Prof.

HALDAN MIHAELA
GRUP SCOLAR TEHNIC
HARLAU
How do you describe the girl ?
 What is an adjective ?
An adjective is a word
that tells us more about
a noun;
qualifies or modifies
a noun
a big dog
Why do we use adjectives?

We often use adjectives to

give more information
about things / people
 For example:
He is a man. JIM CARREY

What kind of man is he?

He is a crazy man.
 We can also compare
nouns by using the
comparative and
superlative forms of an
adjective.
 Comparatives are used to
compare two things/people.

Which are the basic rules?

 Adjectives Comparative
With short adjectives + er
tall taller (than)
short shorter (than)

With short adj. ending in e +r

- nice nicer (than)
- large larger (than)

With short adj. ending in a -y ier

consonant + y
- heavy heavier
- happy happier
 Adjectives Comparatives
With short adj. ending in Double the
a vowel + a consonant consonant + er
- big -bigger (than)
- thin -thinner (than)

With adj. of three or more + more

syllables
- beautiful more beautiful (than)
- interesting more interesting
(than)
What about other adjectives such
as good and bad ?
How is the weather in
these pictures?
The weather in picture 1 is
better than the weather in
picture 2.

What adjective did we use?

Irregular Comparatives
adjectives change the word

- good better (than)

- bad worse (than)
- little less
- much more
- far further
 Which is the basic rule?
We add est to short adjectives
and use most for long adjectives.

eg. rich-richest
interesting-most interesting
Can you make sentences to compare
the following people?
 What are the comparative and superlative forms of
these adjectives?

ADJECTIVE -- COMPARATIVE -- SUPERLATIVE

thin -- --
nice -- --
good -- --
important -- --
difficult -- --
fat -- --
small -- --
polite -- --
bad -- --
easy -- --
 Woman with Two Lovers
Gap-fill exercise
Sarah had two lovers, Frank and Billy. Both had their good
and bad points.
Compare Frank and Billy, using the adjectives in ( ), and find out
why she married Billy.

Frank was much.. than Billy. (old)

Frank was than Billy. (experienced)
Frank was educated than Billy. (good)
Frank was probably ..than Billy. (intelligent)
Frank's garden was. than Billy's. (beautiful).

Billy was .than Frank. (young)

Billy was... and .than Frank. (tall, slim)
Billy's dog could run ..than Frank's dog. (fast).
Billy's hair was ..than Frank's. (long)
Billy was .than Frank. (handsome)
Answers:
-older
-more experienced
-better
-more intelligent
-more beautiful
-younger
-taller,slimmer
-faster
-longer
-more handsome