unit adjectives

Comparing Things (Adjectives) Adjective + noun (nice day, blue eyes, dark room, large city etc.) Adjective is before the noun • It’s a nice day today • She has beautiful, blue eyes • Lahore is a large city • I don’t speak any foreign languages No plural form of adjective a different place different places Be (am/ is/ are/ was/ were etc.) + adjective • The weather is nice today • I’m hungry Can I have something to eat? • The film wasn’t very good • They were sad upon hearing the news Verb (look, feel, smell, taste, sound) + adjective • ‘You look tired.’ • The music sounds interesting • The pasta tastes delicious ‘Yes, I feel tired.’ Comparative Form Key Structures: adjective + -er, more + adjective, more + adjective+ than, irregular form ( better, worse etc.) Adjectives with one syllable add –er ( short words - syllable / old, big, nice, late, slow etc.) • Rome is old but Athens is older • Helen wants a bigger car Two syllable adjectives ending in –y change into –ier • The crowd seemed livelier tonight • The baby is looking healthier this time Most other two-syllable adjectives add more (long words - 2/ 3/ syllables) Adjectives with three or more syllables add more • The work is much more interesting • The rooms are more comfortable • This book is more expensive To compare one thing / person from another • She is more beautiful than her sister • They have got more money than they need • The restaurant is more crowded than usual good / better; bad / worse; far/ further etc are irregular forms Superlative Form Key Structures: the + adjective + - est, Short words • • • • • • • the + –est: old - the oldest cheap the cheapest nice the nicest good the best bad the worst big - biggest hot - hottest Words ending in –y • • • the + – iest easy the easiest heavy - the heaviest pretty - the prettiest Long words • • • the most + adjective the most + adjective careful the most careful ( syllables) expensive the most expensive (3 syllables) interesting the most interesting (4 syllables) ... worse etc.) Adjectives with one syllable add –er ( short words - syllable / old, big, nice, late, slow etc.) • Rome is old but Athens is older • Helen wants a bigger car Two syllable adjectives. .. tonight • The baby is looking healthier this time Most other two-syllable adjectives add more (long words - 2/ 3/ syllables) Adjectives with three or more syllables add more • The work is much more