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Choose the correct prefix to make negative forms of the adjectives 1. It was   im  possible to sleep because of the noise. 2. Mary is  un  certain whether to go to Sweden or not. 3. It's totally   ir  rational but I'm afraid of spiders. 4. I like my teacher but she is a bit   im  patient with slow learners. 5. Bob has been   dis  honest in his dealings with us. 6. It's   il  legal to drive through a red light. 7. Administration should be an  a   political tool of the government. 8. This new house is not   dis  similar to our old one except that it's a bit bigger. 9. Stop Stewart ! It is   im  polite to point at people. 10. Why did you write this sentence ? It's completely  il  logical. Adjectives and substantives 1) It's difficult for a young teacher to have a whole class of  fifteen-year-olds , because at that age, young people are quite restless ... 2) A counsel for the defence must protect and defend  the  unjustly   accused  as well as the suspects he knows

John is 178 centimeters. David is 180. Smith is 195.  John is  tall . David is  taller   than  John. Smith is  the   tallest  of all. The red car next to the tree is $50,000. The blue car in front of the house is $80,000. The black car over there is $150,000. The red car is  expensive . The blue car is  more expensive than  the red car. The black car is  the most expensive  of all. 1. My elder brother is three years  older  (old) than I am. 2. When I was a kid I always wanted to be   taller  (tall) than he was. 3. Now I am the  tallest  (tall) in my family. 4. But my younger brother is   more intelligent  (intelligent) than I am. 5. My elder brother played volleyball much  better  (good) than I did. 6. My younger brother drives  more carefully  (careful) than I do. 7. I am the   fastest  (fast) driver in my family but the least careful. 8. Unfortunately, I have the   highest  (high) number of speeding tickets. 9. I have the  most expensive  (expensive) but the least economical car. 10.

Comparative of superiority (+) Examples: My car   is   bigger than   your car . Sarah   is   more intelligent than   Peter . How to use: I) Short adjectives 1 syllable old - small - fast - short - hot 2 syllables ending in  -y happy - easy - funny Add:   -er l ong > longer   deep > deeper Caution: Fat ->  Fa tt er  (1 syllable ending in: consonant-vowel-consonant) Happy -  Happ i er (2 syllables, ending in: consonant + -y) II)  Long adjectives 2 syllables not ending in -y pleasant - modern 3+ syllables beautiful - intelligent - expensive Use: more + adjective (MORE is the irregular comparative form of much/many) Example:  Interesting -> more   interesting III)  Irregular Good -  better     -    Bad-  worse Far -    farther/  further IV) A few adjectives can use the 2 rules: clever : cleverer /  more clever quiet : quieter /  more quiet

Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together : - My parents live in a  nice  new house - A  dirty  old black cat is wandering the streets A / 'OPINION' ADJECTIVES        Adjectives like   nice  and  dirty  are opinion adjectives.They tell us what you think about somebody or something.      Opinion  adjectives usually go  before  fact  adjectives B /   'FACT' ADJECTIVES       Adjectives like  new, old, black  are  fact  adjectives. They give us factual information about, age and colour.       Sometimes we use two or more fact adjectives. Very often, we put fact adjectives in this order : 1  /   SIZE  :       How big ?         Large, small, tiny, enormous 2 /     AGE   :      How old ?           New, young, old, ancient 3 /    SHAPE :    What shape ?     Square, round, rectangular, flat 4 / COLOUR :    What colour ?      Blue, pink, yellow, crimson 5 /  ORIGIN :    Where from ?      English, American, Chinese,French 6 / MATERIAL: What it is made of ?    Plastic, cardb

(be) afraid  of (be) angry  at  /  with  someone (be) angry  about   something (be) ashamed  of (be) bad  at (be) bored  with (be) crazy  about (be) different  from (be) famous  for (be) fed up  with (be) good  at (be) interested  in (be) nice  to (be) proud  of (be) sorry  about  something (be) sorry  for  doing something (be) worried  about

Adjectif + Préposition     afraid  of                    angry  with                      bad  at                         interested  in             married  to     frightened  of           crowded  with                  good  at                      successful  in              polite   to        short  of                    pleased  with                   brilliant  at                                                       similar  to     tired  of                     disappointed  with   Adjectives and adverbs A-     Look at these examples: • Our holiday was too short - the time went very  quickly . • The driver of the car was  seriously  injured in the accident. Quickly  and  seriously  are adverbs. Many adverbs are made from an adjective + - ly : Adjective quick serious careful quiet bad heavy Adverb quickly seriously carefully quietly badly heavily Not all words ending in - ly  are adverbs. Some adjectives end in - ly  too, for example: Friendly  /  lively  /  elderly  /  lonely  /