Degree of Adjectives

Adjectives
• We use ADJECTIVES
to describes a person
or thing.
Old
Young
Strong
Weak
Pretty
Ugly
Brave
Scared
Funny
Intelligent
 Find the opposites

brave ugly

young scared

weak old

pretty strong
COMPARATIVES
• Short adjectives
1 syllable: hot, fast, old, etc
2 syllable (ending in “y”): happy, crazy,
healthy
• Long adjectives
2 syllables or more: comf-ort-abl,
COMPARATIVE - EQUALITY

• Structure:
AS + ADJECTIVE* + AS

* Short or long adjective

 Examples:

(?) Is Spanish as easy as English?

(+) Yes, Spanish is as easy as English
(-) No, Spanish isn’t as easy as Englsih.
 COMPARATIVE - INFERIORITY

• Structure
LESS + ADJECTIVE* + THAN

*long adjective
 Examples:

(?) Are the boys less talkative than the girls?

(+) Yes, the boys are less talkative than the girls .
(-) No, the boys aren’t less talkative than the girls.
 COMPARATIVE - SUPERIORITY

LONG ADJETIVES
VS
SHORT
ADJECTIVES

• Structure
MORE + LONG ADJECTIVE + THAN
Big – small – slow
Heal-thy / pre-tty
Beau-ti-ful / comf-ta-ble
• More + long adjective + than

(?)Is fish more delicious than barbecue?

(+) Yes, fish is more delicious than barbecue
(-) No, barbecue is more delicious than fish
 HOW DO WE BUILT?

Short adjective + ER. Long adjective: MORE + long

adjective
old  older exciting  more exciting
young  younger beautiful  more beautiful
CVC + ER (the final consonant is Irregular adjectives
doubled) good  better
big  bigger bad  worse
hot  hotter Far – farther / furhter
Short adjective ended in –Y  -IER
We use THAN after the comparative
easy  easier form of the adjective.
heavy  heavier John is taller than Mary.
A Ferrari is more expensive than a
Fiat.
I am older I am younger
than you. than you.
I am stronger I am weaker
than you. than you.