adjectives 7 {EU Comparative and superlative adjectives | _ Adjectives are words which describe nouns (things and people). » Compare with adverbs in Unit & [adjective | Comparative | supertative | onesyllable = adder _ add-est | strong stronger the strongest | great : | You can become stronger at Transformers Fitness Centre Weve got the greatest varity of games ever! | | ewo syllables, ending in-y | drop -y and add -ier | drop -y and add -iest | ty tidier the tdiest funny Their flat is tidier than ours They're the funniest monkeys you've ever seen | | eworthreefour yabes ‘more + adjective “Tthe most + adjective famous ‘more selfconfident the most self-confident beautiful }—_ — self-confident You can become a more self-confident person. | He is the most famous actor in the film. A few two-silabe adjectives (eg. quiet, pleasant, common, polite) sometimes also use ror est its quieter than any garden Ive visited before. Two-syllable adjectives ending in ow and -er can usualy add -er or est clever = cleverer narrow = the narrowest Two-syllable adjectives ending in -le usually add + or sinyple —+ simpler ~ the simplest Most one-syllable adjectives ending in one vowel +b ver ores: big bigger sad —+ the saddest -n,-p oF -t double the last letter before adding, AA few adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms: good — better —+ best — bad—> worse —¥ worst far + farther/further —» farthest/furthest WA Comparative structures We can use comparative structures to say that: # things are more: Our prices are better than those of our rivals. We have a more exciting range of games than you'll see anywhere else. © things are less: Pre-owned games usually aren't as/so expensive as new ones. The games in the sale are much less expensive than usual + orthings are equal: Fantasy games are as popular as football games with our customers.7 sctecives [EM Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed ‘Some common adjectives are formed from verbs and have both -ing and -ed forms. ‘We use the -ed form to describe our feelin {im tired. (= a description of how | feet: ve used upall my energy so! need a rest) ‘We use the -ing form to describe the things which make us feel like this: This work is tring. (= a description of the work: ic takes a lot of energy to do it) ‘Compare these sentences: ~ | | It’s a boring film. The visitors are bored. | (= there's no action in it) (= they have nothing to do) | We had a relaxing holiday Good driving instructors always have a relaxed manner. (= the atmosphere was restful) (= they don’t seem nervous) That was a very satisfying meal. The airline has many satisfied customers. (€ there was plenty to eat) ( the customers feel happy) | Adjective position | ‘Adjectives in English usualy go infront ofthe word they describe We visited an old house, We saw some beautifa paintings and some elegant furniture. Adjectives can also follow verbs such as be, get, become, look, seem, appear, sound, taste, smell and fee: Everything seemed pleasant when we started, The flowers smelt beautiful and the gardens looked wonderful. But the weather got very hot and we all felt exhausted by the end of the day. j ‘There are many nouns in English which are used as adjectives: adiamond ring alibrary book a seaside hote! folk music strawberry jam Adjective order ‘When we use more than one adjective, we usually put them in a certain order. We say: a strange old wooden chair (not e-wooden-old strange chair) | ‘We usually begin with adjectives which give an opinion or general impression: a dangerous old car a delicate oval tray a valuable silver spoon ‘Adjectives giving factual information usually follow the opinion /impression adjective and go in this order: | She Age Shape | Colour {Origin | Material | Purpose | an [enormous | old | red | lear Ja | smatt oval | French | mirror fan antique | | | silver | soup spoon L Two colour adjectives are separated by and: a black and white photograph ‘When we put more than one adjective after a verb, we use and before the last one: The day was hot and tiring Lord Byron was described as mad, bad and dangerous to know. 56Adjec HE Complete this email with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives and any other words (eg, the, as, so, than) that are needed. See! [iu ia Well, we've moved at last! When we first got here, the house seemed (1) larger (large) than we remembered, because it was empty, but now it’s got our furniture init it doesn't feel (2) - {spacious} before. We've got to do some decorating, and that will be (3) _ —— (expensive) we expected because the walls are ina | (4) (bad) condition than we thought. But we'll manage somehow, and soon we'll have (5) ‘i {smart| house in the town. And if your Uncle Bob has his way, we'll have (6) ti (lovely) garden as well. We'll also be (7) __ | (p000) and (8) : (exhausted) householders in the country, but never mind. We stil | tikmovig heres te) {good thing we've done for years. We can't imagine now | why we didn’t do it when we were (10) (young), | ‘Come and see us soon. Catch a train if you can, because it's almost (11) — (cheap) | the bus, and the railway station is (12) _ (near) our end of town, | ieee (DA Choose the correct adjectives. James told us some fascinating / fascinated stories about the music business. Why are you looking so depressing / depressed? What's wrong? Sarah's got an amazing / amazed collection of computer games. Felix has this really annoying / annoyed habit of reading my emails. The boring / bored students started causing trouble in cass. | watched the show for a while, but it wasn't really interesting / interested, so Ile. The food in this canteen is absolutely disgusting / disgusted. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The astronaut gave a relaxing / relaxed wave and entered the space capsule. 1 © correct the mistake in each of the following sentences by Cambridge First candidates. 1. I would like to join the club as I have been interesting in local history for along time. interested 2 Young people find it bored to visit art galleries at the weekend. 3. The hotel is situated in a place that is as beautiful than any other place in the country. at 5 6 7 8 asyer for me to do my studies now that | have bought a computer. {eS more quicker to learn a language if you study in that country. I think that animals are more safe in 200s than in other places. If we plant more trees, the city will be greener and pleasanter. She feels even more worse now that everybody knows about her bad news.| | Choose the correct sentence from each pair. 1a That was the worse film I've ever seen! | That was the worst film I've ever seen! ¥ / Michael's got a fantastic new leather jacket. Michael’ got a leather new fantastic jacket. 3. a I didn't eat any bread because I thought it looked as stale b_ | didn’t eat any bread because | thought it looked stale. ‘Our last holiday wasnt so enjoyable than this one. (Our last holiday wasn't so enjoyable as this one. 5 a The frightening teenagers locked the door and called the police, The frightened teenagers locked the door and called the police. Lucia should catch an earlier train if she wants to get to London by five. Lucia should catch a more earlier train ifshe wants to get to London by five. 7 a Ourhockey team plays in blue white striped shirts. > Our hockey team plays in blue and white striped shirts. | | think your new dress looks beautiful. | > I think your new dress looks beautifully. Look at this designer's sketch of a costume for a film and complete the notes. Fill in the gaps with adjectives for each part of the costume. EN A 1 an__enormous round, blue hat 2a shirt 3 ring 4 apair of boots 5 apair of ~ - trousers