1. Adjectives

2. Adjectives
 An adjective is a word that tells us more
about a noun. (By "noun" we include
pronouns and noun phrases.)
 An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies"
a noun (a big dog).
 We can often use two or more adjectives
together (a beautiful young French lady).

3. Determiners
 Determiners are words like the, an, my, some. They are
grammatically similar. They all come at the beginning of noun
phrases, and usually we cannot use more than one determiner in
the same noun phrase.
Articles: a, an, the
Possessive Adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose
Other determiners:
 each, every
 either, neither
 some, any, no
 much, many; more, most
 little, less, least
 few, fewer, fewest
 what, whatever; which, whichever
 both, half, all
 Several
 enough

4. Adjective Order
There are 2 basic positions for adjectives:
 before the noun
 after some verbs (be, become, get, seem, look, feel, sound, smell,
taste)

5. Adjective Before Noun
We often use more than one adjective before the noun:
* I like big black dogs.
* She was wearing a beautiful long red dress
1.First of all, the general order is:
 opinion, fact
* a lovely new dress (not a new lovely dress)
* a boring French film (not a French boring film)

6. 2. The "normal" order for fact adjectives is
other / size, shape, age, colour / origin / material / purpose
* a small 18th-century French coffee table.
* a rectangular black wooden box.

7. 3. Determiners usually come first, even though they
are fact adjectives:
 articles (a, the)
 possessives (my, your...)
 demonstratives (this, that...)
 quantifiers (some, any, few, many...)
 numbers (one, two, three)

8. adjectives
determiner
1.Two
head noun
opinion
adjectives
fact adjectives
other
ugly
2.A
size, shape, origin
age, colour
material
black
wellknown
3.A
purpose*
guard
Chinese
small,
18thcentury
artist
French
coffee
fabulous
new
5.A
lovely
pink and
green
Thai
black
Spanish
leather
7.A
car
silk
6.Some
table
sports
4.Your
big black
and white
8.This
cheap
dogs
dress
riding
boots
dog
plastic
9.An
old
10.My
new
rain
coat
wooden
fishing
boat
tennis
racket

9. Adjective After Verb
 An adjective can come after some verbs, such as: be,
become, feel, get, look, seem, smell, sound.
* The examination did not seem difficult.
* Your friend looks nice.
This towel feels damp.

10. Comparative Adjectives
When we talk about two things, we can "compare" them. We can see if they
are the same or different. Perhaps they are the same in some ways and
different in other ways. We can use comparative adjectives to describe the
differences.
* A1 is bigger than A2.
There are two ways to make or form a comparative adjective:
 short adjectives: add "-er"
 long adjectives: use "more"

11. rule: add "-er"
old → older
Variation: if the adjective ends
in -e, just add -r
late → later
Variation: if the adjective ends
big → bigger
in consonant, vowel, consonant,
double the last consonant
Variation: if the adjective ends
in -y, change the y to i
happy → happier
rule: use "more"
modern → more modern
expensive → more expensive
Exception
The following adjectives have irregular
forms:
good → better
well (healthy) → better
bad → worse
far → farther/further

12. Use of Comparative Adjectives
We use comparative adjectives when talking about 2 things
* America is big. But Russia is bigger.
* I want to have a more powerful computer.
* Is French more difficult than English?

13. Superlative Adjectives
 A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a
quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of
one thing in a group of things.
* John is the tallest.
Formation of Superlative Adjectives
As with comparative adjectives, there are two ways to form
a superlative adjective:
 short adjectives: add "-est"
 long adjectives: use "most“

14. rule: add "-est"
old → the oldest
Variation: if the adjective ends
in -e, just add -st
late → the latest
Variation: if the adjective ends
big → the biggest
in consonant, vowel, consonant,
double the last consonant
Variation: if the adjective ends
in -y, change the y to i
Normal rule: use "most"
happy → the happiest
modern → the most modern
expensive → the most
expensive

15. Use of Superlative Adjectives
We use a superlative adjective to describe one thing in a
group of three or more things.
* Canada, China and Russia are big countries. But Russia
is the biggest.
* Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.