ADJECTIVES

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ADJECTIVES
Traditionally, adjectives are defined as words that
describe nouns or pronouns. When they describe
nouns or pronouns, adjectives typically answer the
following questions:
What kind?Which one? How many?
For example, in the phrase
Tall is an adjective describing the noun man.
Tall answers the question "which man?" or "what
kind of man?"
Similarly, in the phrase,
Easy is an adjective describing the noun
assignment.
Easy answers the question, "what kind of
assignment?"

Adjectives are usually placed before the nouns they describe, as

in the examples, tall man and easy assignment, above.

Thus, one may identify an adjective by using the following

word-order test:

Adjectives may also follow the noun they describe.

Example:

Finally, adjectives may follow a verb of being or a linking verb, thus completing the noun
subject

Examples

Like nouns, adjectives are often recognizable by their suffixes.

Endings such as -ous-ful-ish-able

usually designate adjectives.

Examples:

Comparative and superlative forms

Single-syllable adjectives use-er and -est endings to designate comparative
and superlative forms:

Examples:

Adjectives of two or more syllables use more and most for comparative and
superlative forms.
Examples:

Note:

Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y

may also use the -er / -est endings to
designate comparative and
superlative.

Examples:

Note: the following adjectives do not follow the regular

rules for forming comparative and superlative forms: good,
bad, little, ill.

To create negative comparative and superlative forms, use

less for er

and

Examples:

least for est

Adjective exercises

much vs many
Decide whether you have to use much
or many:
1) We saw _____ animals at the zoo.
2) How _____ oranges did you put in
the box?
3) There isnt _____ sugar in my
coffee.
4) I dont have ______ friends.
5) The old man hasnt got _____ hair on
his head.
6) Ive packed _____ bottles of water.
7)I didnt get _____ sleep last night.
8) How _____ fruit do you eat in an
average day?

Decide whether you have to use a little

or a few:
1) Can you please buy _______ apples.
2) We need _______ water.
3) I have _______ money left.
4) I take _______ sugar with my coffee.
5) We had _______ pints of beer there.
6) You have _______ time left.
7) There are _______ chairs in the
room.
8)He only spent _______ dollars there.

1. Those are probably the ___________ curtains in the store.

fancyest
fanciest
most fanciest
2. Uncle Carl is really ______________________ man.
an old sweet
a sweet, old
a sweet old
3. The Karmen-Ghia used to be _________________ sportscar.
a fine German
a German, fine
a fine, German
4. Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for
___________ Christmas than that?
a merryer
the merriest
a merrier
5. They grew up in ___________________ house in Mexico City.
a comfortable, little
a little, comfortable
a comfortable little

6. Diehard is the ____________ movie I've ever seen.

most excited
most exciting
most exciteable
7. Tashonda wanted to take a course with _____________________
professor.
that interesting new Japanese economics
that Japanese interesting, new economics
that interesting, new, Japanese, economics
8. Of all the mechanics in the shop, Jerzy is surely
______________ .
the less competent.
the least competent.
the competentest.
9. In the fall, the valleys tend to be ___________ than the hilltops.
foggy
more foggier
foggier
10. My cold is definitely _________ this morning.
worse
worst
worser