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1. Comparing Things (Adjectives) Adjective + noun (nice day, blue eyes, dark room, large city etc.) Adjective is before the noun. It’s a nice day today. She has beautiful, blue eyes . Lahore is a large city . I don’t speak any foreign languages . No plural form of adjective. a different place different places Be (am/ is/ are/ was/ were etc.) + adjective The weather is nice today. I’m hungry . Can I have something to eat? The film wasn’t very good . They were sad upon hearing the news. Verb (look, feel, smell, taste, sound) + adjective ‘You look tired .’ ‘Yes, I feel tired .’ The music sounds interesting . The pasta tastes delicious . That perfume doesn’t smell good .

2. Comparative Form Key Structures: adjective + - er , more + adjective , more + adjective+ than , irregular form ( better, worse etc.) Adjectives with one syllable add – er . ( short words --- 1 syllable / old, big, nice, late, slow etc.) Rome is old but Athens is older . Helen wants a bigger car. Two syllable adjectives ending in –y change into – ier . The crowd seemed livelier tonight. The baby is looking healthier this time. Most other two-syllable adjectives add more. (long words--- 2/ 3/ 4 syllables) Adjectives with three or more syllables add more. The work is much more interesting. The rooms are more comfortable . This book is more expensive . To compare one thing / person from another. She is more beautiful than her sister. They have got more money than they need. The restaurant is more crowded than usual. good / better; bad / worse; far/ further etc. are irregular forms. ‘Do you feel better today?’ ‘No, I feel worse .’

3. Superlative Form Key Structures: the + adjective + - est , the most + adjective Short words the + – est : old ----- the old est cheap ------ the cheap est nice ------ the nic est good ------ the best bad ------ the worst big ----- big gest hot ----- hot test Words ending in –y the + – iest easy ------ the eas iest heavy ----- the heav iest pretty ----- the prett iest Long words the most + adjective careful ------ the most careful ( 2 syllables) expensive ------ the most expensive (3 syllables) interesting ------ the most interesting (4 syllables)