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Adjectives

.Are words that describe nouns


:E.g
I walked round the old house

Give another adjective

. I walked round the dark house


Ali

Maher

.Maher is shorter than Ali


noun Verb Adj + er+ than noun
to be
.Ali is taller than Maher

When we want to compare


between two things we use
’er +than‘
old new
The orange
car is newer than the
.red car

small big
The rabbit is smaller than
.the lion
Ali Sami
weak strong

Sami is stronger than


.Ali
big
Bigger than The biggest

Number three is the biggest

heavy Heavier than The heaviest


Can we say here the green pencil is longer than the
?yellow pencil No , because
The yellow pencil is
.as long as the green pencil
.We use as +adj+ as to show that two things are equal

Ali is as angry as Sami


The yellow pencil is
noun Verb to be
as long as the
As+ adj + as
..green pencil
noun

.Ali is as angry as Sami


noun Verb As+ adj + as noun
to be

:The form
Noun + verb to be+ as [adj]as +
equality

My father /tall/ my mother-1


.My father is as tall as my mother

The turtle/ slow/ snail-2


The turtle is as slow as the
.snail

Sami /fat/Ahmad-3
Sami is as fat as Ahmad
Ruba /happy/ Sara
.Ruba is as happy as Sara

The gray bird / the yellow


.bird
The gray bird is as small as
.the yellow bird
”we use “er +than -1
.Maher is shorter than his brother Maher

not =

Maher is not as tall as his


.brother
old new
The red car is not
as new as the orange
. car
The orange car is newer than
.the red car
small big
The rabbit is not as big as the
. lion
.The rabbit is smaller than the lion
Ali Sami
weak strong
.Ali is not as strong as Sami
.Sami is stronger than Ali
:Spelling
When we add er to the adjectives that end with Y we change y into i -1
The happiest happier happy
The funniest funnier Funny
The heaviest heavier heavy
When we have a word that ends with a -2
.consonant /vowel / consonant we double the last consonant

The thinnest thinner thin


The fattest fatter fat
The biggest bigger big

When we add er to the adjectives that end with ‘e’ we only add ‘r’:-3
huge huger large larger
unhealthy/cakes -1
.sweets /

.sweets are as unhealthy as cakes

.BedroomA / tidy/bedroom B -2 Picture A Picture B


Bedroom B is not as tidy as bedroom
.A
.Bedroom A is tidier than bedroom B

1 2 3
Number 3/ funny -3
.Number 3 is the funniest
Thank you
grade 6
old new
The orange car is
newer than the red
.car

small big
The rabbit is smaller than
.the lion
Ali Sami
weak strong

Sami is stronger than


.Ali

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