Adjectives. Adverbs. Degrees of Comparison (Прикметники. Прислівники. Ступені порівняння)

Adjectives:

• describe nouns, have the same form in singular and plural: a cheap watch – cheap watches;

• go before nouns: a nice dress;

• go after the verbs: be, look, smell, sound, feel, taste, seam, appear, become, get, stay, etc.: to look nice;

• there are opinion (good, bad, smart, etc.) and fact (small, wooden, green, etc.) adj.

* Order of adjectives:

• opinion adjectives go before fact adjectives: a nice silver ring;

• fact adjectives go in the following order: a small new oval English wooden table.

Size	Age	Shape	Colour	Origin	Material	Noun
A big	old	round	white	French	china	plate

Adverbs:

• describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs: speak loudly, extremely nice, incredibly quickly;

• describe manner (how: quickly), place (where: in the street), time (when: yesterday), frequency (how often: usually), degree (to what extent: largely), etc.;

• they are formed by adding -ly to the adjective: beautiful – beautifully.

Degrees of Comparison

Adjectives		Positive Degree	Comparative Degree		Superlative Degree
1-syllable adjectives (1-складові):	add -er in camparative and -est in superlative; Adjectives ending on 'e' just add -r and -st; Some adjectives double the final consonant.
	Examples:	small nice big	smaller nicer than sth. bigger (ніж щось)	the smallest the nicest the biggest
2-syllable adjectives (2-складові):	add -er in camparative and -est in superlative; adj. ending in 'y' use -ier and –iest; adj. ending in -ful, -less, -ing, -ed use more and the most; some other adjectives use more and most (modern, famous, normal).
	Examples:	narrow happy useful modern	narrower happier more useful more modern	the narrowest the happiest the most useful the most modern
3-or more syllable adj.:	Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and the most.
	Examples:	wonderful	more wonderful	the most wonderful
Irregular adjectives (іншого творення):	have different forms of comparison
	Examples:	good (well) bad little much, many far late old	better worse less more farther, further later older, elder	best worst least most farthest last, latest older, oldest

1.2. Put the adjectives in the correct order.

1. A (n) black / old telephone. 2. A rectangular / brass / lovely picture frame. 3. Two white / porcelain / pretty statues. 4. Some French / old / valuable books. 5. A (n) antique / interesting clock. 6. A wooden / traditional rocking chair. 7. A glass / small / blue dish. 8. A (n) English / wooden / old desk.

1.2. Underline the correct item, choosing between the adjective or adverb.

The office where I work was 1) quiet / quietly. It snowed 2) heavy / heavily the day before and the ground was covered with 3) soft / softly white blanket. 4) Sudden / Suddenly, there was a 5) loud / loudly knock at the door of my room. I jumped up 6) nervous / nervously. “Who is it?” I called 7) anxious / anxiously. There was no reply. I 8) slow / slowly opened the door and looked outside. A rush of 9) cold / coldly air entered the room. I 10) quick / quickly shut the door and turned around, then I saw the most 11) horrible / horribly creature I had ever seen in my life.

1.3. Fill in the correct comparative or superlative. Also use the/than if necessary.

1. My new car is ... my old one. (fast) 2. I think Mike is ... person in our class. (intelligent) 3. Let's go to the library. It's ... there. (quiet) 4. My bedroom is ... room in the house. (cold) 5. My handwriting is bad, but Jenney's is ... . (bad) 6. Brazil is ... South American country. (big) 7. A television is ... a book. (heavy) 8. It's ... flower I have ever seen. (beautiful) 9. That was the ... (funny) film I've ever seen. 10. It was the ... (horrible) feeling I've ever had. 11. This is the ... (bad) book I have ever read. 12. It's the ... (large) company in the country. 13. That's the ... (helpful) idea so far. 14. He's got a ... (big) car.