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INTRODUCTION
1. ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH
1.1 FORM
1.2 STRUCTURE
1.3 TYPES
2. ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES
3. DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF QUALITY: DEGREE
4. COMPARING THINGS
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
1. ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH
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1.1 FORM
Adjectives in English have the same form for singular and plural, for
masculine and feminine. The only exception are the demonstrative
adjectives this / that that change to these / those in the plural. Some can
have the inflectional endings –er / -est, while others are compared by
means of more and most.
In English, the same word can function in two different ways. Thus, we
have verbs derived from adjectives (clean) that can function as verbs and
adjectives; words that function as nouns and adjectives (sweet) and
words that can function as both adjectives and adverbs (fast, early).
Participles are verbal adjectives, both present (an interesting book) and
past participles (a used match) that can be used to qualify a noun, but the
meaning changes: boring = having this effect; bored = affected in this
way.
1.2 STRUCTURE
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When several adjectives come before a noun, they usually have to be put
in a particular order: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material and
inherent + noun
A nice big old narrow red Spanish wooden sofa-bed
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2. ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES
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The apple tree, swaying gently in the breeze, had good crop.
e) Verbless clause which consists of an adjective functioning as a full
clause:
The man, nervous, opened the letter.
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4. COMPARING THINGS
4.1 COMPARATIVE
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4.2 SUPERLATIVE
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4.3 SIMILARITY
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CONCLUSION
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