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Adjective basicsOrder of adjectivesDegrees of comparisonDegrees of comparison examples
Card 1Adjective basics

What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It gives more information about the person, place, animal, or thing.

Card 2Order of adjectives

What is the correct order of adjectives before a noun?

Answer

The correct order is: number, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose, noun. For example: two pretty little modern round white Indian wooden serving spoons.

Card 3Order of adjectives

Why is adjective order important in English?

Answer

When more than one adjective is used before a noun, they must appear in the correct order to sound natural and grammatical. Wrong order can make a sentence sound incorrect or awkward.

Card 4Degrees of comparison

What does the positive degree of an adjective show?

Answer

The positive degree is the simple form of an adjective. It describes a noun or pronoun without making a comparison.

Card 5Degrees of comparison

When is the comparative degree used?

Answer

The comparative degree is used when two nouns or pronouns are compared. Than is used with the comparative degree.

Card 6Degrees of comparison

When is the superlative degree used?

Answer

The superlative degree is used when more than two nouns or pronouns are compared. The is always used before the superlative degree.

Card 7Degrees of comparison

What is the difference between positive, comparative, and superlative degrees?

Answer

The positive degree gives the simple form of the adjective. The comparative degree compares two nouns or pronouns. The superlative degree compares more than two nouns or pronouns.

Card 8Degrees of comparison examples

What is the positive degree example with Suman?

Answer

"Suman is lazy." This is a positive degree sentence because it does not compare Suman with anyone else.

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