Adjectives - review 6th grade

ADJECTIVES

Review - 6th grade

ADJECTIVES

1. Describe people, animals, plants, objects, places, etc.
2. Adjectives are always written before nouns. (The red car, the tall boy, the fast horse..)
3. They are always written in singular, never plural.

Comparatives

Short adjectives: -er than

• tall - taller than
• big - bigger than
• short - shorter than
• green - greener than
• happy - happier than

Long adjectives: more adjective than

• beautiful - more beautiful than
• boring - more boring than
• difficult - more difficult than

Superlatives

Short adjectives: the -est Tall - the tallest Big - the biggest Short - the shortest Green - the greenest Happy - the happiest

Long adjectives: the most + adjective Beautiful - the most beautiful Boring - the most boring Difficult - the most difficult

Too - Enough

Too

Enough

Enough means sufficient (suficiente) Write "enough" after the adjective: She is tall enough to participate in the competition. The picture wasn´t beautiful enough to look at it.

Too means more than needed (demasiado) Write "too" before the adjective: The exam was too difficult. The party was too short.

As ... as

As ... as is used to make comparisons when things are equal in some way. The blue house is as big as the red house. Paul is as happy as Helen.

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IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

worse than the worst

better than the best

bad

good

further than the farthest

less than the least

far

little

THANKS A LOT!

Clara García Prieto