Adjectives - Express Notes

Friends, my motive here is giving an exposure to some of us who don't know how to arrange the adjectives in a sentence and short notes for comparison of adjectives.

• Adjectives are words that describe a person, animal or thing. They tell us more about the person, animal or thing.

• We use adjectives to talk about the quality of a person, animal or thing. We can talk about the size, shape, colour or condition of a person, animal or thing using adjectives.

Size	A big house. A small house.
Shape	A square handkerchief. An oval mirror.
Colour	A red ball. A yellow carnation.
Condition	A hungry tiger. A wet T-shirt.

We may use more than one adjective to describe something. When we do this, we should arrange the adjectives in the following order:

Examples:	1	2	3	4
	size	shape	colour	condition
She has a	big	-	red	-	ball.
This is a	large	oval	-	-	table.
I saw a	big	-	-	fierce	tiger at the zoo.

Comparison of Adjectives

• We can make comparisons using adjectives. There are three degrees of comparison.

• The positive is used:
• to describe one object or person
• Puan Fadzilah is tall.
• That watermelon is big.
• to compare two equal or similar objects or persons using as + adjective + as
• Puan Fadzilah is as tall as her brother.
• That watermelon is as big as this one.
• compare two object or persons that are not equal. We use adjective + er + than.
• Puan Fadzilah is taller than her mother.
• That watermelon is bigger than this one.
• three or more objects/persons that are not the same. We use the + adjective + est.
• Puan Fadzilah is the tallest in her family.
• That watermelon is the biggest in the basket.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
big	bigger	the biggest
clever	cleverer	the cleverest
dirty	dirtier	the dirtiest
easy	easier	the easiest
warm	warmer	the warmest

Take Note

1.      We use ‘more’ and ‘most’ with adjectives that have two or more syllables.

Examples:

                  My T-shirt is more colourful than yours.

                  That is the most colourful T-shirt I have ever seen.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
careful	more careful	the most careful
difficult	more difficult	the most difficult
expensive	more expensive	the most expensive
famous	more famous	the most famous
popular	more popular	the most popular

2.      With some adjectives, the comparative and superlative are different from the positive.

Examples:

                  Hanan is a good swimmer.

                  Sarah swims better than Hanan.

                  Lily is the best swimmer in the class.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	the best
bad	worse	the worst
little	less	the least
many	more	the most
much	more	the most