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Summarize!
We form comparative and superlative forms of
one-syllable adjectives with –er and –est ending.
BASE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
elegant
expensive
nutritious
impossible
mysterious
magnificent
Summarize!
We form comparative and superlative forms of
three or more-syllable adjectives with more and
the most.
handsome?
clever?
polite?
A few adjectives can even use both ways.
• Susan is politer than Alice.
Susan is the politest student in her class.
• Susan is more polite than Alice.
She is the most polite person I know.
Two-syllable adjectives end in -le and -y
BASE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
simple simpler the simplest
gentle
noble
LIST OF ADJECTIVES:
http://www.momswhothink.com/reading/list-of-adjectives.html
We often use two or three adjectives to modify
a single noun. For example, consider the
following phrase:
huge old white house
Here the adjectives huge, old, and white all
modify the noun, house.
When multiple adjectives modify the same
noun, there is a fixed left-to-right order to the
adjectives based on their meaning.
eg. the, a/an, this, that,
eg. beautiful, interesting
eg.large, round
eg. young, old, new, ancient
eg. red, black, pale
French, American, Canadian
eg. woolen, metallic, wooden
THE ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
DETER MATERI
OPINION PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ORIGIN NOUN
MINER AL
Size Shape Age Color
long-
four gorgeous red silk roses
stemmed
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