Adjective Word order of adjectives:

Opinion, size, age, shape, color, where is it from?, past participle, NOUN Eg.: a valuable brown Victorian handmade tea cupboard. Or: a valuable brown handmade Victorian tea cupboard.

Degrees of Comparison:

Образование	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Односложные прилагательные и оканчивающиеся на –y, -er, -ow, -le. С помощью суффиксов: -er, -est	Big Happy Clever Simple Narrow	Bigger Happier Cleverer Simpler Narrower	The biggest The happiest The cleverest The simpliest The narrowest
Многосложные прилагательные с помощью слов: more, the most	Famous Successful Interesting Boring	More famous More successful More interesting More boring	The most famous The most successful The most interesting The most boring

Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms:

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Good Bad Little/Few Many/Much Old Late Far Near	Better Worse Less More Older /Elder Later/Latter Father/Further Nearer	The best The worst The least The most The oldest/eldest The latest/last The farthest/furthest The nearest/next

Comparative Constructions with the Adjectives:

При сравнении одинаковых предметов: as....as, the same… as – такой же как; twice as ...as. three times as…as	Положительная степень (т.е. само прилагательное)	She is as busy as a beer. Father is the same age as mother. Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.
При сравнении различных предметов: not as...as, not so...as – не такой как	Положительная степень (т.е. само прилагательное)	Italy is not so hot as Africa. He isn’t as poor as I thought.
Than – чем Than me/than I am, etc.	Сравнительная степень	Your spelling is better than mine. He is busier than me/He is busier than I am.
The….the – чем….тем.	Сравнительная степень	The longer is the night, the shorter is the day.

Exercises:

1 Rewrite each description in the right order.

MODEL: clothes: new, nice - nice new clothes

l. books: old, terrible

2. city: Belgian, beautiful, little

3. club: jazz, local

4. dinner: excellent, cold

5. buildings: old, funny, stone

6. furniture: old, lovely, mahogany

7. ink: drawing, Swiss, light, green

8. jacket: short, leather, nice

9. boots: red, riding, leather

10. squares: brick, little

1 1. districts: modern, industrial

12. shoes: Spanish, old, black

13. trousers: cotton, grey, long

14. trunks: black, nylon, swimming

15. cupboard: French, beautiful, large

2 Give the comparatives and the superlatives.

heap, fine, late, full, funny, good, boring, hard, handsome, interesting, lazy, light, old, nervous,

sad, soft, far, violent, silly, stupid, uncomfortable, useful, little, young, bad, fresh, important, many/much, pretty, gifted.

3 Complete the sentences with:

1. a comparative and than

1. She's much ... her husband. (young)

2. It's a ... day ... yesterday. (warm)

3. The vegetables in this shop are ... the ones in the

supermarket. (fresh) :

4. The train is ... the bus. (expensive)

5.'This new TV program is much ... the old one. (funny)

6. Mrs. Davies is a ... teacher ... Mr. Andrews. (good)

7. My office is ... Helen's. (near)-

8. The traffic is ... it was last year. (noisy)

9. You have a ... life ... I have. (busy)

10. Drivers in this country are ... drivers in my country.

(careless)

11. The exam today was ... last year's exam. (difficult)

12. She's much ... her sister. (kind)

13. The North is ... the South. (rich)

14. The students ask ... questions ... they did before. (intelligent)

15. Her second book is ... her first book (interesting)

2. a superlative

1. This is the ... case in the shop. (strong)

2. You're the ... person here. (friendly)

3. She's the ... student in the group.(intelligent)

4. This is the ... day of my life. (happy)

5. This is the ... hotel in town. (cheap)

6. It's the ... place in the world. (wonderful)

7. It's the ... film I've ever seen. (sad)

8. It's the ... capital city in the world. (dirty)

9. The people in this area are the ... in the country. (poor)

10. She was the ... speaker of the evening. (amusing)

11. This shop sells the ... vegetables. (fresh)

12. It's the ... program on television. (boring)

13. This is the ... road in the country. (dangerous)

14. She's the ... person I've ever met. (honest)

15. It was the ... time of my life. (bad)

4 Complete the sentences with *the... the". Use the expressions given after the model.

MODEL: ... Mark gets, ...he looks like his Grandpa.

The older Mark gets, the more he looks like his Grandpa.

1……he drove… we laughed.

2…..I live here …I like it.

3……money he lost…….it made him unhappy.

4 ……I learn….I forget and…. I know.

5….I get to know you……I understand you.

6….he reads…..he forgets.

7….she ignores him…..he loves her.

8….I sleep…..tired I am.

9….clothes she buys….clothes she wants to buy.

10…he drives…..nervous he gets.

5 Use as…as or so..as:

1. The boys are ... strong ... their father. .

2. The clouds are ... white ... snow.

3. My old flat isn't ... comfortable ... the new one.

4. My sister isn't ... young...yours.

5. Their mistakes aren't ... bad … ours.

6. He's ... busy ... a bee.

7. Your voice is ... sweet... music.

8. The temperature today is ... high … it was.

9. This street is ... wide ... the next one.

10. My library isn't ... large ... yours.

11. She isn't ... tall ... her sister.

12. He isn't ... old ... he looks.

13. His radio isn't ... powerful ... mine.

5. Translate these sentences into English:

Мой отец был старшим в семье.

2 Знаете ли вы последние новости?

3 Это здание самое высокое в городе.

4 Этот путь короче, давай выберем его.

5 Он самый счастливый человек на свете.

6 Ваша проблема гораздо сложнее моей.

7 Жизнь не так трудна, как вам кажется.

8 Она чувствовала себя все лучше илучше.

9 Мое пальто такое же теплое как и ваше.

10 Чем больше я ее знаю, тем меньше она мне нравится.