Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Comparisons
- Adjectives
- 1. Formatation
- Ending in -ic add -ally
- dramatic-dramatically
- Most formated by adding -ly
- quick- quickly
- Ending in -le drop -le and add -ly
- terrible-terribly
- Drop -y add -ily
- happy-happily
- ending in-e add -ly without dropping -e
- rare-rarely
- except : whole-wholly, true-truly
- Different
meanings
- deep, free, hard, high, last, late, near, pretty, short, wide
- deep=a long way down ; deeply=greatly
- free=without payment ; freely=willingly
- 3. Order of Adjectives
- 2. Comparatives and Superlative
Forms
- 1.positive - simple verb
- short
big
large
- special
- 2.comparative -
-er; more
- 3.superlative -
-est; most
- the shortest (of/in)
the biggest (of/in)
the largest (of/in
- most special (of/in)
- EXCEPTIONS!
- Clever,common,cruel,friendly,gentle,narrow,pleasant,polite, quiet,simple,stupid
- These words can be transformed in both ways
- clever,more clever,the most clever
- clever,cleverer,cleverest
- good
- bad
- far
- further (than)
- the furthest (of/in)
- worse (than)
- the worst (of/in)
- better (than)
- the best (of/in)
- shorter (than)
bigger (than)
larger (than)
- more special (than)
- 4. Types of Comparisons
- Adverbs
- 1. Formatation
- +-ly
- -ic+-ally
- -le>-ly
- consonant +y>-ily
- 2. Compapratives and Superlative Forms
- 1. Positive
- Fast
- Early
- Often
- 2. Comparative -ier -more -er
- Earlier
- More often
- Faster
- 3. Superlative- iest -the most -est
- The earliest
- The most often
- The fastest
- NEED TO KNOW
- Well- better-the best
- Bad- worse-the worst
- Much- more- most
- Little- less-the least
- Far- further/ farther - furthest/ farthest
- Good- better-the best
- Ending in -ly
- Need to use "more" and "most"
- Quietly
- More quietly
- Most quietly
- slowly
- More slowly
- Most slowly
- seriously
- More seriously
- Most seriously
- 3. Order of
Adverbs
- Position in a sentence
- Front
- Mid
- End
- Adverbs of frequency
- Normally go before main verbs but after auxiliary verbs
- Adverbs of time
- Usually go at the end of the sentence or at the beginning of the sentence
- Adverbs of degree
- Can go before the adjective or the adverb yhey
modify
- Adverbs of manner
- Go after the verb or the object of the verb if there is one
- Can also go in mid position
- 4. Types of Comparisons
- Comparison with -er/-est
- Comparisons with -er/-est
- (All adverbs with 1 syllable)
- Fast
- Faster
- The fastest
- strong
- stronger
- the strongest
- Comparison with more/most
- (Adverbs ending with -ly)
- Carefully
- More carefully
- The most carefully
- Irregular adverbs
- Well
- Better
- The best