ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Adjectives modify NOUNS: This is his most controversial film. I think the show is really worth-seeing. Adverbs modify VERBS: He runs really fast. She sings beautifully. Adv

ADJECTIVES

• They go before nouns: This is a BIG house.
• They don´t have plural forms: I have two RED (NOT REDS) dresses.

GRADOS DEL ADJETIVO

• POSITIVO: El adjetivo en sí: Tall, Big, Dangerous...
• COMPARATIVO.
• Inferioridad.
• Igualdad.
• Superioridad.

• SUPERLATIVO.

COMPARATIVO

INFERIORIDAD (Menos + adjetivo+que) LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN Paul is less intelligent than her sister IGUALDAD (Tan...como) AS/SO + ADJECTIVE+AS He is as tall as his sister He isn´t so tall as his sister

SUPERIORIDAD

- ADJETIVOS DE UNA SÍLABA: -ER + THAN Bigger than, smaller than, taller than... - ADJETIVOS DE DOS SÍLABAS ACABADOS EN -Y, -E, -W: EASY-EASIER THAN, FUNNY-FUNNIER THAN SIMPLE-SIMPLER THAN NARROW-NARROWER THAN - ADJETIVOS DE MÁS DE DOS SÍLABAS: MORE+ADJECTIVE+THAN MORE DANGEROUS THAN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN

SUPERLATIVO

INFERIORIDAD: The least + adjective This car is the least expensive in the market. SUPERIORIDAD: - ADJETIVOS MONOSÍLABOS: THE -EST The biggest, the smallest, the shortest... - BISÍLABOS ACABADOS EN -Y, -E, -W: The easiest, the simplest, the narrowest - ADJETIVOS DE MÁS DE DOS SÍLABAS: THE MOST + ADJECTIVE The most dangerous The most expensive

The + comparative, the + comparative

The happier, the better The nearer, the more expensive The more dangerous something is, the more I like it.

Comparativo and Comparativo

Bigger and bigger More and more expensive Higher and higher More and more dangerous

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely/Seldom Hardly Ever Never They always go in front of the verb except when the verb is To Be or a modal: I always go to the gym on Saturdays I am always happy I can always help

MANNER ADVERBS (ADVERBIOS DE MODO) -LY or IN + ADJECTIVE + WAY She sings beautifully = She sings in a beautiful way She came immediately

ADVERBS OF DEGREE Very, quite, totally, extremely... Modifican tanto al adjetivo o a un adverbio: I´m extremely/very/quite happy He played his role very/quite/totally well

ADVERBS OF COMMENT Luckily, Unfortunately, Clearly, Honestly... Unfortunately, the film was not worth-seeing