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The adjectives: attributive & predicative
Comparatives & Superlatives
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The adjective
Adjectives describe nouns and gives us information by about its form, colour, size, etc.
Example of adjectives are:
Big, old, tired,
In English adjectives only have a singular form. Check the table below for examples
La casa nueva
Las casas nuevas
El coche nuevo
Los coches nuevos
The new house
The new houses
The new car
The new cars
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3. The adjective: position
Most adjectives can occur before or after a noun.
the blue sea ~ the sea is blue
the old man~ the man is old
happy children~ the children are happy
Predicative adjectives
Do not occur immediately after the noun. Instead, they follow a verb.  
Example:
“ The children are happy”
Attributive adjectives
precede their nouns in simple phrases.
Example:
"I saw three happy kids”
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4. Comparative Adjectives
We can use comparative adjectives to describe the differences.
We compare two things, we compare A with B.
Look at the example:
A1 is bigger than A2.
"bigger" is the comparative form of the adjective "big"
A1  A2
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5. Formation of comparatives
There are two ways to make or form a comparative adjective:
Short adjectives: add –er to the adjective
Long adjectives: use “more” + the adjective
Examples:
short adjectives- one or two syllables: nice, big,
nicer, bigger
Long adjectives- three or more syllables: intelligent, difficult
more intelligent, more difficult
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Particle ‘THAN’
We use the particle ‘than’ when comparing two adjectives.
Study the examples:
A is nicer than B
A is more intelligent than B
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7. Adjectives superlatives
We use superlatives in order to compare three or more things.
Form:
Short adjectives: add –est to the adjective
Long adjectives: use “most” + the adjective
Examples:
short adjectives- one or two syllables: nice, big,
nicest, biggest
Three or more syllabes: intelligent, difficult
most intelligent, most difficult
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The particle ‘THE’
We use the particle ‘THE’ when using superlatives.
Study the examples below A1 A2 A3 A4
Examples:
A2 is the smallest.
A4 is the biggest
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