ULAB 3022

ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACE

COMMUNICATION
Parts Of Speech
ADJECTIVE
NAME

MATRIC NUMBER

NUR HAFIZAH BINTI RAZALI

NUR IDAYU BINTI OMAR

A11PP0166
A11PP0168

SHUHRATUL AMANI BINTI HUSIN

A11PP0177

SITI NUR AIN BTE SAHAT

A11PP0182

Introduction
Adjective is a word that describes or modifies
a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives answer these 3 questions :

What kind ?

How many ?

Which one ?

Fresh water
Green backpack
Spicy stew

Three days
Many nights

That desert
Those camel
This jeep

For example, in the phrase :

Tall woman
Tall is an adjective describing the noun woman.
Tall answers the question which woman? or what kind of
woman?
Similarly, in the phrase :

Easy assignment
Easy is an adjective describing the noun assignment.
Easy answer the question, what kind of assignment?

 Most adjectives can be used before the noun that

they describe or after a linking verb :

Some adjectives cannot come before a noun :

Ex : alive
Are her parents still alive?

Forms of Adjectives
Positive : describes noun/pronoun without comparing it
to anything.
Ex : Frozen yogurt is a light desert.
Comparative : compares 2 nouns/pronouns
Ex : Frozen yogurt is a lighter desert than an ice
cream.
Superlative : compares 3 or more nouns/pronouns
Ex : Frozen yogurt is a lightest desert of the five on
this menu.

To form comparatives and superlatives :

1. Adjectives of one syllable add -er, -est :
Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Cool

Cooler

Coolest

High

Higher

Highest

2. Adjectives that already end in -e only add -r, -st :

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Nice

Nicer

Nicest

Pale

Paler

Palest

3. Some words double the last letter :

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Wet

Wetter

Wettest

Big

Bigger

Biggest

4. Adjectives of three syllabes or more take more, most :

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Interesting

More interesting

Most interesting

Exciting

More exciting

Most exciting

5. Some adjectives of two syllables especially

those that end in -er, -y, or -ly :
Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Clever

Cleverer

Cleverest

Words that end in -y change to -i :

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Sunny

Sunnier

Sunniest

Friendly

Frendlier

Friendliest

6. Some adjectives have irregular forms :

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Good

Better

Best

Bad

Worse

Worst

Exercises 1
Fill in the missing words into the gaps.
Easier

Easiest

Sillier

Silliest

More honest

Most honest

Better

Best

More different

Most different

Larger

Largest

More beautiful

Most beautiful

Exercise 2 ( Comparison of adjectives in setences )

Put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into the
second sentence in its correct from (comparative or
superlative).
1. This is a nice cat. It's much

nicer

than my friend's cat.

2. In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me

an even better one last weekend.
3. School is boring, but homework is more boring than school.
4. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was
the funniest joke I've ever heard.