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1. Word order adjectives

Word order adjectives Comparison As and Like The more...the more Its + adjective + for/that Rather +comparative

1. Exercise Put the following adjectives in order. - She had (a) dress on (red, the, baggy, silk) - A girl opened the door (small, cheerful, pretty) - She lives in a house (country, lovely, old, ) - Her picture didnt flatter her. The artist gave her a face and lips (lined, long) (red, thick) - Hes won a car in the lottery (English, new, sports, yellow) - She adopted a girl (little, chinese, cute) - He used to write in a notebook ( leather, old, carved) 2. Comparison: Comparative and superlative

As we have known for years, an adjective gives a quality to a noun, but the main problem is to set the adjectives in order, when obviously, we have more than one. Maybe this list could help you: 1. Both, all or half. 2. The 3. Ordinal numbers. 4. Cardinal numbers 5. Value or general judgement as it appears in several grammars. 6. Size 7. Age or temperature 8. Shape 9. Colour 10. Verb participle for (carved, boiling) 11. Material

2. Exercise

Comple the sentences with the correct form of the adjective. 1. I know the exams are the
time of year for you, but ought to be with your teachers, they are . than the use to be the rest of the year.(busy, patient, irritable) (superiority) 2. Youve got your hair (equality) your mum had at your age, but youre . (superiority) although (inferiority) she was.(curly, tall, skinny) 3. They were suspicious of us at first but eventually the became and(fliendly, relaxed) (superiority)

Adjectives can be compared whether they are expressing equality, superiority or inferiority, and in English we have to take care whether they are composed by TWO or MORE syllables: Equality: as + adjective + as No syllable problem Inferiority: less+ adjective + than Superiority: - 2 syllables = adjective + er + than [ when It end in y we change it by an i: easy easier] + 2 syllables = more + adjective + than Superlative: - 2 syllables = the adjective + est + 2 syllables = the most + adjective

4. The more .... the more When two things vary to the
same extent, we use the comparative form in each part of the sentence, for instances: The better the horse, the easier its to ride SYNONIMS Different > not the same Like> similar to Alike > similar Not like > different from Not alike > different

4. Exercise Put the adjectives and adverbs into the comparative form The they come, the they fall (big, hard) The you drive, the you are to have an accident (fast, likely) The he gets, the he becomes, He suffers from rheumatism, and the trouble is that the he does, the it gets (old, irritable, little, bad) The they have to wait, the theyll become, and the theyll complain. (long, impatient, much) The you eat, the. you get (little, sick) 5. Exercise One last TIP without exercise
Complete these + Rather sentences with Its comparative +adjective + for/that (clear) that he didnt work Although quite is used very hard comparatively with (dangerous) them (work) in positive adjectives and such conditions) rather with negatives, (easy) them (criticise) Only rather Theyre not responsible for can be used the project .But (curious) with comparative forms they didnt saywhether anything.the adjective or (true) we have adverb had a carries a good or a successful year. bad meaning.

3. As and Like

We use as when weve got a factual meaning, and like when were expressing a metaphorical meaning. He works as an engineer (he really is) He works like a donkey (he lives for working) CHECK THIS OUT He was known as the king of the lab (nickname) He was known to be the king of the lab (in fact he had a crown)

5. Its + adjective+ for/that

Its ( boring, dangerous, difficult, easy, expensive, healthy, necessary) + for. Its (certain, clear, curious, likely, lucky, probably, surprising, true) + that. A really good TIP: After the

3.
Complete with as or like He could swim a fish He works fisherman I once appeared on the stage Othello, but Im glad Im not him in real life. King Edward VII was called the peacemaker (know) The blurb says it is tragic but I would put it into the category of black comedy (describe, class)

pronoun objects always put for + the verb in infinitive form