Adjectives & adverbs

Adjectives & adverbs

(1) Adjectives or adverbs?

(2) Comparisons

Adjectives

• Say something about nouns:

• He's reading a good book.

• I see a big, beautiful tree.

• Say something about pronouns:

• He is tall.

• She is happy.

• It tastes good.

Adverbs

• Say something about verbs:

• The girl runs quickly.

• Peter reads clearly.

• They sing beautifully.

• Say something about adjectives or other adverbs:

• This is a very sweet mango.

• Peter reads quite clearly.

Multiple Choice

John held the plate ....................

• careful

• carefully

Multiple Choice

The journey was ....................

• quick

• quickly

Multiple Choice

You look .................... Didn't you sleep well?

• tired

• tiredly

Multiple Choice

You sound .....................!

• happy

• happily

Multiple Choice

They speak English .....................

• good

• well

Multiple Choice

He is a ..................... cook.

• terrible

• terribly

Multiple Choice

She plays the piano ......................

• beautiful

• beautifully

Multiple Choice

That was a ..................... answer.

• clever

• cleverly

Multiple Choice

Your flat seems ..................... today.

• tidy

• tidily

Multiple Choice

He spoke ......................

• warm

• warmly

Comparatives & Superlatives

1 syllable

• big - small - quick - kind - long - tall - short

• bigger - smaller - quicker - kinder - longer - taller - shorter

• the biggest - the smallest - the quickest - the kindest - the longest - the tallest - the shortest

• ALWAYS +er / +est

3 or more syllables

• beautiful - impressive - exciting

• more beautiful - more impressive - more exciting

• the most beautiful - the most impressive - the most exciting

• ALWAYS more / the most

2 syllables

• ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y: +er / +est

• gentle - simple - clever - shallow - yellow - easy - tidy - noisy

• gentler - simpler - cleverer - shallower - yellower - easier - tidier - noisier

• the gentlest - the simplest - the cleverest - the shallowest - the yellowest - the easiest - the tidiest - the noisiest

2 syllables

• NOT ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y: more / the most

• famous - careful - special - boring

• more famous - more careful - more special - more boring

• the most famous - the most careful - the most special - the most boring

Multiple Choice

Dad's car is much ............ (fast) than mine.

• more fast

• faster

• fastest

• most fast

Multiple Choice

Flying is the ............ (safe) way to travel.

• safer

• savest

• safest

• most safe

Multiple Choice

These tomatoes aren't very good. The other ones taste ............ (good) .

• more good

• better

• gooder

• best

Multiple Choice

My brother is the ............ (silly) person you will ever meet.

• sillyest

• mosty silly

• sillier

• silliest

Multiple Choice

You are right, he is ............ (friendly) than I thought.

• friendlier

• friendlyer

• most friendly

• more friendly

Multiple Choice

This was the ............ (bad) film I have ever seen.

• badest

• worse

• baddest

• worst

Multiple Choice

She was the ............ (popular) girl at college.

• most popular

• more popular

• popularer

• popularest

Multiple Choice

He thinks this test was ............ (difficult) than the last one.

• the most difficult

• more difficulter

• difficulter

• more difficult

Multiple Choice

Is this scarf ............ (soft) than the other one?

• softer

• most soft

• more soft

• softest

Multiple Choice

She is the ............ (good) tennis player of the world.

• goodest

• gooder

• better

• best