This is the tallest man on earth, his name is Bao Xishun.
1-Adjectives are words used to describe or give more information about a noun (a tall man). They describe attributes of nouns. Words like green, hungry, impossible, which are used when we describe people, things, events, are adjectives. They are used in connection with nouns and pronouns: green apple; she’s hungry.
2-Adjective Order: According to their meaning: adjectives follow this order:
| opinion | temperature | shape-size-height-length-built | age | design-color | type | origin | material |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
An attractive tall well-built blond Spanish man.
A warm large old white Chinese wooden house.
3-Comparison: there are 3 degrees of comparison:
Bao Xishun is tall. (alto)
Bao Xishun is taller than Gasol. (más alto que)
He is the tallest man on earth. (el más alto)
-positive: tall, intelligent
-comparative: taller than, more intelligent than
-formation: adding suffix –er, and more for long adjectives.
-superlative: the tallest, the most intelligent
The dolphin is the most intelligent animal.
-formation: adding suffix –est, and the most for long adjectives.
1. -er / -est suffixes are used with:
-monosyllables: dark, hot, thin, big, cold
-two-syllable adjectives ending in:
-a vocalic sound: narrow, pretty, clever, mere, obscure
–syllaic l: simple, noble, gentle
-ly: silly, curly
–stress on the last syllable: polite
-other adjectives: handsome, wicked, common
-most of two-syllable adjectives can take both kinds of comparison
2. More, most: are used with longer words: intelligent, exciting
-also with two-syllable adjectives ending in –ful, -ous: doubtful, numerous,
-adjectives of participle form do not take inflections: tiring, wounded.
-Spelling
-Adjectives ending in a single short vowel followed by a single consonant double the final consonant: big-bigger.
-Adjectives ending in mute –e drop it: brave-braver
-2-syllable adj ending–y change it to –i: funny, funnier.
4-Irregular comparisons
| Good | better | best | little | Less, lesser | least |
| bad | worse | worst | Much/many | more | most |
| far | Farther, Further | FarthestFurthest | old | Elder, older | Eldestoldest |
5-Equality (comparativo de igualdad)
as…as, not as… as:
Peter is as tall as Jack. (Peter es tan alto como Jack)
Will Smith is not as tall as Gasol. (Will no es tan alto como Gasol)
6-Too /enough
My soup is too hot.
Too + adjective (demasiado)
My soup isn’t cold enough.
Not +Adjective + enough (no lo bastante)
Now let’s practise with these exercises:
Exercise 1: the order of adjectives
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