ADJECTIVES

The + comparative + the

The more Money you make, the more you spęnd.

Intensifiers

It's much / far / a lot / a little colder today than it was yesterday

Much / far less interesting

but

far fewer books (* many fewer books)

More than / less than / worse than + adjective

I was more than pleased

It's worse than useless

You're more than welcome

The same / different from

His marks are the same as hers.

Butterflies come from caterpillars. It's the same with moths.

Yours is different from mine / to mine

different than + clause

LESSER ( not followed by THAN) - in fixed phrases only

• to a lesser degree

• the lesser of two evils

• a lesser-known artist

older / elder

elder, eldest + brother, sister, son, etc.

My elder son ( older of my 2 sons )

My eldest son ( I have at least 3 sons )

FARTHER / FURTHER

Farther / further - distance

Further - extra, additional ( e.g. further education, further questions)

the most interesting book

vs

a most interesting book

You are twice as old as I am.

You're every bit as pretty as your sister.

You're nothing like as pretty as you used to be.

The best …… in the world / on earth / under the sun

Both

Both boys are tall

Both the boys are tall

Both of the boys are tall

The boys are both tall.

Both of us were unaware of the problem.

He sent it to us both / both of us

She got blisters on both feet

She has two maids - both object to cleaning the house

Adverbs

• The same form as adjectives - e.g fast - faster - fastest

• - LY ending

1. Adverbs of manner - easily - more easily - most easily

2. Adverbs of frequency - rarely more rarely most rarely

• Exceptions: badly - worse - worst, far, late, little, much, well

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Adjectives ending in - LY

Friendly - in a friendly way, manner

Lively - in a lively way, manner

Spelling changes:

• cruel - cruelly

• true - truly , whole - wholly, able - ably, regrettable - regrettably

• merry - merrily but dryly, slyly, shyly coyly

• pathetic - pathetically, characteristic - characteristically

Adjectives vs adverbs

Some adjectives change their meaning when transformed into adverbs

Present /ly

Scarce/ly

Bare/ly

Mere/ly

Direct/ly

Hard/ly

High/ly

Short/ly

Adjectives - adverbs - the same form

A Fast driver - drive fast

A Daily paper - published daily

Long hair - stay long

Past week - walk past

Be well - do well

Hard worker - work hard

A through train - go through …

Normally verbs are followed by adverbs but …

with SEEM, BE, APPEAR, LOOK, SOUND, TASTE, FEEL, SMELL,

verbs are followed by adjectives (we describe the subject of a sentence, not the action)




smells nice

seems nice

she sounds nice

feels nice

but compare

he looks angry vs he's looking at you angrily

Complete the following transformation:

Tom is the tallest boy in his class.

1. Nobody ……………………………………………………………………………………

2. Nobody ……………………………………………………………………………………

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