy.

Where you asleep when I phoned last night?
Let sleeping dogs lie.

Julie has to take these pills because she is ill.
The sick child has to stay in bed.









ADJECTIVE ORDER
1. Determiners the, a, an; this, that, these, those; my, mine,
your, yours; all, many; one, twenty, thirty-seven; one, twenty,
thirty-seven
2. Observations/Quantity and Opinion - Few, Most, One, Three/
Beautiful, Ugly, Difficult
3. Size - Huge, Little, Bulky, Thin, Vast, Tiny
4. Age - Young, Old, Teenage, Mature, Recent
5. Shape - Circular, Crooked, Triangular, Oval, Wavy, Straight
6. Colour - Pastel, Red, Blue, Metallic, Colourless, Translucent
7. Origin - Southern, Northern, Lunar, Mexican, French
8. Material - Wooden, Plastic, Steely, Metallic, Cottony
9. Qualifier - Pink + eye, Royal + treatment
"One (quantity) nice (opinion) little (size) round (shape) old (age)
white (color) brick (material) house."
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
When we want to compare two or more nouns using
adjectives, we use the comparative and superlative forms of
the adjective to show the comparison between the nouns.

Honey is sweet, sugar is sweeter but victory is the sweetest.

Positive form sweet
Comparative form sweeter
Superlative form the sweetest

Short adjectives tall, good, long
Long adjectives interesting, beautiful
MAKING COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Single Syllable Words and Double Syllable Words ending with -y, -
er, -ow, -le -
We use -er to make the comparative and the -est to make the
superlative.
Positive Comparative Superlative
Black Blacker The blackest
Fair Fairer The fairest
Clever Cleverer The cleverest
Tall Taller The tallest
Pretty Prettier The prettiest
Lazy Lazier The laziest
Nice Nicer The nicest
Hot Hotter The hottest

LONG ADJECTIVES - TWO OR
MORE SYLLABLES
We use more and the most to form the comparatives and
superlatives.

Positive Comparative Superlative

Difficult More Difficult The Most Difficult
Careful More Careful The Most Careful
Handsome More Handsome The Most Handsome
Interesting More Interesting The Most Interesting


IRREGULAR COMPARISONS
These adjectives do not make their comparative and superlative
forms using the rules above. Their comparative and superlative
forms are different words altogether.

Positive Comparative Superlative
Bad Worse The Worst
Good Better The Best
Far (place & time) Further The Furthest
Far (place) Farther The Farthest
Old (people) Elder The Eldest
Little (amount) Less The Least
Late (order) Latter The Last

EXERCISES

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