Kinds and Agreement
- of quality square good Golden fat heavy dry
- demonstrative this that these those
- distributive each every either neither
- quantitative some any no few many much one
- interrogative which what whose
- possessive my yoour his her its our your their
Adjectives in English have only one form which is used with singular and plural and feminine nouns
a good boy a good boys
The only exception are the dimostrative adjectives
this cat these cats
Position of adjectives before a noun they are not usually separated by and excetp the last two adjectives of color
a big square box
a black and White cap
Adjectives of quality however can be placed after the verbs be seem appear look and is then placed between the last two adjectives
the house looked large and inconvenient
comparison
There are three degrees of comparison
- positiv dark tall useful
- comparative darker taller more useful
- superlative the darkest the tallest the most useful
bright brighter the brightest
adjective of three or more syllables form their comparative and superlative by putting more and the most before the positive
interesting more interesting the most interesting
akjective of two syllables follo one or other of the above rules those endin in ful or re usually take more the most
doubtful more doubtful the most doubtful
those ending in er y o ly usually add er est
pretty prettier the prettiest
irregular comparisons
good better the best
bad worse the worst
little less the least
many more the most
much more the most
far further the furthest
old older oldest elder the eldest
elder e the eldest imply seniority rather than age. They are chefly used for comparisons within a family
my elder Brother
but elder cannot be placed before than so older must be used here
constructions with comparisons
with the positive form of the adjective good tall clever we use as..........as in the affirmative and not as .......as oppure not so ..................as
A boy of sixteen is often as tall as his father
with the comparative we use than
He makes fewer mistakes than you
comparison of three or more people/things is expressed by the superlative with the ........... in /of
this is the oldest theatre in London
Parallel increase is expressed by the + comparative ..... the + comparative
do you want a big house ?
yes the bigger the better
to increase o decrease is expressed by two comparatives joined by and
colder and colder
adjectives of quality used as nouns
good/ bad poor/ rich Young /old
The poor = poor people
use with pronoun one/ones
adjectives of quality can be used without their noun if the pronoun one (singular) or ones (plural )
is placed afterwards
I like those pencil , I take the blue one
