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
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
No.
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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).
Adjectives are used to describe nouns and pronouns.
Adverbs:
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Adjective + 'ly' = Adverb (in most cases).
No.
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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 |