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ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES
AND
AND
ADVERBS
ADVERBS
GRAMMAR COURSE – I
WEEK - 14
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I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Opinion Adj-s: nice, pretty, kind,…
1. Adj-s
Fact Adj-s: tall, short, round,…
Opinion Adj-s often go before Fact Adj-s
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I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
2. Order of Fact Adj-s
S-A-C-O-M (III. 1-16)
SIZE AGE
COLOR
ORIGIN MATERIAL
NOUN
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I. ORDER OF ADJECTIVE
2. Order of Fact Adj-s
* big, small, tall, short, long, … .
** round, fat, thin, slim, wide, … .

- ing Adj. =Active, -ed Adj. = Passive
sb/sth –ing makes sb/sth –ed
- ed Adj. followed by Prep.
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III. Adj-s with –ing and –ed endings
(I.1-6, II. 1-7)
-ing Adj -ed Adj
boring bored with
tiring tired of
exciting excited about
interesting interested in
surprising surprised by/at
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IV. COMPARISON OF ADJ-S/ ADV-S
1. Comparison with “more” & “less”
a. short Adj/Adv + er
small smaller
wide wider
hot hotter
b. more + long Adj/ Adv
She’s more beautiful than I am*/ me*/ I.
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IV. COMPARISON OF ADJ-S/ ADV-S
1. Comparison with “more” & “less”
c. Irregular
happy happier
good/well better