Adjective&Adverbs

Adjectives
-Give more details about nouns or pronouns

-They identify which one, how many and how much.
Types, position and order of
Adjectives
1) Adj can come before a noun
-She owns an expensive car.
-Motor racing is a dangerous sport.
-He has four brothers.
2) Adj can come after a verb to ‘be’ (is, are,am,was,were)

- That car is expensive. -He is asleep. -I am tired.
- The baby is awake.- They were hungry.
3)Adj can come after linking verbs like appear, sound, seem, taste, look, feel and
smell.
-The new headmaster looks fierce.
- The room smells unpleasant.
- The orange juice tastes bitter.
4) Nouns can become Adj when they describe another noun.
- She lives in a brick house.
- My favourite dish is chicken curry.
5) Verbs ending in –ing can also be used as Adj.

- This is a fascinating house. (fascinate)
- The fireman saved the lady from the burning house. (burn)
- Use a frying pan to cook the eggs. (fry)
6) Past participle verbs (-ed, -en) can be used as Adj.

- The house is haunted. (haunt)
- I like to eat fried chicken. (fry)
- The sunken ship belonged to Vietnam. (sink)
7) Some Adj are hyphenated.
- The broken-down house looks scary.
- I live in a three-room apartment.
- She sat on a three-legged stool.
- The long-haired teenager has not washed his hair for months.
8) If there is more than one Adj to describe a noun, follow this order:
Opinion – Size- Age- Shape-Colour-Nationality- Material-Purpose
-I bought a small round table.
- That rich man owns a fast modern blue fishing boat.
- The old brown Persian carpet belongs to my aunt.
- She has two beautiful silk scarves.
9) Adj can be used to compare things. Use the comparative form when
comparing two things. Use the superlative form when comparing more than
two things.
a. This is a big house.
b. This house is bigger than that house.(comparative)
c. That is the biggest house in the neighourhood. (superlative)
d. Orchids are beautiful flowers.
e. Orchids are more beautiful than daffodils. (comparative)
f. I think the most beautiful flower in the world is the rose. (superlative)
- a and d, we are making statement. We don’t compare anything.
- b and e, we are comparing two things. So we use comparative form.
- c and f, we are comparing more than two things, so we use superlative
form.
Practice
- Change the position of the adjectives so that they are in the correct
order.
• I have recently bought a wooden expensive small table
• She lives in the green old house by the lake
• He put all is books in a plastic red bag
• The Persian old cat could not tolerate cold weather
• Have you seen my cotton blue new shirt
- Underline the adjectives and circle the nouns
Located 50 km off the coast of Kuala Terengganu, Pulau Redang is one
of the most beautiful and exotic islands in Malaysia. Far from the hustle
and bustle of big town or city, it offers crystal clear water, pearly shores,
a colorful array of spectacular marine life, a breathtaking sunset and
what could be the world’s most mature coral gardens. The paradise-like
island is perfect for swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, jungle trekking,
fishing, boating and canoeing. It takes about two hours by boat from
the village of Merang. However, visitors have to abide by the Fisheries
Act 1985 as Pulau Redang is one of the few marine parks in Malaysia.
No fishing is allowed within 3.2 km radius of the island, and the
collection of coral and aquatic life is prohibited.
• Fill in the blanks with the adj form of the words in bracket.
- I walked along the rocky (rock) path.
- It is a singing (sing) bird.
- I do not like to be in crowded (crowd) places.
- The broken (broke) cup lay on the floor.
- Ah Loo is fatter (fat) than his brother.
- My grandmother has to use a walking (walk) stick.
- The question is more difficult (difficult) than that one.
- Bahasa Malaysia is our national (nation) language.
- I do not know how to read a map. It’s very complicated (complicate).
- The huge tree looks frightening (frighten) at night.
- The little boy was frightened (frighten) of the stranger.
- There are three hidden (hid) clues.
- Ann is the youngest (young) among the three of them.
Adverbs
• Tell us more about verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Types of Adverbs
1) Adv which describe HOW you do something.
- She works slowly. (How does she work?)
- He drives carefully everyday. (How does he drive?)
- You can use more and most to compare type of adverb:
a. more slowly most slowly
- For adv like fast, hard and late add -er or –est
a. Faster Fastest
2) Adv that describe WHERE you do something.

- He lives here. (Where does he live?)
- I saw Izzat at the mosque. (Where did you see Izzat?)
3) Adv describe WHEN you do something.
- The baby cried last night. (When did the baby cry?)
- It rained yesterday. (When did it rain?)
4) Adv that describe HOW OFTEN you do something.

( always, usually, often, frequently, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never)
- They usually walk to work. (How often do they walk to work?)
- The monkey always eats bananas. (How often does the monkey eats
bananas?)
5) Adv that describe another adj or adv.

- He is quite nice. (How nice is he?)
- They ran very fast. (How fast did they run?)
Adjective and Adverbs Usage
• Adjective : describe nouns and pronouns (Which one? How much?
How many? What kind?)
• Adverb : describes verbs, adjectives, adverbs (How? When? Where?)
ADJECTIVE ADVERB
He is a slow learner. He counts slowly up till twenty.
The happy bride talked to her mother. The children ran happily to their mother.
He has a loud voice. He speaks loudly to the audience.
It is very uncomfortable to sleep on a hard mattress. He works very hard to support his family.
He is a fast worker. He can work very fast.
The early bird catches the worm. Get up early in the morning.
That was a good performance. He can play badminton very well.
Susan is a good guitar player. Susan plays the guitar well.

Practice
• We had the most (excited, exciting, excitingly) day.
• She feels (excited, exciting, excitingly) because the whole family is
going on camping trip.
• Take out the (freezing, freezingly, frozen) meat from the refrigerator.
• The woman fell asleep as soon as she took the (sleeping, sleepy,
sleepless) pills.
• I have had many (sleeping, sleepy, sleepless) nights since you went
away.
• Ahmad is a (successful, success, successfully) businessman.
• The class is very (noisy, noisier, noisily).
• The stars shine (bright, brightly, brightness) in the sky.
• He works (hard/hardly) for a living.
• I found a (rare/rarely) coin in my backyard.
• Be (kind/kindly) to animal.
• The test questions were quite (easy/easily).
• It was (rude/rudely) of him to behave in that manner towards his
teacher.
• He stared (rude/rudely) at the stranger.
• He accelerated (reckless/recklessly) round a sharp bend.
• He was (terrified/terrifying) of his drunken father.
• The athlete finish the race (successful/successfully).
• The sick man died (peaceful/peacefully) in his sleep.
• This is the (bad, worse,worst) day of my life.

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Adjectives

-Give more details about nouns or pronouns

2) Adj can come after a verb to ‘be’ (is, are,am,was,were)

5) Verbs ending in –ing can also be used as Adj.

6) Past participle verbs (-ed, -en) can be used as Adj.

2) Adv that describe WHERE you do something.

4) Adv that describe HOW OFTEN you do something.

5) Adv that describe another adj or adv.

He is a slow learner. He counts slowly up till twenty.

He has a loud voice. He speaks loudly to the audience.

He is a fast worker. He can work very fast.

That was a good performance. He can play badminton very well.

Susan is a good guitar player. Susan plays the guitar well.

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