The secrets of adjectives

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Teacher : Satiyeva Zhanna Tyleubekovna For 10 th form

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-able (capable of being) – manage able -ful (full of) – boast ful -ic – energet ic -ive (capable of being) – attract ive -ant – hesit ant -ible (like -able) – permiss ible -(i)an (historical period, etc.) – Victor ian -ish (having the quantity of) – fool ish , redd ish -ly (having this quantity) - friend ly -ous – humor ous -al – occasion al -less (lack of) - care less Suffixes

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un- - un cooked, un imaginable in- - in human, in capable il- - il legal, il legibale im- - im moral, im practical dis- - dis honest, dis agreeable ir- - ir responsible, ir regular Prefixes & Compound Adjectives Compound adjectives duration – a four-hour meeting depth – a six- foot hole time/distance – a ten- minute walk

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Supply the right adjective forms for the italicized words. 2. manageable 7. boastful 3. hesitant 8. permissible 4. energetic 9. humorous 5. Victorian 6. reddish

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adjectives comparativ e superlative One syllable & some two syllable words ending in : -y, -er, - ow, -le hot large narrow simple … + -er the … + est hotter, larger, narrower, simpler the hottest, the largest, the narrowest, the simplest Two- or more syllable words beautiful interesting more + … the most + … more beautiful, more interesting the most beautiful, the most interestingadjectives comparativ e superlative Irregular forms good better the best bad worse the worst little less the least many much more the most old older elder the oldest The eldest far farther further the farthest the furthest late later the latest the last

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Give the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives1. Polite, happy, glad, complete, grey, honourable, shy, dry, just, free, recent, merry, uncomfortable, joyful, hot, thin, accurate, narrow, real, sweet, right, wicked, yellow, cozy, merciful, bad, fat, cheap, big, clumsy, stupid; 2. far, miserable, narrow, virtuous, simple, regular, expensive, low, deep, sad, significant, bitter, intimate, lazy, old, serious, tiny, clever, little, considerate, good, much, dark, beautiful, dear, fit.

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Choose the right form in these sentences. In some sentences both forms are right. 1. Is your house much (further/farther)? 2. Who is the (oldest/eldest) in the class? 3. Your driving is (worse/worst) than mine. 4. It’s the (less/lesser) of two evils. 5. Have you heard the (last/latest) news? 6. We have no (further/farther) information. 7. Jane Sommers writes (good/well). 8. His (latest/last) words were: “The end”. 9. This is the town’s (oldest/eldest) house. 10. My flat is (littler/smaller) than yours.

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Choose the right form in these sentences. In some sentences both forms are right. 11. I’ve got (less/lesser) than you. 12. Jane is (older/elder) than I am. 13. This is the (more/most) expensive. 14. His English is (best/better) than mine. 15. It’s the (better/best) in the shop. 16. It’s the (furthest/farthest) point west. 17. It’s the (oldest/eldest) tree in the country. 18. She’s my (older/elder) sister. 19. I’ve got the (least/less)! 20. You’ve got the (more/most)!

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Complete the sentences with the words from the box using the proper degree. 1. She is easy to deal with. I think she is ___ than her sister. 2. I suppose the works of this artist are ___ abroad than in his country. 3. This armchair is ___ of all. 4. He knows a lot. He is ___ than his schoolmates. 5. Let’s take this path. It’s ___. 6. The street you live in is ___ than mine. 7. Days are getting ___ in July. 8. He made ___ mistakes in his class. busy few famous convenient well-read kind- hearted straight hot

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Make up sentences using ‘as… as’ and the words given. Model: This book is as interesting as that one.1. Jane, Ann, charming. 2. He, I, tall. 3. Michael, his brother, strong. 4. The sitting room, the dining room, large. 5. The ice-ream, the cake, delicious. 6. This report, your report, interesting. 7. Our car, their car, good. 8. His stories, his jokes, funny. 9. Your job, his, essential. 10. Her new hat, her skirt, trendy.

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Make up sentences using ‘not so… as’ and the words given. Model: My mother is not so tall as my father.1. The bus, the train, fast. 2. My flat, her flat, big. 3. His voice, Caruso’s, brilliant. 4. The pond, the river, deep. 5. Your typing, hers, fast. 6. This lecture, that lecture, interesting. 7. This garden, that garden, new. 8. His article, her article, long. 9. Today, yesterday, warm. 10. My cat, yours, naughty.

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Change the sentences according to the given model. Model : This book costs $4 and that one costs $2. – This book costs twice as much as that one. 1. Nick has 8CDs and I have 24 CDs. 2. This TV model costs $700 and that one $350. 3. It took me 40 minutes and her 10 minutes to get there. 4. I earn $2000 and she earns $1000. 5. This room is 12m 2 and that one is 24 2 .

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Use a bit/a little/much/a lot/far to complete the sentences. Use than where necessary.1. It’s ___today ___ it was yesterday. (a little/warm) 2. You’re driving too fast. Can you drive ___? (a bit/slowly) 3. I prefer this armchair. It’s ___ the other one. (much/comfortable) . 4. You looked depressed this morning but you look ___ now. (a bit/happy) 5. This flat is too small for me. I need something ___. (much/big) 6. It’s ___ to learn a foreign language in the country where it is spoken. (a lot/easy)

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Match two parts (A and B) to make sentences with ‘ the… the…’. A B the earlier we leave the faster you’ll learn the longer he waited the more you have to pay the more I got to know him the sooner we’ll arrive the more you practise English the more profit you’ll make the longer the telephone call the more impatient he became the more goods you sell the more I liked him

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Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together: There was a beautiful large round table in the kitchen. opinion fact noun A nice sunny day delicious hot soup An intelligent young man A beautiful large round wooden tableAdjectives like new, large, round, wooden are FACT adjectives. They give objective information about age, size, colour, etc. Adjectives like nice , beautiful are OPINION adjectives. They tell us what someone thinks of something.

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How big? How old? What colour? Where from? What is it made of? Noun A tall young - - - man big - blue - - eyes A small - black - plastic bag A large - - French wooden table - An old - Russian - song

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opinion size age shape colour from where made of noun noun Example: An expensive old round Victorian handmade oak table Summary

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Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position1. an unusual ring (gold) 2. an old lady (nice) 3. a good-looking man (young) 4. a modern house (attractive) 5. black gloves (leather) 6. an American film (old) 7. a large nose (red) 8. a sunny day (lovely) 9. a hot bath (nice) 10. an ugly dress (orange) 11. a red car (old/little) 12. a metal box (black/small) 13. a little village (old/lovely) 14. long hair (fair/beautiful) 15. an old painting (interesting/French)

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Put the following adjectives into the correct order 1. suede/Italian/new/red/soft/shoes 2. elderly/tall/Englishman 3. oval/Venetian/ancient/valuable/glass 4. shiny/large/expensive/brown/leather/case 5. square/wooden/old/nice/table 6. modern/stone/large/beautiful/cottage 7. porcelain/tea/blue/thin/old/cup 8. young/blonde/handsome/tall/man 9. old/several/English/beautiful/castles 10. pretty/French/young/a lot of/girls 11. dark blue/best/silk/my/shirt 12. young/many/factory/German/workers

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