Adjectives

Adjectives

• Adjectives give you information about people,animals or things.

• EXAMPLES:

Tall and ShortSlim and Fat

An old bycicle and a new bycicle

Activity: How many adjectives can you translate into Catalan ?

Sad and Happy

Good looking and Ugly

Poor and Rich

Comparatives• Comparative sentences are used to

compare two thingsExemple:

• “Peter is taller than Susan”

FORM:

1. One syllable: add +erTall-taller than

1.One syllable adjectives ending –e ,add –r - Nice- nicer2. One syllable adjectives ending

c+v+c,double the last consonant and add – er

3. Two syllables ending –y: drop the –y and add–ier

-happy-happier -easy-easier4. More than two syllables: more intelligent than

Examples:

• Maria is taller than Peter• Peter is older than Maria

• Teresa is older than Roger• Xevi is younger than Teresa

Superlative• Superlative adjectives are to talk

about the difference between,three or more people,animals or things.

• One syllable adjectives: add-es to the adjective

-Tall-tallest - Short-shortest - Old-oldest

• Spelling rules• One syllable adjectives ending –e ,add –st -Nice-nicest• One syllable adjectives ending

c+v+c,double the last consonant and add - est

- Fat-fattest - Big-biggest - Fit-fittest - Hot-hottest

• Two syllable adjectives ending -y,drop the -y and add –iest

- Easy-easiest - Funny-funniest• Two or more syllable adjectives

write”the most”before the adjectives

- Difficult-the most difficult

• IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES: Comparative

SuperlativeGood Better The bestBad Worse The worstFar Further The

furthest