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Descriptive Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns.
It is a nice neighborhood.
My house is older than my neighbors house. The park in our neighborhood is prettier than the central park.
Use more/less + adjective for two-syllable adjectives. Put than before a person or a thing you are comparing.
more/less + adjective + than
Living in the suburbs is sometimes more comfortable than living in the centre of a town. Renting a house is less expensive than buying it.
The adjectives good, bad, and far have irregular forms. good bad far better worse farther/further
Adverb of Manner
Adverbs of manner describe action verbs. They say how or in what manner something happens. The adverb often comes at the end of the sentence.
Most adverbs of manner are formed by adding ly to the adjective adjective + -ly = adverb
Tom is an attentive person. He always speaks and listens attentively to other people.
Shes a fast typist. She types fast. Hes a hard worker. He works hard.
Well is the adverb for the adjective good. Well is also an adjective that means in good health.
hungrily excitedly proudly comfortably easily neatly lovingly tactfully carefully quickly impatiently enthusiastically
happily angrily jealously honestly quietly helplessly suspiciously reluctantly carelessly slowly accurately
sadly nervously confusedly gently loudly shyly desperately beautifully politely patiently wisely
Your brother tidies up his bedroom more neatly than you do.
The adverbs well and badly have irregular comparative forms.
His medicine garden is the biggest in the neighborhood. He takes care of his plants the most carefully of all.
To form the superlative of one-syllable adjectives or adverbs, add est to the adjective or adverbs and the before the adjective or adverb.
Our subdistrict is the largest in Cilandak district. He runs the fastest of all.
To form the superlative of two-syllable or more adjectives or adverbs that end in ly, use the most before the adjective or the adverb.
Environmental problems are the most interesting issue. He speaks the most openly about the problems.
After the superlative, you can use a prepositional phrase to identify the group you are talking about.