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II Types
There are five types of adjectives:
A. Adjectives of Quality
An adjective that describes more about the person or thing such as the colour,
size, shape or condition is called an adjective of quality. I It generally answers
the question What kind of...?.
A yellow flower (What kind of colour?)
B. Adjectives of Quantity
He hasfewfiends.
(How many? Few - unspecified)
Handy Tips
The word some is used in positive statements or when we expect the hearer to
say Yes.
The word any is used in questions as well as in negative statements.
C. Possessive Adjectives
Handy Tips
Note that a possessive adjective goes with a noun but a possessive pronoun
stands alone.
This is his bag. (possessive adjective - goes with the noun, bag)
D. Interrogative Adjectives
E. Demonstrative Adjectives
Handy Tips
Always remember that an adjective goes with a noun while a pronoun stands
alone. Compare the demonstrative adjective and the demonstrative pronoun
below.
This orange is juicy, (demonstrative adjective)
IV Forms
A. Comparison of Adjectives
a) Positive Degree
b) Comparative Degree
c) Superlative Degree
2. The positive degree is the simple form. It is used simply to describe the
noun.
Mr Hugo is a strong man.
Handy Tips
Many adjectives form the comparative and superlative using er and est.
If the adjective ends with a consonant with a vowel before it, the consonant of the
positive degree is doubled before adding er or est.
Positive Comparative Superlative
Hot hotter hottest
big bigger biggest
If the adjective ends with the letter e} form the comparative by adding r and the
superlative by adding st.
Positive Comparative Superlative
Nice nicer nicest
Brave braver bravest
If the adjective ends with the letter y, change the y to ier and test for the
comparative and superlative.
Some adjectives form the comparative and superlative by adding words more and
most.
(a) Words ending in ful, less, ing or ed
Positive Comparative Superlative
helpful more helpful most helpful
useless more useless most useless
willing more willing most willing
annoyed more annoyed most annoyed
(c) Others
Positive Comparative Superlative
normal more normal most normal
afraid more afraid most afraid
Use as ... as for positive degree, than for comparative degree and the for
superlative degree.
This box is as big as that box. (positive degree)
B. Formation of Adjectives
Handy Tips
When a sentence has more than one adjective, the position of the adjectives
generally follow this order:
Adverb
a) She arrived yesterday
Verb Adjective
b) The Princess is
very beautiful
Adverb
Adverb
c) It happened
quit suddenly
Adverb
2) An adverb tells us where, how, when, how often or to what degree II an action is
done.
II. Types
There are five main types of adverbs:
a) Adverbs of Place
b) Adverbs of Manner
e) Relative Adverbs
The boy found the purse there. (Where did the boy find the purse?)
IV. Forms
(A) Comparison of Adverbs
Like adjectives, adverbs have three degrees of comparison.
a) Adverbs that end in ly usually form the comparative and superlative by adding the
words more and most.
Positive Comparative Superlative
strongly more strongly most strongly
easily more easily most easily
b) Some adverbs (mostly of one syllable) add er and est to form the comparative and
superlative.
Positive Comparative Superlative
long longer longest
soon sooner soonest
c) Some adverbs have the same form of comparison as adjectives.
Positive Comparative Superlative
bad worse worst
well better best
little less least
much more most
Handy Tips
Some adverbs and adjectives use the same word. To determine whether the word is an
adverb or an adjective, remember this:
An adjective goes with a noun.
An adverb goes with a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Wool' Choong is a fast runner.
(The word fast goes with the noun runner so fast is an adjective here.)
Wooi Choong runs fast.
(The word fast goes with the verb runs so fast is an adverb here.)
Sentences
2. A sentence may be divided into two parts: the subject and the predicate. The
subject is the thing or person that we speak about and the predicate tells us
something about the subject.
Subject Predicate
II Types
There are four types of sentences:
(a) Declarative Sentences
(b) Imperative Sentences
(c) Interrogative Sentences
(d) Exclamatory Sentences
An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. This kind of sentence begins with a
capital letter and ends, with a full stop (.) or an exclamation mark (!).
An interrogative sentence asks a direct question. A direct question begins with a capital letter and
ends with a question mark (?).
An exclamatory sentence shows strong or sudden feeling. It begins with a capital letter and ends with
an exclamation mark (!).
What a surprise!
How exciting!
Handy Tips
Sometimes, a sentence consists of only one word (as in a command) and does not contain a subject as
the subject is understood.
Sit!
Statements can be turned into questions. In the same way, questions can also be turned into statements.
The tense does not change.
Phrases
2. A phrase does not have a subject or predicate of its own. It does not have a finite verb.
into the house
at nine o clock
for RM2.00
3. A phrase forms part of a sentence and becomes complete when other words (including a verb) are
added to it.
Clauses
1. A clause is a group of words that forms part of a sentence. It is actually a small sentence inside a
bigger sentence.
2. A clause has a subject and a predicate of its own. It also has a finite verb.
3. A sentence may be divided into a main clause and a subordinate clause. A sentence may also contain
several clauses.
The girl whom you saw is rushing to work because she is late.
4. From the above sentences, we can see that a main clause can stand alone as its meaning is clear
5. The subordinate clause cannot stand alone as its meaning is incomplete. It needs the main clause for
its full meaning.
1. Nouns, adjectives and adverbs are often used in phrases and clauses.
The boy with the brown dog lives down the street. (adjective phrase)
The boy who has a brown dog lives down the street. (adjective clause)
2. A phrase can be changed into a clause and a clause can also be ! changed into a phrase.
Handy Tips
We can tell a clause from a phrase because a clause has a verb but a phrase does not. If a phrase
contains a word which looks like a verb (verb + ing), that word is not a real verb because we cannot
give it a tense.