ohn is 1m 80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller than John. America is big. But Russia is bigger. I want to have a more powerful computer. Is French more difficult than EnglishSome common adjective suffixes in English include -able, -al, -ant, -ed, -ent, -ful, -ible, -ic, -ing, -ive, -less, -ous, and -y.

1. Adjective/Adverb
• Adjectives are words that are
used to describe nouns
• Adverbs are words that are
used to describe verb
• My car is new.
• Sarah speaks quickly

2. Some common adjective suffixes in English include -able, -al, -ant, -ed, -ent, -ful, -ible, -
ic, -ing, -ive, -less, -ous, and -y.
• logical
• important
• careful
• dangerous
• boring

3. The most common adverb suffixes are -ly, -ily, -ally, -wise, and -
wards.
• Organically
• Swiftly
• Easily
• Upwards
• Lengthwise

4. A comparative adjective compares
differences between two nouns
• “The blue car is faster than the red car.”

5. Short adjectives: add -er examples
1-syllable adjectives older, faster

6. if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r late → later
nice→nicer

7. if the adjective ends in
consonantsessiz harf, vowelsesli
harf, consonant, double the last
consonant
big → bigger
hot→hotter
fat→fatter

8. • 2-syllable adjectives or more
use "more“
modern → more modern
expensive → more expensive

9. • 2-syllable adjectives ending in –y
if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to I
happy → happier easy →easier

10. Two-syllable adjectives ending in –er, –le, or –ow take –
er to form the comparative forms.
• narrow – narrower
• gentle – gentler
• Clever--cleverer

11. • With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" OR "more":
quiet → quieter/more quiet
clever → cleverer/more clever
narrow → narrower/more narrow
simple → simpler/more simple
friendly →friendlier/more friendly

12. • Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms:
good → better
bad → worse
far → farther/further
• little → less
• many →more
• Well known →better known

13. Look at these examples:
• John is 1m 80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He
is taller than John.
• America is big. But Russia is bigger.
• I want to have a more powerful computer.
• Is French more difficult than English?

14. With adverbs ending in -ly, you must use more to
form the comparative
• Slowly-------------more slowly
• Happily------------more happily
• The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand.
• Could you sing more quietly please?

15. With short adverbs that do not end in -ly comparative forms are identical to adjectives:
add -er to form the comparative
Adverb Comparative
hard harder
fast faster
late later

16. • Examples
• Jim works harder than his brother.
• Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran
the fastest of all

17. Adverb Comparative
badly worse
far farther/further
little less
well better

18. • Examples
• The little boy ran farther than his friends.
• You're driving worse today than yesterday !
• He played the best of any player.

19. We use as + adjective/adverb + as to make comparisons when
the things we are comparing are equal in some way:
The world’s biggest bull is as big as a small elephant.
The weather this summer is as bad as last year.
You have to unwrap it as carefully as you can

20. Not as … as
We use not as … as to make comparisons between things which aren’t equal:
• It’s not as heavy as I thought it would be, actually.
• They didn’t play as well as they usually do.

21. Generally, the adjective order in English is:
1. Quantity or number
2. Quality or opinion
3. Size
4. Age
5. Shape
6. Color
7. Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material)
8. Purpose or qualifier
My sister adopted a beautiful big white bulldog.

22. When there are two or more adjectives that are from the same group, the
word and is placed between the two adjectives:
• The house is green and red.
• We live in the big green, white and red house at the end of the street.