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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But…. it is better to be good that to be ugly. Oscar Wilde

Adjectives n Adjectives describe noun and are used in front of nouns. They have the same form for singular and plural. They do not change for male and female. n We use adjectives to say how something is, seems, becomes, looks, feels, sounds, tastes or smells.

n Nilufar is kind n Saida felt angry n Zumrad seems shy n It’s getting cold n That smells wonderful!!! n Barno looks sad

Order of adjectives 1. Opinion: lovely, difficult, heavy 2. Size: large, long, short 3. Age: old, second –hand, brand-new 4. Shape: round, square, triangle 5. Temperature: hot, cold, warm 6. Colour: green, blue, purple 7. Material: wooden, plastic, silk 8. Purpose (what is for? ): swimming pool 9. Final noun: swimming pool

Examples: An old leather football boot. (age, material, purpose, noun) n A lovely green silk shirt. (opinion, colour, material, noun) n

Adjectives ending –ing describe something that we are reacting to (outside us). Adjectives ending –ed desribe our feelings and reactions (inside us). My work was tiring. It made me tired. This film is interesting. I’m interested in the film.

Adjectives n Morphological characteristics n Syntactical characteristics.

Morphological characteristics Making comparisons n A) Positives n B) Comparatives n C) Superlatives

¤Comparatives compare two separate things. Aziza is a better player than Dildora. One syllable: - er big-bigger, dry-drier, brave-braver Two or more syllables: more modern, more interesting

¤Superlatives compare one thing Feruza is the best player in the team. One syllable: -est long-the longest, big – the biggest Two or more syllables: most modern-the most modern, interesting-the most interesting

Note n The (definite article) is used with superlatives. The + Superlatives

Irregular forms Good n Bad n Far n better worse farther/further little less n Much/many more n the best the worst the farthest the furthest the least the most

Syntactical characteristics n n An attribute A predicative A little fat chap thrust out his under lip and the tall fellow frowned. (Mansfield) Attribute Laura was terribly nervous. (Mansfield) Predicative

Morphological composition of the adjectives n Simple good, red, black n Derivative beautiful, foolish, unimportant n Compound short-sleeved, badly-behaved