Adjectives Degree of comparison & Adverbs

Adjectives are words that describe nouns (or pronouns).
E.g: “Old,” “green,” and “cheerful“
It might be useful to think of adjectives as “describing words.

Adjective Before the Noun
An adjective usually comes directly before the noun it describes
• old man
• Brown coat
• cheerful one
(“One” is a pronoun. Don’t forget that adjectives modify pronouns too.)

Adjective After the Noun
An adjective can come after the noun.
• Jack was old.
• It looks blue.
• He seems cheerful.

Adjective Immediately After the Noun
Sometimes, an adjective comes immediately after a noun.
• time immemorial
• the best seats available
• the worst manners imaginable

Adjective change in form when they show comparison.

Positive Degree: An adjective is said to be in the positive degree when there is
no comparison. E.g: beautiful

Comparative Degree: An adjective is said to be in the comparative degree when it is used to compare two nouns/pronouns. E.g: more beautiful

Superlative Degree: An adjective is in a superlative degree when it is used to compare more than two nouns/pronouns. We use the article ‘the’ before the superlative degrees. E.g: most beautiful

1 by addition of ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ to the positive degree

2) by addition of ‘-r’ and ‘-st’ to the positive degree ending in ‘e’

3) When the positive ends in ‘y’ and has a consonant before it, we change ‘y’ into ‘i’ and then add ‘er’ and ‘est’.

By deleting the final ‘y’ and adding ‘ier’ and ‘iest’

4) when the positive degree ends in a consonant with a vowel before it,

we double the consonant & then add ‘-er’ and ‘-est’

5) by placing ‘more’ and ‘most’ before the positive form

Be sure to use adjectives in your composition

• Describe
• Describe the day (morning so far, what you had for lunch).
• Describe a place you like the
• Describe a person you most

Make sentences from the following words:

• Frightened / frightening
• Excited/exciting
• Annoying/annoyed
• Interesting / interested
• Pleasant
• Terrible

Adjective has three forms – positive, comparative and superlative.
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the adjective.
1.She is ………………… than her sister.
pretty
prettier
prettiest

2.Martha is a girl.
nice
nicer
Nicest

3.Supriya is the …………………… girl in the class.
intelligent
more intelligent
most intelligent

An adverb is a word that modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

What is an Adverb?
An adverb is a word that can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Lots of adverbs end with “-ly.” For example:
• She swims quickly.
(Here, the adverb “quickly” modifies the verb “swims.”)
• She is an extremely quick swimmer.
(The adverb “extremely” modifies the adjective “quick.”)
• She swims extremely quickly.
(The adverb “extremely” modifies the adverb “quickly.”)

What do adverbs do?
When an adverb modifies a verb, it tells us how, when, where, why, how often, or how much the
action is performed. Here are some examples of adverbs modifying verbs:
• How: He ran quickly.
• When: He ran yesterday.
• Where: He ran here.
• How often: He ran daily.
• How much: He ran fastest.

When an adverb modifies a verb, it can often be categorized as one of the following:

1. Which sentence is NOT correct?
• They ran quickly.
• We worked hard.
• The boys slept heavily.

2. Which word can go in the blank?
Mr. Townsend always works.
• fastly
• carefully
• lately

3. Which sentence is NOT correct?
• Anna spoke politely to her teacher.
• Anna politely spoke to her teacher.
• Politely Anna spoke to her teacher.

1. The sun is extremely
2. She is very exhausted due to her
3. She sleeps a bit in the
4. Jolly is really good in
5. Car was fast
6. The alarm rang
7. The sweater is too
8. Later Ana ate
9. She lived in New York City for a
10. This magazine is published
11. I haven’t finished my sentences

Highlight the adverb (Answers)

1. The sun is extremely
2. She is very exhausted due to her
3. She sleeps a bit in the
4. Jolly is really good in
5. Car was fast enough.
6. The alarm rang loudly.
7. The sweater is too
8. Later Ana ate
9. She lived in New York city for a year.
10. This magazine is published monthly.
11. I haven’t finished my sentences yet.