- An adjective tells you something about a noun.

ADJECTIVES

- An adjective tells you something about a noun.

- An adjective is placed before the noun. Ex: a big man / a black cat / a tall girl

- An adjective is placed after the verb BE. Ex: She is Italian. / I am cold. / They were late.

- Adjectives do not change with masculine or feminine nouns. Ex: a tall boy / a tall girl

- Adjectives do not change with plural nouns. Ex: a blue car / two blue cars

- 2 adjectives can be used together without AND between them. Ex: a small grey cat

COMPARATIVES:

When comparing 2 things using adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables, usually ad -ER to the end of the adjective. Ex: April was warm but May was warmer / Anne is tall but Sue is taller

- EXCEPTION: If the adjective is long (with 3 or more syllables): use “MORE” instead of -ER

Ex: English is difficult but I think French is more difficult.

- Use “THAN” to compare 2 things: Ex: March was colder than May. / Tom is taller than Jim.

- You can also say: Ex: Monday was not as cold as Tuesday. / Jim is not as tall as Tom.

SUPERLATIVES:

When comparing 3 or more people or things, usually add –EST to the adjective and put “THE” before the adjective. Ex: It’s the tallest building in the city / It’s the highest peak in the world

- If the adjective is long, put “THE MOST” in front of it. Do not use –EST at the same time with the same adjective. Ex: Shakespeare is the most famous English writer.

NOTES for both Comparatives and Superlatives:

- There can be some spelling changes:

. if there is one vowel followed by one consonant at the end of consonant, we often double the consonant. Ex: wet/wetter/wettest, big/bigger/biggest, hot/hotter/hottest, thin/thinner/thinnest

. if the adjective ends in “y”, this often changes to “I”: Ex: dry/drier/driest, happy/happier/happiest

. if the adjective ends in “e”, don’t add “er” just “r” or “st”. Ex: nice/nicer/nicest

- Irregular adjectives with totally different forms:

. BAD → WORSE → WORST

. GOOD → BETTER → BEST

. FAR → FURTHER → FURTHEST

. LITTLE → LESS → LEAST

. MOST → MORE → MOST

Ex: Traffic in London is bad but it’s worse in New York. Your English is good but hers is better.

- Other exceptions: there are a few adjectives that we have to use “more” or most” with, even though they have only one syllable. We can’t add “er” or “est”:

. FUN → MORE FUN → MOST FUN

. REAL → MORE REAL → MOST REAL

. RIGHT → MORE RIGHT → MOST RIGHT

. WRONG → MORE WRONG → MOST WRONG

- EXCEPTION: It’s also fine to use more and most for adjectives such as clever, simple, narrow, quiet instead of adding -ER

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