MODAL VERBSThe modal verbs are:-

CAN / COULD / MAY / MIGHT / MUST / SHALL / SHOULD / OUGHT TO / WILL / WOULD

All the auxiliary verbs except be, do and have are called modals. Unlike other auxiliary verbs modals only exist in their helping form; they cannot act alone as the main verb in a sentence.

Be, do, and have also differ from the other auxiliaries in that they can also serve as ordinary verbs in a given sentence.

COMPARATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES

When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each other.

Comparative adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less than the other. They normally come before any other adjectives.

FORMING THE COMPARATIVE  

Words of one syllable ending in 'e'. Add -r to the end of the word.

Ejemplo: wide - wider

Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Double the consonant and add -er to the end of the word.

Ejemplo: big - bigger

Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Add - er to the end of the word.

Ejemplo: high - higher

Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'. Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er to the end of the word.

Ejemplo: happy - happier

Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'. Place 'more' before the adjective.

Ejemplo: beautiful - more beautiful

The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule: 'good' becomes 'better' 'bad' becomes 'worse' 'far' becomes 'farther' or

'further'

!NOTE When comparing two things like this

we put than between the adjective and the thing being compared.

For example:- "Mount Everest is higher than

Mount Snowdon." "Arguably, Rome is more beautiful than Paris.

ADJECTIVE ORDER Adjectives can be used to describe lots

of things, from physical size, age, shape, colour, material, to more abstract things like opinion, origin and purpose. We can use adjectives together to give a detailed description of something. Adjectives that express opinions usually come before all others, but it can sometimes depend on what exactly you want to emphasise.

FOR EXAMPLE:

"That nice, big, blue bag.

“(You like the bag.)"That big, nice, blue bag.

" (You like the colour.)

WHEN WE GROUP ADJECTIVES TOGETHER THERE IS A GENERAL RULE FOR THE POSITION OF EACH TYPE ADJECTIVE, THESE ARE:-

Position 1st* 2nd* 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Opinion Size Age Shape

Colour

Material Origin

Purpose

Nice Small OldSquar

e BlackPlasti

cBritis

hRacin

g

Ugly Big NewCircul

ar BlueCotto

nAmerican

Running

This is just a guide as you wouldn't normally see so many adjectives in one description.

For example: "She had a big, ugly, old, baggy, blue, cotton,

British, knitting bag." Is grammatically correct but a bit too long-winded.

* You might swap opinion and fact adjectives depending on what you wish to emphasise:-

For example: "She had a long, ugly nose." emphasising the

length of her nose. "He was a silly, little man." emphasising that

the man was silly.