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ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
ADJECTIVES modify nouns:
A large tree.
A pretty woman.
ADVERBS modify verbs. They tell how we do
something:
He speaks slowly.
They work rapidly.
 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS (cont.)
We can form many adverbs by adding LY to an adjective:
Adjective Adverb
soft softly
careful carefully
easy easily
We can use a few words like FAST, HARD, LATE AND LOW as either
adjectives or adverbs without any changes in form:
He’s a hard worker. He works hard.
 ADJECTIVES (Comparative Degree)
We form the COMPARATIVE DEGREE of ONE-SYLLABLE
ADJECTIVES by adding ER:
cold colder 
bright brighter
We usually form the comparative degree of adjectives with
more than two syllables by using MORE:
difficult more difficult
beautiful more beautiful
GOOD and BAD have special comparative forms:
 Good Better
 Bad Worse
 ADJECTIVES (Superlative Degree)
We form the SUPERLATIVE DEGREE of ONE-SYLLABLE
ADJECTIVES by adding EST:
cold coldest
bright brightest
We usually form the SUPERLATIVE DEGREE of adjectives
with more than two syllables by using MOST:
difficult most difficult
beautiful most beautiful
GOOD and BAD have special superlative
forms:
 Good Best
 Bad Worst
 ADJECTIVES (Superlative Degree)
We form the SUPERLATIVE DEGREE of ONE-SYLLABLE
ADJECTIVES by adding EST:
cold coldest
bright brightest
We usually form the SUPERLATIVE DEGREE of adjectives
with more than two syllables by using MOST:
difficult most difficult
beautiful most beautiful
GOOD and BAD have
special superlative forms:
 Good Best
 Bad Worst
 ADJECTIVES (Comparative Degree)
 The comparative form of all adjectives is followed by
THAN:
She is taller than her sister is.
This exercise is more difficult than that one.
This book is better than that one.
 ADJECTIVES (Comparative Degree)
THE precedes the superlative form of all adjectives:
She is the tallest girl in the class.
This exercise is the most difficult one in the book.
This book is the best.
 POSITION OF ADVERBS
We usually place definite adverbs of time (yesterday,
last week, Monday) at the end of a sentence:
I saw Miss Jones yesterday.
I intend to go Chicago next week.
I met him there on Wednesday.
 POSITION OF ADVERBS (cont.)
 We usually place adverbs of frequency before the main verb, except TO BE.
The following adverbs are adverbs of frequency: often, usually, generally, ever,
never, seldom, always, rarely:
John never studied his lesson.
He always comes to his lesson late.
She is often late for class.
If the sentence contains an auxiliary verb, the
adverb still goes before the main verb:
John has always been a good student.
He doesn’t usually eat in the cafeteria.
 ADVERBS (Comparative Degree)
We form the COMPARATIVE DEGREE of ONE-SYLLABLE
ADVERBS by adding ER:
soon sooner
fast faster
We usually express the comparative degree of adverbs with
two or more syllables by using MORE:
quickly more quickly
carefully more carefully
WELL and BADLY have special comparative
forms:
Well better 
Badly worse
 ADVERBS (Comparative Degree)
The comparative form of all adverbs is followed by THAN:
She works faster than I do.
He drives more carefully than she does.
John feels better than he does yesterday.
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