The document outlines rules for forming comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English based on the number of syllables. For one-syllable adjectives, -er and -est are usually added to form the comparative and superlative. For two-syllable adjectives, more/most or -er/-est can be used. Adjectives with three or more syllables take more/most. There are also irregular adjectives like good/better/best and exceptions for two-syllable adjectives that can follow two rules.
The document outlines rules for forming comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English based on the number of syllables. For one-syllable adjectives, -er and -est are usually added to form the comparative and superlative. For two-syllable adjectives, more/most or -er/-est can be used. Adjectives with three or more syllables take more/most. There are also irregular adjectives like good/better/best and exceptions for two-syllable adjectives that can follow two rules.
The document outlines rules for forming comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English based on the number of syllables. For one-syllable adjectives, -er and -est are usually added to form the comparative and superlative. For two-syllable adjectives, more/most or -er/-est can be used. Adjectives with three or more syllables take more/most. There are also irregular adjectives like good/better/best and exceptions for two-syllable adjectives that can follow two rules.
The document outlines rules for forming comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English based on the number of syllables. For one-syllable adjectives, -er and -est are usually added to form the comparative and superlative. For two-syllable adjectives, more/most or -er/-est can be used. Adjectives with three or more syllables take more/most. There are also irregular adjectives like good/better/best and exceptions for two-syllable adjectives that can follow two rules.
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Comparative & superlative forms:
One-syllable adjectives. 1- Form the comparative and superlative forms of a one-syllable adjective by adding –er for the comparative form and –est for the superlative.(short/shorter/shortest) 2- If the one-syllable adjective ends with an e, just add –r for the comparative form and –st for the superlative form. (fine/finer/finest) 3- If the one-syllable adjective ends with a single consonant with a vowel before it, double the consonant and add –er for the comparative form; and double the consonant and add –est for the superlative form.(big/bigger/biggest *sweet/sweeter/sweetest)
Two-syllable adjectives. 1- With most two-syllable adjectives, you form the comparative with more and the superlative with most.( pleasant/more pleasant/most pleasant) 2- If the two-syllable adjectives ends with –y, change the y to i and add –er for the comparative form. For the superlative form change the y to i and add –est. (happy/happier/happiest) 3- Two-syllable adjectives ending in –er, -le, or –ow take –er and –est to form the comparative and superlative forms.( narrow/narrower/narrowest – gentle/gentler/gentlest)
Adjectives with three or more syllables.
1- For adjectives with three syllables or more, you form the comparative with more and the superlative with most.( intelligent/more intelligent/most intelligent)
Exceptions. 1- Irregular adjectives.
Irregular Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
good better best
bad worse worst
far farther farthest
little less least
many more most
2- Two-syllable adjectives that follow two rules. These adjectives can be used with -er and -est and with more and most. Two-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form clever cleverer cleverest clever more clever most clever gentle gentler gentlest gentle more gentle most gentle friendly friendlier friendliest friendly more friendly most friendly quiet quieter quietest quiet more quiet most quiet Two-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form simple simpler simplest simple more simple most simple
Subject Object Possessive
who who(m) whose (belonging to who or which) animate
which which whose inanimate
that that Inanimate/animate
Relative pronouns are not affected by gender or number,
Exp1: This is George, whom you met at our house last year. This is George’s brother, with whom I went to school. Exp2: the woman who discovered the disease Exp3: We had fish and chips, which is my favorite meal. Exp4: This is George, whose brother went to school with me
Hints *In exercise 3 (grammar) hint to the word decade: decade =10 years/score = 20 years/century = 100 years/millennium = 1000 years *In pronunciation you can hint that the longest word is composed of 189.819 words It means simply “titin” a large kind of protein that exists in muscles
(Supplements to Novum Testamentum 137) J. K. Elliott-New Testament Textual Criticism_ The Application of Thoroughgoing Principles_ Essays on Manuscripts and Textual Variation (Supplements to Novum Tes.pdf
