Adjectives and Adverbs
| Positive
| Comparative
| Superlative
| Formation
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One-syllable adjectives
and adverbs
| old
wise
hot
easy
fast
early
| older, elder wiser
hotter
easier
faster
earlier
| oldest, eldest
wisest
hottest
easiest
fastest
earliest
| For most
one-syllable adjectives and adverbs, -er and -est are added.
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Two-syllable adjectives and adverbs
| famous
slowly
| more famous
more slowly
| most famous
most slowly
| For most two- syllable adj. and adv., more and most are used.
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| busy
pretty
| busier
prettier
| busiest
prettiest
| -Er/-est are used with two-syllable adjectives that end in-y. The -y is changed to -i.
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| clever
gentle
friendly
| cleverer
more clever
gentler
more gentle
friendlier
more friendly
| cleverest
most clever
gentlest
most gentle
friendliest
most friendly
| Some two-syllable adjectives use -er/-est or more/most:able, pleasant, angry,
handsome,simple, common, quiet,
narrow, sour, polite, cruel.
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Adjectives and adverbs with three
or more
syllables
| important
productive
carefully
| more important
more productive
more
carefully
| most
important
most productive
most
carefully
| More andmost are used with long adjectives and adverbs.
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Irregular Adjectives and Adverbs
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good/well
bad/badly
far
much/many
little
| better
worse
farther/further
more
less
| best
worst
farthest/furthest
most
least
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Cardinal Numerals (how many?)
| Ordinal Numerals (Which?)
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1,000 1,000,000
| one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
twenty-six
twenty-seven
twenty-eight
twenty-nine
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
a hundred
a thousand
a million
| first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
fourteenth
fifteenth
sixteenth
seventeenth
eighteenth
nineteenth
twentieth
twenty-first
twenty-second
twenty-third
twenty-fourth
twenty-fifth
twenty-sixth
twenty-seventh
twenty-eighth
twenty-ninth
thirtieth
fortieth
fiftieth
sixtieth
seventieth
eightieth
ninetieth
hundredth
thousandth
millionth
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1,006
5,000
260,127
| a/one hundred and forty
four hundred
a/one thousand and six
five thousand
two hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven
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Dates
| March 10, 1998 ¾ the tenth of March nineteen ninety-eight or March the tenth nineteen ninety-eight
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Fractional Numerals
| Common Fractions: ¾ a half; ¾ a quarter;
¾ a/one fifth; ¾ three fifths;
¾ one and a half;
¾ three and four fifths;
Decimal Fractions: 0.1 ¾ nought point one;
10.92 ¾ ten point nine two;
8.04 ¾ eight point nought four;
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Percentage
| a kind of decimal fraction, denominator of which is always 100: 2 % ¾ 2 per cent ¾ 2 p.c. ¾ two per cent.
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Roman
Numerals
| 1 ¾I
2¾II
3 ¾III
4¾IV
5 ¾ V
6 ¾ VI
7 ¾ VII
8 ¾ VIII
9 ¾ IX
10 ¾ X
11 ¾ XI
12 ¾ XII
13 ¾ XIII
14 ¾ XIV
15 ¾ XV
| 16 ¾ XVI
17 ¾ XVII
18 ¾ XVIII
19 ¾ XIX
20 ¾ XX
21 ¾ XXI
30 ¾ XXX
40 ¾ XL
50 ¾ L
60 ¾ LX
70 ¾ LXX
80 ¾ LXXX
90 ¾ XC
100 ¾ C
1000 ¾ M
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