GRAMMAR REVISION Part II: "adjectives & adverbs"
- comparison of adjectives (book p 42 & 43)
- adjectives with "ing" and "ed" (book p 27)
- adjectives & adverbs (extra handout)
Homework:
Write 7 sentences: say why you are better than your brother /sister / neighbour... Use comparison of adjectives (I'm cleverer than my neighbour) / adjectives with "ing" / "ed" (My neighbour is boring) / adverbs (My sister drives carelessly)!
Example: I'm better than my sister because I speak English more fluently. I am a faster runner, and I drive more carefully...
Extra exercise:
- adjectives / adverbs
You can compare two things/persons/... using adjectives in two ways:
1) (not) as ... as
I'm as tall as my best friend.
My car is not as fast as your car.
2) more ... than / (comparative) + than
She is more beautiful than her sister.
A Fiat is cheaper than a BMW.
The comparative of adjectives is formed in the following way:
Short adjectives (1 syllable):
ADJECTIVE + er
cheap - cheaper
nice - nicer
safe - safer
Long adjectives (3 or more syllables):
more + ADJECTIVE
beau|ti|ful - more beautiful
ex|pen|sive - more expensive
con|ve|ni|ent - more convenient
Special case - adjectives with 2 syllables:
adjectives ending in "y", "le", "ow", "er" > short adjectives
happy - happier
gentle - gentler
shallow - shallower
clever - cleverer
all other endings > long adjectives
care|ful - more careful
use|less - more useless
com|plex - more complex
Adjectives describe people / things / places:
Pete is careful. Pete is a careful driver.
Rome is beautiful. Rome is a beautiful city.
Adverbs describe verbs (how you do something):
Pete drives carefully.
Gina speaks English well.
ADJECTIVE – ADVERB
We are
(happy) ________________ because the weather is (good) ________________. We
will (quick) ___________________ go to the lake and have a picnic.
The (angry)
_______________ man shouted at the children (loud) __________________. They ran
away (fast) __________________.
This is a
(quick) ________________ car. You can drive it very (quick) ________________.
The
exercise was (easy) _________________, and I learned (good) _______________, so
I wrote an (excellent) ___________________ mark.
You must
speak (loud) ________________, because granny is old, and she can (hard)
________________ hear you. Her ears are very (bad) ______________ but her eyes
are very (good) ____________________.
I am (good)
________________ at playing the guitar, but I can’t play the piano (good)
______________.
happy - good - quickly - angry - loudly - fast - quick - quickly - easy - well - excellent - loudly - hardly - bad - good - good - well
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