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LO 6.2.1

DEGREES OF COMPARISON : ADJECTIVES

Peter runs fast . Pietie runs faster . Pedro runs the fastest .
Adjectives normally take –er and –est to form the comparative and superlative degrees of comparison. This is not always the case.
Adjectives which do not follow the rules:
good better best
little less least
much/many more most
bad worse worst
  1. What is the correct form of the adjective in each of these sentences:
That was the ( long ) trip I have ever taken.
John is (tall) than his brother, but ( short ) than his friends.
It is the (cold) month, but the (hot) day of the year.
June is the ( clever ), but also the ( ugly ) girl in the class.
Tom made the ( little ) mistakes in the test and won the prize.
Their behaviour is the ( bad ) I’ve ever seen.
Boston beat us because their team is the ( good ).
Yes, indeed, my joke is ( funny ) than yours.
Your dad is ( fat ) than mine, but your mom is the ( thin ) in the neighbourhood.
Anne is the ( pretty ) girl in the whole school.
  1. Some adjectives need help from the words more and most. Complete the table:
interesting more interesting most interesting
painful
beautiful
difficult
terrifying
LO 6.2.1

Use more or most to complete the following:

  • He is _______________sensible than Alice, but ___________________

unreliable.

  • It was the ____________________ expensive gift I had ever received.
  • He is the ___________________unpleasant child I know, while you

are the ___________________ selfish.

  • The pattern cutter is ______________ skilful than her colleague.
  • Make up your own sentences using more and most.

ADVERBS!

Adjectives always tell you more about the verbs (action words). They can give more information about how ( manner ), when ( time ) and where ( place ).

Yesterday Peter ate the chocolate greedily .

( Yesterday tells us when he ate the chocolate; greedily tells us how he ate the chocolate).

He ate it here .

Here tells us where he ate the chocolate.

  1. Form adverbs (manner) by adding –ly to the following adjectives. Some of the spellings might change.
quiet pleasant
easy helpful
careful polite
clever ferocious
happy timid
forceful miserable
lazy sad

(Orally) Make sentences with at least five of the above-listed words.

  1. Shade the correct answer: The bold words in the following sentences are adverbs of:
Meet me there . time place manner
He arrived at noon . time place manner
We are going shopping tomorrow . time place manner
Please make sure that you arrive early . time place manner
I could not find them anywhere . time place manner
He has never been there before. time place manner
He has never been there before. time place manner
The burglar tiptoed quietly down the passage. time place manner
He answered the questions politely . time place manner
He ate his hamburger hungrily . time place manner

Complete each of the following sentences by filling each blank space with an adverb of the type mentioned in brackets: (T); (P); (M):

  • (T)__________ we did not leave (P)_______________________ until

after lunch.

  • Stop what you are doing and come here (T)_________________ .
  • (P)___________________ is where our house once stood.
  • The brave dog held on (M) ____________________to the man’s trousers.
    1. The model dressed (M) __________________________for the show.
  • Match the verbs in the first column with a suitable adverb from the second column. Be able to use each pair of words in a sentence.

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Source:  OpenStax, English home language grade 7. OpenStax CNX. Sep 09, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11018/1.1
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