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ENGLISH GRAMMAR

ENGLISH GRAMMAR- ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Contributed by Kevin Christudas
Adjective: Word that describes a noun.
Eg: spicy food
crunchy snacks

Degrees of Comparison:
1. Positive Degree
2. Comparative Degree (Add 'er' to the adjective)
3. Superlative Degree (Add 'est' to the adjective)

Eg:
Short- Shorter- Shortest
Tall- Taller- Tallest
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Positive degree

​generous
rich
hot
thick
narrow
heavy
popular
famous
high
lovely
good
hardworking
confused
thin
clever
easy
uncommon
bright
simple 
kind
lucky
bad
sweet
fine
brave
white
gentle
poor
low
difficult
big
small
silly
attractive 
important
useful
lazy
gently
delightful
sad
many
much
long
cold
fat
thirsty
fast
black
great
agile
​little
far
strong
warm
clean
adorable 
well
funny
funny
handsome
beautiful
ill
young
bold
modern
wonderful
carefully
unusual
cheap
active
happy
wet
cruel
high
large
old
weak
clean
noisy
early
sharp
flat
deep
near
pretty
late
strange
interesting
dangerous
lonely
wide
intelligent
wise
creative
angry
safe
busy
ugly
green
red
Comparative degree
​
more generous
richer
hotter
thicker
narrower
heavier
less popular
more famous
higher
lovelier
better
more hardworking
more confused
thinner
cleverer
easier
more uncommon
brighter
simpler/ more simple
kinder
luckier
worse
sweeter
finer
braver
whiter
gentler
poorer
lower
more difficult
bigger
smaller
sillier
less attractive 
more important
more useful
lazier
more gently
more delightful
sadder
more
more
longer
colder
fatter
thirstier
faster
blacker
greater
more agile
​less
farther/ furthur    
stronger
warmer
cleaner
more adorable 
better
funnier
less funny
more handsome
more beautiful/ less beautiful
worse
younger
bolder
more modern
more wonderful
more carefully
more unusual
cheaper
more active
happier
wetter
crueler
higher
larger
older/ elder
weaker
cleaner
noisier
earlier
sharper
flatter
deeper
nearer
prettier
later
stranger
more interesting
more dangerous
lonelier
wider
more intelligent
wiser
more creative
angrier
safer
busier
uglier
greener
redder
Superlative degree
​
most generous
richest
hottest
thickest
narrowest
heaviest
least popular
most famous
highest
loveliest
best
most hardworking
most confused
thinnest
cleverest
easiest
most uncommon
brightest
simplest/ most simple
kindest
luckiest
worst
sweetest
finest
bravest
whitest
gentlest
poorest
lowest
most difficult
biggest
smallest
silliest
least attractive 
most important
most useful
laziest
most gently
most delightful
saddest
most
most
longest
coldest
fattest
thirstiest
fastest
blacker
greatest
most agile
​least
farthest/ furthest
strongest
warmest
cleanest
most adorable 
best
funniest
least funny
most handsome
most beautiful/ least beautiful
worst
youngest
boldest
most modern
most wonderful
most carefully
most unusual
cheapest
most active
happiest
wettest
cruelest
highest
largest
oldest/ eldest
weakest
cleanest
noisiest
earliest
sharpest
flattest
deepest
nearest
prettiest
latest
strangest
most interesting
most dangerous
loneliest
widest
most intelligent
wisest
most creative
angriest
safest
busiest
ugliest
greenest
reddest

Adjectives and Adverb:

Adjectives:

Adjectives are used to describe nouns and pronouns. 

Adverbs:

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Adjective +  'ly' = Adverb (in most cases).

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Adjectives
​
sudden
terrible
wise
tired
violent
wrong
real
angry
anxious
bad
brave
busy
fast
fortunate
furious
generous
calm
careful
quick
quiet
rude
careless
certain
correct
curious
hungry
immediate
jealous
honest
kind
lazy
playful
polite
smooth
eager
easy
excited
extreme
safe
selfish
separate
nervous
painful
patient
creative
successful
early
cheerful
gentle
glad
Adverbs
​
suddenly
terribly
wisely
tiredly
violently
wrongly
really
angrily
anxiously
badly
bravely
busily
fast
fortunately
furiously
generously
calmly
carefully
quickly
quietly
rudely
carelessly
certainly
correctly
curiously
hungrily
immediately
jealously
honestly
kindly
lazily
playfully
politely
smoothly
eagerly
easily
excitedly
extremely
safely
selfishly
separately
nervously
painfully
patiently
creatively
successfully
early
cheerfully
gently
gladly
No.

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Adjectives

good

happy
hard
dangerous
health
calm
perfect
loud
natural
efficient
clear
humble
economic
impressive
different
daily
strong
beneficial
protective
distracted
reliable
active
sad
decisive
beautiful
attractive
hopeful
casual
happy
straight
careful
comfortable
serious
slow
late
justifiable
significant
wonderful
collective
understandable
massive
Adverbs

​well

happily
hard
dangerously
healthily
calmly
perfectly
loudly
naturally
efficiently
clearly
humbly
economically
impressively
differently
daily
strongly
beneficially
protectively
distractedly
reliably
actively
sadly
decisively
beautifully
attractively
hopefully
casually
happily
straight
carefully
comfortably
seriously
slowly
late
justifiably
significantly
wonderfully
collectively
understandably
massively

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