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MJH_teacher. What are nouns and adjectives?. I like to eat soup. In the winter, I like to eat hot, steamy, onion soup.. hot, steamy, onion are descriptions of the soup.. = adjectives. MJH_teacher. . An adjective describes or modifies a noun (or a pronoun). e.g.The small dog is eating a big
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1. MJH_teacher Adjectives noun
2. MJH_teacher What are nouns and adjectives? I like to eat soup.
In the winter, I like to eat hot, steamy, onion soup.
3. MJH_teacher An adjective describes or modifies a noun (or a pronoun)
4. MJH_teacher How do we compare things?
(Degrees of comparison)
5. MJH_teacher Comparison and adjectives Adjectives are also used to compare people and things.
6. MJH_teacher There are three degrees:
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8. MJH_teacher Basic The basic form (degree) of adjectives shows the possession of a quality without comparison.
Ex.: I like dark colors.
Daniel is a tall boy.
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10. MJH_teacher When we want to say that two things or people are the same or aren’t the same, we use the base form in one of the following expressions:
as … as ; not as … as
e.g.:
The red baloon is as big as the green one.
11. MJH_teacher Comparative When we want to compare the qualities of two things or people (two nouns or pronouns), we usually add –er to the basic form + than.
Ex.: Red is a darker color than yellow.
Daniel is taller than his brother.
12. MJH_teacher Adjectives of 2 or more syllables (unless it ends with r or y), we compare by using:
noun verb more / less ____ than noun.
This book is more interesting than that book.
My ad is less convincing than your ad.
13. MJH_teacher Superlative
14. MJH_teacher Superlative When we want to compare a quality among three or more things or people we usually add –est to the basic form. Ex.: - Daniel is the tallest boy in his family.
- Joe is the shortest boy in his family.
15. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules-1
Usually, the ending er/est is simply added to the positive form of the adjective. For example: fast - faster strong - stronger
tall - tallest young - youngest
When an adjective ends in a silent e, the silent e is dropped before the ending er/est is added.
e.g.: brave - braver - bravest
close - closer - closest
late - later - latest
16. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules-2
When an adjective ends in y preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to i before the ending er/est is added.
e.g.: dry - drier-driest; easy - easier-easiest
When an adjective ends in a CVC and the last consonant is other than w, x or y or a double vowel - we double the final consonant before adding er/est is added.
e.g.: big - bigger-biggest (hot - hotter sad - saddest
but:
e.g.: loud - louder; neat - neater; soon - sooner
17. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules-3
Don’t forget:
The comparative and the superlative forms have 2 parts:
…er than the …est nicer than the nicest
Remember:
Then = a time expression
Than = a word we use for comparison
18. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules- Irregular adjectives
A few of the adjectives which are used with endings have irregular comparative forms.
You will find them on the next slide.
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20. MJH_teacher Practice Time:
Comparison of adjectives-as…as
Adjectives-compare+super-exercise-1
Adjectives-compare+super-exercise-2
Adjectives-compare-exercise-3
Comparison of adjectives
Read the text and fill in the adjectives in the correct form.
Game-quiz
