Adjectives

Adjectives of Quality
Gives
My

you details about a person, place or things

father is kind.

Langkawi
The
I

Island is a beautiful island resort.

market is noisy.

bought an expensive watch.

Adjectives of Quantity
Tells
He

you about the amount or number of things

sold ten cars.

There
I

is only a little water in the bottle.

have a few pen pals in Japan.

There

are a lot of snakes in the bushes.

Demonstrative Adjectives
Show whether the noun they refer to is singular or plural and
whether it is located near to or far from the speaker

This

These

That

Those

Interrogative Adjectives
Used to ask questions.

What

Which

Whose

Possessive Adjectives
Used to show possession or ownership

My

Your

His

Her

Our

Their

Its

Compound Adjectives
Made up of two hyphenated words
ill-tempered
all-purpose
tight-fisted
good-natured
right-handed
skin-tight

Formation of Adjectives

Verb
destruct
fear
love

Adjective
destructive
fearful
loveable

Noun
pain
quarrel
thirst

Adjective
painful
quarrelsome
thirsty

Words can be changed into adjectives by adding:

ful or less
Word + ful = Adjective
care
careful
colour
colourful
plenty
plentiful

Word + Less = Adjective

effort
effortless
motion
motionless
sleep
sleepless

able or ible

Word + able = Adjective

love
loveable
obtain
obtainable
return
returnable

Word + ible = Adjective

force
forcible
horrify
horrible
terrify
terrible

Comparison Degree
Positive form

Used to compare two people or things that are identical in

quality

The expression as as is normally used

Tylers car is as old as mine

My father is as healthy as my mother

Comparative Form

Used to compare two people or things that are different in

quality

The expression than and more is used

Pauline is prettier than her sister.

Of the two men, Melvin is more handsome.

Superlative Form

Used to compare three or more people or things that are

not the same quality.

Normally use the before the adjective

Gavin is the most troublesome boy in our class.

The River Nile is the longest river in the world.

Change an adjective to its negative or

opposite meaning
We can use prefixes non-, un-, dis-, and imSatisfied
Polite
Tidy
Standard
Comfortable
Possible
Occupied

Did you know?

Tall taller tallest

Brave braver bravest

If they end in single vowel and consonant, you double the

consonant (W)

Big bigger biggest

Red redder reddest

Two-syllable adjective ending in a consonant followed by y,

change the y to I and add er

Angry angrier angriest

Early earlier earliest

More careful most careful

More comfortable - most comfortable

Irregular comparative and superlative

forms
Positive
bad
good
far
many
much

Comparitive
worse
better
farther/further
more
more

Superlative
worst
best
farthest/furthest
most
most

little

less

least