ADJECTIVE

* SOME RULES FOR FORMING COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
A. Comparative:
1. short A/Adv:
Add “er” arter them: shorter, longer, higher,….
Some exceptions:
end with “y” change into “I” then add “er”: lovelier, prettier, happier, …
end by consonant preceded with vowel, double consonant : thinner, fatter, slimmer,
end with “w, er, t” add only “er” : slower, cleverer, quieter, smarter, …..
2. long A/ Adv: more + A/ Adv
Ex: more intelligent, more beautiful, ……….
B. Superlative:
1. short A/Adv:
Add “the A+est” arter them: the shortest, longest, highest,….
Some exceptions:
end with “y” change into “I” then add “est”: the loveliest, prettiest, happiest, …
end by consonant preceded with vowel, double consonant : the thinnest, fattest, slimmer,
end with “w, er, t” add only “er” : slower, cleverer, quieter, smarter, …..
2. long A/ Adv: more + A/ Adv
Ex: more intelligent, more beautiful, ……….
Some irregular As:
comparison
Adjectives
Comparative
Superlative

Good
Bad
Far
little
Better
Worse
Farther
less
The best
The worst
The farthest
The least



SOME OTHER KINDS OF COMPARISON:
1. Double comparative:
+ short A: [the short A + er]
Ex: the higher the sun, the shorter the shadow.
+ long A: [the more A, the more/ A+ er]
Ex: the more modest you are, the more successful you can get.
+ V: [the more S+ V]
Ex: the more he works, the thinner he will be.
+ N: the more N , the more N/ A+ er
Ex: the more money I got, the more industrious I am.

There are 8 kinds of A:
1. Proper: describe a thing
Ex: Chinese language, Italian Watch,…
2. Descriptive: show what quality, in which state of a thing or a person
Ex: a good man, an old book, an ill person,…
3. Quantitative: show an amount or number of sth
Ex: much, some, few, little,…
4. Demonstrative: show which or what thing is meant
Ex: this, that these, those, such, same,…
5. Interrogative: used for asking questions
Ex: whose, what, which, when,…
6. Distributive: show a person or thing are taken singly or separate lots (every, each, either, neither…)
7. Possessive: show possession (my, her, his, its, their, your, our)
8. Limiting or Articles: the, a, an (a man, the cat, an orange…)
Position of A:
+ often in front of N, pronoun
+ Some exceptions:
modified by a phrase, the A as common thing.
ex: He’s a prison worthy of death.
Qualifying the compound of some, any, no (one/ thing/ body)
Ex: Is there anything new today?
There’s nothing special since u have gone.
When it’s formed by prefix “a”
Ex: I saw a boy asleep in his room.
Used in a complement of O to a V (make, keep, urge,….)
Ex: U made me happy.
The restless rain keeps the spillway full.
- Used as a Subjective complement after V understood.
Ex: All people (that were) present was astonished by his coming late.
I booked the most expensive seat (that was) available.
- Denoting measure or age
Ex: she is 10 years old.
+ This table is 1 meter long and a half of meter wide.