ADJECTIVES

- An adjective tells you something about a noun.

- An adjective is placed before the noun. Ex: a big man / a black cat / a tall girl

- An adjective is placed after the verb BE. Ex: She is Italian. / I am cold. / They were late.

- Adjectives do not change with masculine or feminine nouns. Ex: a tall boy / a tall girl
- Adjectives do not change with plural nouns. Ex: a blue car / two blue cars

- 2 adjectives can be used together without AND between them. Ex: a small grey cat

COMPARATIVES:
When comparing 2 things using adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables, usually ad -ER to the end of
the adjective. Ex: April was warm but May was warmer / Anne is tall but Sue is taller

- EXCEPTION: If the adjective is long (with 3 or more syllables): use MORE instead of -ER
Ex: English is difficult but I think French is more difficult.

- Use THAN to compare 2 things: Ex: March was colder than May. / Tom is taller than Jim.
- You can also say: Ex: Monday was not as cold as Tuesday. / Jim is not as tall as Tom.

SUPERLATIVES:
When comparing 3 or more people or things, usually add EST to the adjective and put
THE before the adjective. Ex: Its the tallest building in the city / Its the highest peak in the world

- If the adjective is long, put THE MOST in front of it. Do not use EST at the same time
with the same adjective. Ex: Shakespeare is the most famous English writer.

NOTES for both Comparatives and Superlatives:

- There can be some spelling changes:

. if there is one vowel followed by one consonant at the end of consonant, we often double
the consonant. Ex: wet/wetter/wettest, big/bigger/biggest, hot/hotter/hottest, thin/thinner/thinnest
. if the adjective ends in y, this often changes to I : Ex: dry/drier/driest,
happy/happier/happiest
. if the adjective ends in e, dont add er just r or st. Ex: nice/nicer/nicest

- Irregular adjectives with totally different forms:

. BAD WORSE WORST
. GOOD BETTER BEST
. FAR FURTHER FURTHEST
. LITTLE LESS LEAST
. MOST MORE MOST
Ex: Traffic in London is bad but its worse in New York. Your English is good but hers is better.

- Other exceptions: there are a few adjectives that we have to use more or most with,
even though they have only one syllable. We cant add er or est :
. FUN MORE FUN MOST FUN
. REAL MORE REAL MOST REAL
. RIGHT MORE RIGHT MOST RIGHT
. WRONG MORE WRONG MOST WRONG

- EXCEPTION: Its also fine to use more and most for adjectives such as clever, simple, narrow,
quiet instead of adding -ER