Comparison of adjectives and adverbs 1. Comparatives and superlatives We form comparatives and superlatives by adding -er and -est to one-syllable adjectives. When the adjective is vowel consonant (big), add an extra consonant (big+ger): When Trevor bought a big car Brian went out and bought a bigger one. Brian’s car was the biggest. We use ‘more’ and ‘most’ for adjectives with 2 or more syllables: Trevor decided to buy an expensive computer. So Brian had to go out and buy a more expensive computer. A few adjectives have irregular comparatives and superlatives: Mike had the best house in Charm Street. 1-syllable adverbs use -er and -est to form comparatives and superlatives: Brian and Trevor worked in the same office and Brian worked much harder than Trevor. ‘Well’ and ‘badly’ have irregular comparatives and superlatives: They both got on well with the boss, although Brian got on better… All other adverbs use ‘more’ and ‘most’: The boss also preferred Brian because he worked more efficiently. 2. ‘As… as …’ You can also make comparisons using ‘as + adjective / adverb + as…: Unfortunately, although Brian was as clever as Trevor, he was not as lucky as Trevor and as a result, he was not so happy as Trevor. On the other hand, Brian earned twice as much as Trevor.
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EXTRAS: linguaspectrum.com A term that has become increasingly popular in English since the 1970s has been political correctness or PC. In simple terms, this means avoiding the use of words or phrases that might upset someone’s sensibilities. In more complex terms, this means being afraid to say what you think because it just might be deemed offensive by the PC Brigade. It is a curtailing of our freedom of speech. We can’t call someone short anymore; we must call them vertically challenged. Nor can we call someone bald. Bald people are now follicular challenged. That is, according to the PC Brigade. When I was a young boy and someone called me names, I would tell my mother. She would say, “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you.” On a purely physical level, she was right. On a psychological level, however, she was a little off the mark. Calling people names can hurt them. Name calling is a favourite technique of the bully. Calling the child who wears glasses, four-eyes, or the child who is not as tall as his peers, shorty or squirt is bullying, plain and simple. Children are natural bullies, but most mature and grow out of the tendency to bully others. Those sad people who fail to mature and take their bullying behaviour into the workplace are to be pitied as inadequate excuses for human beings. Bullies bully in order to achieve a sense of self-worth that is otherwise lacking in their sad and sorry little lives. As a way of stamping out the …
Pig Business investigates the rise of factory pig farming, a system which abuses animals, pollutes the environment, threatens human health through dangerous overuse of antibiotics, and wrecks rural communities. The film shows how this system which was developed in the USA is now being used in eastern Europe from where the pork, often produced below legal animal welfare standards, is exported to other EU countries putting local farmers out of business. The message is simple; the future is our choice.
This video shows the Jamaican Patois translations of the Possessive adjectives of the sentences given in the Quiz in Lesson 4. This is a comprehensive free online lessons to help you speak and understand the basics of the Jamaican Patois language. Hear clear pronunciations of the words, and learn how to use them in sentences. This lesson teaches the patois words for the English possessive adjectives: My, Your, His, Her, Its, Our, Your (plural), Their • The Jamaican Patois language is still being officially standardized, so some of the spellings used here in the series, may not correspond with others published. Spellings used here are what the presenter thinks best captures how the words should be pronounced
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