Adjectives and Adverbs

ADJECTIVES

A Comparison of adjectives

 

                                SHORT                                    LONG
Positive                     soft                                      beautiful
Comparative           softer  (than)             more beautiful (than)
Superlative    (the) softest                (the) most beautiful

 

 

Remember!

1 double consonant
   hot - hotter - (the) hottest
   slim - slimmer - (the) slimmest
   big - bigger - (the) biggest

2  y changes into i
   happy - happier - (the) happiest
   easy - easier - (the) easiest
   ugly - uglier - (the) ugliest                 BUT!  grey - greyer - (the) greyest

IRREGULAR COMPARISON

           good - better - (the) best

           bad - worse - (the) worst 

           far - further/farther - (the) furthest/farthest

           little - less - (the) least

much/many - more - (the) most 

A1 Study the rules for forming comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, and sort the adjectives accordingly. 

A2 Fill in the missing forms of the adjectives.

A3 Choose the correct word.

A4 Find the opposites.

B Possessive adjectives

Possessive adjectives

I walk my dog every morning.
You enjoy playing with your brother, don't you?
He has finished his work. He's free now.
She’s in her room. Call her.
It is famous for its cathedral.
We must redecorate our house.
They like their neighbourhood very much.

B1 Match the pairs.

B2 Fill in the sentences using correct possessive adjectives.

B3 Choose the correct answer.

You can practise possessive adjectives more on the Pronouns page or if you follow this link.

ADVERBS

A Adverbs of manner

A1 Is it an adjective or an adverb?

A2 Choose the correct word.

A3 Turn adjectives into adverbs.