AL RAHMA EXPERIMENTALLY SCHOOL

Grammar lesson ( Adjectives )

Seventh Grades

Prepared by AL AZZEH REYHAN

Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe nouns – people, places , or things . They add interesting information .

Adjectives

Regular Equal Comparative

Superlative

Adjective as –adj.-as adj + er than more –adj. than

The- adj. +est The- most adj.

important

good

smart

interesting

brave

beautiful amazing exciting

small

huge

comfortable

difficult

easy

boring slow

angry

Find the adjectives from the following sentences -:

1 )The man is brave .

2 )My mother has a new car.

3 )Our school is big and beautiful.

4 )I am happy.

5 )My big dog is strong.

Find the adjectives from the following sentences -:

1 )The man is brave .

2 )My mother has a new car.

3 )Our school is big and beautiful.

4 )I am happy.

5 )My big dog is strong .

Regular adjectives Regular adjectives come before the noun to describe it.

I bought some beautiful flowers.

Adjectives have no plural form . Unlike in Arabic , we do not make adjectives plural when they

describe plural nouns .

The adjectives come at the end to describe the subject .

The exam was easy .

The word easy comes to describe how the exam was .

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

Equal We use as + adjective + as when we want to show that two

things are equal .

I am as happy as my friend .

We add not when we want to show that two things are not equal. .

My grades are not as high as yours .

My brother is as brave as the lion .

Rahat is not as big as Tel Aviv .

Comparative

We use the comparative to compare between two people or two things .

The first side – short adjective + er – than – the second side

The car is faster than the bicycle .

How we form the adjective in the comparative .

Spelling Rules -:

If the adjective ends in e , we add only r .

nice nicer than

We add –er to adjectives of one syllable .

long longer than

cold colder than

To adjectives of two syllables ending in y ,(change the y to i ) then add er .

happy happier than

heavy heavier than

If the adjective ends in consonant – vowel – consonant double the last letter + er .

big bigger than fat fatter than

We never double the letters ( w , x, y ) .

low lower than

Exceptions :

good better than

bad worse than

far farther than

For the long adjective that has two syllable and more . more + long adjective - than

The pen is more expensive than the pencil .

Comparative Equal Adjective

Fill in the correct form of the adjective -:

new bad

beautiful

pretty

hot nice

Superlative -:For the short adjective we use the –short adjective + est .

strong the strongest nice the nicest tall the tallest happy the happiest

For the long adjective we use the- most-long adjective She is the most beautiful .

I am the happiest .August is the hottest . January is the coldest .

English is the most interesting .

Superlative

Exceptions

good the best

bad the worst

far the farthest

My grades are good . ( regular )

My grades are better than yours . ( comparative )

My sister’s grades are the best . ( superlative )

superlative comparative equal adjective