Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes nouns such as: persons, animals, places or things.

• For examples:• Ahmed is happy.• The tiger is strong.• The garden looks

beautiful.• The ring is expensive.

Adjectives usually come just before the noun they describe.• nice boy • big house

They can also come after a linking verb such as, verb to be, seem, look, smell, …..etc.•The food smells good.•Ahmed is tall.

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences:

1. The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, is also known as the giant planet.

2. The polite child asked his mother for some cold water from the tall refrigerator.

Comparative Adjectives

• They are used to compare two persons, animals, places or things.• They are usually followed by ‘’than’’.

The car is faster than the bike.

Adjectives are made comparatives by adding ‘’er’’ at the end of the adjective.

• old old• young young• long long• short short

erer

erer

If the adjective ends with (- cvc ), we double the last letter and add ‘’er’’.• big big• fat fat• hot hot

If the adjective ends in ‘’y’’, we drop the ‘’y’’ and add ‘’ier’’. • heavy heav heav• pretty prett prett• happy happ happ

gerter

ter

yyy

ierierier

If the adjective is a long word, we simply put ‘’more’’ or ‘’less’’ in front of it.• important• important• attractive• attractive

There are some irregular adjectives such as: • good • bad

more lessmoreless

betterworse

big / small

The lion is bigger than the mouse.The mouse is smaller than the lion.

fast / slow

The rabbit is faster than the turtle.The turtle is slower than the rabbit.

Superlative Adjectives

• They are used to compare one person, animal, place or thing with others of the same kind.

• They always take the article ‘’the’’ in front of them.

The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.

Adjectives are made superlatives by putting ‘’the’’ in front of them and adding ‘’est’’ at the end.

• fast• tall • loud

the estthe estthe est

If the adjective ends with (- cvc ), we double the last letter and add ‘’est’’.• big the big• fat the fat• hot the hot

If the adjective ends in ‘’y’’, we drop the ‘’y’’ and add ‘’iest’’. • heavy heav the heav• pretty prett the prett• happy happ the happ

gesttesttest

yyy

iestiestiest

If the adjective is a long word, we simply put ‘’most’’ or ‘’least’’ in front of it.• the important• the important• the attractive• the attractive

There are some irregular adjectives such as: • good the• bad the

mostleastmostleast

bestworst

heavy

The elephant is the heaviest land animal in the world.

interesting

English is the most interesting subject in school.