Adjectives Review

Adjectives:

Comparative

-comparing 2 things

Superlative

-comparing more than 2 things

Comparative:  -er or more  (ER)

-1 or 2 syllables: add –er

-more than 2 syllables:  use more  

(there will always be exceptions though)

*always check:  does the word sound weird?

Superlative:  -est or most (ST)

-1 or 2 syllables: add –est

-more than 2 syllables:  use most  

(there will always be exceptions though)

*always check:  does the word sound weird?

Bad and Good…..

You will never be the baddest or the goodest…

Bad:    comp:  worse  super:  worst

Good:  comp:  better super:  best

Articles:  a, an, the

-special type of adjective used to describe nouns based on singular or plural noun, and if the noun has a consonant or vowel sound

a – singular nouns that begin with a consonant sound

an - singular nouns that begin with a vowel sound

the – both singular and plural nouns with both vowel and consonant sounds