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Adjectives, Adverbs, Adjectives and Adverb Order
ADJECTIVE
1. adjective
(Adjective) r 1a u 8
1. a:ua: n good, glad, wise, clean, pretty, etc.
- The girl is pretty. Or room loo!s clean.
". : #apanese, $hinese, %ropean, etc.
- & will 'y ( #apanese dolls. )e love &talian *ood.
(. a some, hal*, little, mch
- +lease give me some sgar. & don,t have mch money le*t.
-. 11 a aa one, two, *irst, second,
many , mch, *irst, second, last
- +lease 'y me two lamps. .y *irst teacher is a yong, !ind, gentle
lady.
/. : this , that, these, those, sch
- & li!e this apple. +lease 'ring me those oranges.
0. uu: each, every, either
- %very stdent wor!s hard dring the e1am.
2. ua1 1 my, yor, his, her, its, or, their
- Or class consists o* -3 stdents. Their hose is on the hill.
8. uan which, whose
- )hose hose is this4 )hich color do yo pre*er4
2. uu adjective
1. 11
- An old man is coming. A thin and hngry 'oy is as!ing *or
*ood.
". u 1 11 (measrement) 11 a
- & am si1teen years old. The pond is ( metres deep.
(. 11a ver' to 'e a lin!ing ver' a:
lin!ing ver' F :r1 a: ... an ..... u to get, to appear, to
'ecome, to *eel, to taste, to grow, to smell, to sond, to loo!, to go, to
rn, to trn, to seem
au1a u1 lin!ing ver' ua: ver' o* action n
:r1 an .... 1 ver' to 'e 1:n1 lin!ing ver'
Verbs of action Linkin verbs
5e rns *ast. 1 1 The river rns dry. u anu
(:r)
6he goes home. ra .il! goes 'ad. an
(:r)
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6he smells the rose gently. ra 7oses smell sweet. a a
(:r)
6he trns her head. r : 6he trns old. r (
:r)
-. adjective u111 a ver' to 'e a lin!ing ver'
a*raid a 1 alive 1u ashamed awa!e u ali!e
asleep a aware u: alone 1 sorry a1 well a
- The 'oy is still alive. &,m sed to 'eing alone.
!. : adjective
adjective ( : u (positive) 1 (comparative) ua: a
(sperlative).
u (+ositive degree) na :aa
#im is tall. .y hose is 'ig.
1 (comparative degree) a :aa " a
#im is taller than #ane. .y hose is 'igger than yors.
a (sperlative degree) a : aa 1 " a
(
in)
#im is the tallest 'oy in this class. &t,s the 'iggest plant in this
area.
adjective 1 " an a -er , -est 1ua:
a
"ositive Co#$arative %&$er'ative
notes
slow slower (than) the slowest 8er/ 8est
sa*e sa*er the sa*est -r / 8st
'ig 'igger the 'iggest a g: a

a 1 1 a:aa 8 1 g:
narrow narrower the narrowest

a1 adjective " 11 (a -*ll, -less, -ing, -ed) ua: adjective
1 ( u more , the most (8) less, the least (-)
"ositive Co#$arative %&$er'ative

tiring more tiring (than) the most tiring
se*l more se*l the most se*l
l1rios more l1rios the most l1rios
honest more honest the most honest
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adjective u_ :u1 (irreglar *orms)
"ositive Co#$arative %&$er'ative

good 'etter the 'est
'ad worse the worst u
little less the least
mch, many more the most
*ar *rther the *rthest a

adjective 1 (co#$arative)
ana adver' mch, *ar, a lot 1uuu :1 " a a a
'it, a littel, slightly ua1uuua
This radio is a lot / mch / *ar loder than that one.
9or 'ag is a 'it / a little / slightly more e1pensive than mine.
4. a adjective
adjective a u1 1:ua adjective
artic'e,
$ossessi
ve,
deter#in
er,
ordina',
cardina'
*&a'
it+
si,e ae s-a$
e
co'or nationa
'it+
#ateri
a'
.o&n
A lovel
y
old red plastic 'o1
That small rond wood ta'le
Two prett
y
yong #apane
se
actres
ses
The *irst
two

mod
ern
large :rench castle
s

ADVE/0
1 (adver') n ver' , adjective , adver' u1 :
1:un how, when, where, why, to what e1tent (:).
u1 adverb
(ver') 5e ran otside. 6he drove *ast.
(adjective) This candy is especially good.
1 (adver') 5e wal!s very care*lly.
: (clase) :ortnately, he had a credit card with him.
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1. adverb
1. u -ly adjective 'eati*l (adj.) --; 'eati*lly (adv.)
cheap(adj.)--; cheaply (adv.) ,
<ic! (adj.) --; <ic!ly (adv.) a an more , the most (8) ua: less,
the least (-) comparative ua: sperlative
- Time goes <ic!ly. This machine operates less e**iciently than
that one.
". adjective a1 -y a -ily easy ---; easily, angry ---;
angrily
(. adjective a1 -a'le, -i'le , -le u -e 1 -y possi'le
---;possi'ly, terri'le ---; terri'ly
-. adjective a1 -ic u -ally 'asic ---; 'asically, economic ---;
economically
/. adver' au1F 1 adjective early, *ast, hard, high, late,
near, straight uu u u adjective a1 adver' ver', adjective,
adver' :
adjective adverb
&t is a *ast car. The car ran *ast.
5e saw many high 'ildings =irds *lew high.
adver' 1ua: a a :1 adjective n a
u -er, -est
"ositive Co#$arative %&$er'ative
hard harder the hardest
late later the latest
*ast *aster the *astest
- #im wor! harder than #ohn. #ac! ran the *astest.
a1 adver' a -ly a more, the most
"ositive Co#$arative %&$er'ative
rapidly more rapidly the most rapidly
serios more seriosly the most seriosly
ua: adver' u1:u1 (irreglar *orms)
"ositive Co#$arative %&$er'ative
well 'etter the 'est
'adly worse the worst u
mch more the most
little less the least
*ar *arther, *rther the *arthest, the *rthest
a
- The little 'oy ran *rther than his *riends.
- %veryone in the race ran *ast, 't #ohn ran the *astest o* all.
- The teacher spo!e more slowly to help s to nderstand.
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2. adverb a :n agua: u
1. Adver' o* manner F un 5ow4 well, slowly,
so*tly, lodly, aggressively, 'eati*lly
- 5e drove rapidly. 6he stdied attentively. 5e ate the
ca!e greedily.
". Adver' o* place an F un )here4 everywhere, near'y,
otside, p, down, arond, down here, over here, p here, p there,
across, along, 'ehind, in, o**, throgh, nder, p, 'ac!wards, *orwards,
pwards, a'road, overseas, indoors, otdoors
- 5e loo!s everywhere. & am going home. $ome here.
(. Adver' o* time a:1a un )hen4, :or how long4u
)hen> today, yesterday, later, now, last year
:or how long> all day, *or a while, since last year
- & will meet him tomorrow. 6he will eat the sop later.
-. Adver' o* *re<ency n 1n 1 sometimes, *re<ently,
never, o*ten, yearly, once, twice, always
- 5e sometimes eat meat. & visit my mom once a wee!.
/. Adver' o* degree a:n:1 a1 u almost,
nearly, <ite, jst, too, enogh, hardly, scarcely, completely, very,
e1tremely, especially, particlarly, rather
- The water was e1tremely cold.
- 5e hardly noticed what she was saying. au1r:
- 5e didn,t wor! hard enogh.
?ote> adver' 1_ar hardly 1:..., scarcely ,
only u
1:1 not _ ar
0. &nterrogative adver' uan u why, where, how, when
- )hy are yo so late4 )here is my !ey4 5ow o*ten do yo
visit her4
2. Adver' o* a**irmation and ?egation uua:_ar u yes, o*
corse, certainly, no, not at all
!. uu adverb
adver' an11 a :
- 11a > 5e ran *ast. .ary danced grace*lly.
- 11a > 5e sang a song sweetly. The 'oy did his wor! <ietly.
- 1 adjective adver' u1> The dog is very *ierce. 5e
wor!ed <ite hard.
- a adver' o* time 1:11 a :
& saw #ane last night. Tomorrow, & will call yo.
- Adver' F 1n 11 1. u ua: ". ua 1 (a1iliary ver')
5e o*ten goes to the movie. 5e has never met 6san.
4. a adverb
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adver' a u1 1: ua adver'
Verb 1anner "'ace 2re*&enc+ Ti#e "&r$ose
& swim in the pool
every
morning
at 2.33 a.m.
to !eep in
shape.
@ad
wal!s
impatiently into town once a wee!
to get a
newspaper.
Anne
sang
lodly in her room several times last month.
uun adver' a uaa (movement) adver' o* place 1:
a u1 adver' o* manner, *re<ency, time ua: prpose ua
Verb "'ace 1anner 2re*&enc+ Ti#e "&r$ose
)e
went
to 5at 9ai 'y plane twice last wee! to see mom
Two
men
wal!ed
to the
store
in a hrry last night .
E3ercises
A. C-eck 4-et-er eac- &nder'ined 4ord is an adjective or adverb
AAAAAAAAAAAAA 1. The che* tastes the sop care*lly.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA ". .y jice tastes 'itter.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA (. The plants, roots are *irmly *i1ed in the soil.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA -. That depends on yor point o* view.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA /. 6tephanie 'ecame a wiser person.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA 0. :rench is seldom heard in Thailand
AAAAAAAAAAAAA 2. +t yor hand there.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 8. The stdents are thin!ing hard.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA B. The man,s hair trned grey.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA13. The man trned his head <ic!ly.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 11. This is one o* my hard wor!.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 1". The little girl *elt calm again.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 1(. The little girl *elt the sil! care*lly.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 1-. 6he e1plained the assignment very well.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 1/. The nrse said that the child was well again.
0. "&t t-e correct for# of adjective and adverb of co#$arison.
1. #ane is mch (good) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than & am at %nglish.
". +al wor!s (hard) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than & do.
(. Tom is (relia'le) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than Tony.
-. .om gave me (mch) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ca!e than & as!ed *or.
/. +lease drive mch (*ast) AAAAAAAAAAAAAA down this road.
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0. Cate sings (well) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than most o* the other girls.
2. @aniel spo!e mch (distinctly)AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than yo.
8. @avid spo!e *ar (sensi'ly)AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than most o* the other
'oys his age.
B. Tom wor! a 'it (little)AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA than +eter.
13. 9o shold learn to spea! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAthan yo do. (tact*lly)
C. "&t t-e 4ords in t-e correct order to for# sentences
1. .i!e / slightly / taller / is / than / Andy
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AA
". yonger / & / than / are / yo / *ar / am
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AA
(. This hose / e1pensive / mch / than / & / more / thoght / is
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AA
-. A *ive star hotel / l1rios / is / than/ *ar / a gesthose/ more
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AA
D. C-oose t-e correct c-oice
& never *orget the *irst time & met my girl*riend ?icole. &t was the
Dalentines, day and & was eating my ice cream alone at 6vensen,s. 6he
came in and 1. (shy, shyly) loo!ed *or a vacant ta'le in that crowded room.
%very ta'le was *ll at that moment. A*ter a while she came to my place. 6he
loo!ed so ". (sweet, sweetly) in her so*t-pin! dress. 6he as!ed me (. (so*t,
so*tly) i* she cold sit there. 5er voice sonds -. (sweet/ sweetly). 6miling
/. ('road / 'roadly), & permitted her and told her that she was very 0.
('eati*l/ 'eati*lly). 5er chee!s trned
2. (red/ redly) and she 8. (shy, shyly) said ,Than! 9o, to me.
E. "&t t-e adverbs and adjectives in correct order.
1. ?ancy 'oght ( leather, two , small) 'ags.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
". +lease read ( *irst, three, the) chapters 'e*ore ne1t class.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
(. )e can see ( a, green, small) ship sailing over there.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
-. & have 'een stdying (hard, in the li'rary, all day).
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
/. )e ran ( last month, arond the stadim , many times).
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
0. The 'oy went ('y 's, to school, everyday).
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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E3ercises
A. C-eck 4-et-er eac- &nder'ined 4ord is an adjective or adverb
1. adver' taste F ". adjective a lin!ing ver'
jice
(. adver' *i1ed -. adjective point o* view
/. adjective a lin!ing ver' person 0. adver' heard
2. adver' o* place 8. adver' thin!
B. adjective a lin!ing ver' hair 13. adver' trned
11. adjective wor! 1". adjective a lin!ing ver' girl
1(. adver' *elt aua 1-. adver' e1plained
1/. adjective ua1 a


0. "&t t-e correct for# of adjective and adverb of co#$arison.
1. 'etter ". harder (. more relia'le -. more /. *aster
0. 'etter 2. more distinctly 8. more sensi'le B. less 13.
more tact*lly

C. "&t t-e 4ords in t-e correct order to for# sentences
1. .i!e is slightly taller than Andy.
". & am *ar yonger than yo are.
(. This hose is mch more e1pensive than & thoght
-. A *ive star hotel is *ar more l1rios than a gesthose.
D. C-oose t-e correct c-oice
1. shyly loo!ed ". sweet adjective ua lin!ing ver'
Gloo!edGF a :...
(. so*tly -. sweet adjective ua lin!ing ver'
GsondG F a...
/. 'roadly smiling 0. 'eati*l
2. red adjective ua lin!ing ver' GtrnedG F a .... an ... 8.
shyly
E. "&t t-e adverbs and adjectives in correct order.
grammar / B
1. ?ancy 'oght two small leather 'ags.
". +lease read the *irst three chapters 'e*ore ne1t class.
(. )e can see a small green ship sailing over there.
-. & have 'een stdying hard in the li'rary all day.
/. )e ran arond the stadim many times last month.
0. The 'oy went to school 'y 's everyday.
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