Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Irregular Adjetives
hot ** hotter the hottest Notice how comparatives are often followed
by than when comparing two things or people
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narrow - narrower, simple - simpler, quiet - quieter
Two-syllable Adjectives
ending in -Y
To form the comparative, we remove the -y and add -
ier to the end of the adjective.
Irregular Forms
To form the superlative, we remove the -y and add -
iest to the end of the adjective.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
some: affirmative statements, offers, requests and in questions when you expect the answer yes
any: negative statements, questions
Have you got any bananas? No, we haven't got any. But we've got some oranges.
Exceptions:
I would like to buy fruit at a market. I see the man has wonderful apples so I can ask him:
If I do not see apples or if I am not sure whether there are apples at all I use any in this question.
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1. COUNTABLE NOUNS
iron
Most of the nouns are countable. You can combine
them with numbers, e.g one, two or three. Here is If you want to express a quantity, you have to use a
an example: special phrase e.g. a glass of water.