1. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] 1 King Faisal University e- Learning Deanship & Distance Education Grammatical Rules & Systems قواعد نحويه متقدمه ونظم Lecture 4 Eng 241 Instructor: Dr. Ghassan M Nayfi 1

2. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] 2 Lecture 4 Grammatical Rules & Systems قواعد نحويه ونظم قواعد نحويه ونظم Eng 241 Eng 241

3. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] Contents of Lecture 4 I. Adjectives II. Similarity III. Comparative Form IV. Superlative Form V. Sample Questions VI. Grammatical Mistakes 3

4. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] I. Adjectives & Adverbs. A. Adjectives: There are three main adjectives: The words we use to describe nouns are called adjectives 1.Short Adjectives: The adjectives that consist of one syllable or two syllables. Example: [ tall, big, small, cold, high, new, fast, hard, ….etc ] 2. Long Adjectives: The adjectives that consist of more than two syllables Example: [ interesting, important, beautiful, dangerous….etc] 2. Irregular adjectives: The adjectives that they are changed in spelling when we change them from adjective form to comparative or superlative forms. [ good, bad, much, many little, etc] B. Adverbs. The words we use to describe verbs Most of the them are formed by adding –ly to the end of the adjectives adjectives[ quickly, hard, fast, late, well, dangerously, 4

5. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] II. Similarity 1. Similarity *[ as + an adjective+ as ] as tall as Short Ahmed is as tall as Salim. ( Short adjective “ tall” ) as famous as Long Ahmed is as famous as salim. ( Long adjective “ famous’ ) as good as Irregula Ahmed is as good as Salim. ( Irregular adjective “ good” ) *[ as + an adverb + as ] as fluently as Ahmed speaks English as fluently as Salim does. as hard as Women works as hard as men do. Note: The negative form of a similarity sentence. isn’t as tall as Ahmed isn’t as tall as Salim. [ Here it is comparative in meaning] 5

6. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] III. Comparative Form 2. Comparative Form [–er + than] A. If the adjective is short, we add [–er + than] after the short adjective. Example 1- Rami is taller than Fuad. 1- Rami is taller than Fuad. 2- Fuad is shorter than Rami. 2- Fuad is shorter than Rami. 3- Fuad isn’t as tall as Rami. 3- Fuad isn’t as tall as Rami. 4- Rami isn’t as short as Fuad. 4- Rami isn’t as short as Fuad. Notice that all these four sentences have the same meaning Notice that all these four sentences have the same meaning 6

7. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] III. Comparative Form 2. Comparative Form [more+ the adjective + than ] B. If the adjective is long, we add [more+ the adjective + than ]. Example 1- English is more difficult than Arabic. 1- English is more difficult than Arabic. 2- Arabic is easier/ more easy than Arabic. 2- Arabic is easier/ more easy than Arabic. 3- Arabic is less difficult than English 3- Arabic is less difficult than English 4- Arabic isn’t as difficult as English. 4- Arabic isn’t as difficult as English. 5. English isn’t as easy as Arabic. 5. English isn’t as easy as Arabic. Notice that all these Five sentences have the same meaning Notice that all these Five sentences have the same meaning 7

8. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] III. Comparative Form 2. Comparative Form C. If the adjective is irregular, the adjective will be as the following:- 1. A is better than B 3. B isn’t as good as A. 1. A is better than B 3. B isn’t as good as A. 2. B is worse than A 4. A isn’t as bad as B. 2. B is worse than A 4. A isn’t as bad as B. Notice that all these Four sentences have the same meaning 8 Comparative form Irregular Adjective No. Better than good1 Worse than bad2 More than many3 much4 Less than little5

9. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] IV. Superlative Form 3. Superlative Form [ the adjective +est + of or in ] A. If the adjective is short, we add [ the adjective +est + of or in ] Example 1. A is 183 cm tall. 1. A is 183 cm tall. 2. B is 175 cm tall. 2. B is 175 cm tall. 3. C is 170 cm tall. 3. C is 170 cm tall. ====================================================================== ====================================================================== A is taller than B. [ comparative ] B is taller than C. [ comparative] A is the tallest of all. [ superlative ] the shortest[ superlative ] C is the shortest of all. [ superlative ] 9

10. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] IV. Superlative Form 3. Superlative Form [ the most / least + adjective + of or in ] B. If the adjective is long, we add [ the most / least + adjective + of or in ] Example English is the most important language in the world. English is the most important language in the world. Notice that we keep the long adjective as it without any changes. Nadia is ___________________________ of all. A. More beautiful B. beautiful C. The beautiful D. The most beautiful 10

11. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] IV. Superlative Form 3. Superlative Form C. If the adjective is Irregular, we change the irregular adjective as follows: Example: Example: A is _________________ of all. A. better b. best C. the better D. the best 11 superlative formIrregular adjectiveNo. The bestGood1 The worstBad2 The mostMany3 The mostMuch4 The leastlittle5

12. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] V. Sample Questions 1. People in Saudi Arabia are as ______________ as people in Jordan. A. more generous B. generous C. most generous D. the most generous 2. The weather in winter is _____________ than it is in summer. A. colder B. cold C. coldest D. the coldest 3. I have ___________ money than you do. A. much B. more C. most D. least 4. Abdullah is ______________ of all boys. A. the fastest B. the most fastest C. fast D. faster 12

13. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] I. Grammatical Mistakes 1. People in Saudi Arabia are as ______________ as people in Jordan. A. more generous B. generous C. most generous D. the most generous 2. The weather in winter is _____________ than it is in summer. A. colder B. cold C. coldest D. the coldest 3. I have ___________ money than you do. A. much B. more C. most D. least 4. Abdullah is ______________ of all boys. A. the fastest B. the most fastest C. fast D. faster 13

14. King Faisal University جامعة الملك فيصل Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education عمادة التعليم الإكتروني والتعلم عن بعد [ ] بحمد الله