INTEGRANTES:

DAVID HERNANDEZ

WILSON MORILLO

RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ

RULES

Generally, if a word answers the question

how, it is an adverb. If it can have an - ly

added to it, place it there.

Examples:

She thinks slow/slowly.

She thinks how? slowly.

The word good is an adjective, while well is an adverb.

Examples:

You did a good job.

Good describes the job.

You did the job well.

Well answers how.

You smell good today.

When referring to

health, use well rather

than good.

Example:

I do not feel well. You do

not look well today.

You may use good with

feel when you are not

referring to health.

Example:

I feel good about my

decision to learn Spanish

A common error in using adjectives andadverbs arises from using the wrong form forcomparison.

For instance, to describe one thing wewould say poor, as in, "She is poor." Tocompare two things, we should saypoorer, as in, "She is the poorer of the twowomen." To compare more than twothings, we should say poorest, as in, "She isthe poorest of them all."

One Sweet Bad efficient

Two Sweeter worse more

efficient

Three or

More sweetest worst most

efficient

When this, that, these, and those arefollowed by nouns, they are adjectives.When they appear without a nounfollowing them, they are pronouns.

Examples:

This house is for sale.

This is an adjective here.

This is for sale.

This is a pronoun here.

This and that are singular, whether they are being used as adjectives or as pronouns. This points to something nearby while that points to something "over there.“

Examples:

This dog is mine.

That dog is hers.

This is mine.

That is hers.

These and those are plural, whether they

are being used as adjectives or as

pronouns. These points to something

nearby while those points to something

"over there."

These babies have been smiling for a

long time.

These are mine. Those babies have been

crying for hours. Those are yours.

Use than to show comparison. Use then

to answer the question when.

Examples:

I would rather go skiing

than rock climbing.

First we went skiing;

then we went rock climbing.

positive comparative superlative

clean cleaner cleanest

new newer newest

cheap cheaper cheapest

ADJECTIVES WITH ONE SYLLABLE

positive comparative superlative

dirty dirtier dirtiest

easy easier easiest

happy happier happiest

pretty prettier prettiest

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large larger largest leave out the silent -e

big bigger biggest

Double the consonant after short vowel

sad sadder saddest

dirty dirtier dirtiest Change -y to -i (consonant before -y)

shy shyer shyestHere -y is not changed to -i.

(although consonant before -y)

positive comparative superlative

clever cleverer / more clever cleverest / most clever

common commoner / more common commonest / most common

likely likelier / more likely likeliest / most likely

pleasant pleasanter / more pleasant pleasantest / most pleasant

polite politer / more polite politest / most polite