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ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVE
modifies
limitsqualifie
s
Nouns/Pronouns
Most adjectives have only one form, but short ones add the
ending –er and –est to become
comparative and superlative.
The comparative means that something has more of the quality
described by the adjective, and the
superlative means that it has the most of the quality in the group.
On the other hand, other adjectives use the words: more (for
comparative) and most (for
superlative).
REGULAR ADJECTIVES
Positive Comparative
Superlative
long longer longest
sweet sweeter sweetest
pretty prettier prettiest
lovely lovelier loveliest
happy happier happiest
clean cleaner cleanest
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Positive Comparative
Superlative
bad worse worst
good better best
little less least
LONG ADJECTIVES
Positive Comparative
Superlative
interesting more interesting
most interesting
beautiful more beautiful
most beautiful
expensive more expensive
most expensive
ARTICLES
the a, an, some, odefinit
enon-
definite
determiner
NON-DEFINITE ARTICLES
a • With singular count nouns
a flower
an • With singular count nouns
an insect
some • With plural count nouns• With
uncountable nouns
some flowerssome insects
some furnituresome courage
o (null) • With plural count nouns• With non-
countable nouns
o flowerso insectsfurniturecourage
PREPOSITION
A preposition is a word like in, by, near,
into, over, behind, inside, around, on,
and from.
PREPOSITION
Prepositions are used in noun phrases and the phrases are called prepositional phrases.
The noun following the preposition is called object of the preposition with which it functions as adverb of place.
THETROJANHORSE
INTERJECTIONThe word that expresses a strong feeling is called interjection. The exclamation point (!) is used in English after a sentence that expresses a strong feeling or
excitement. Such sentences are called exclamations. Sometimes
an exclamation consists of a whole sentence with a subject and a verb but sometimes it
consists of only a few words or only a word.
INTERJECTIONThere are several kinds of exclamations:
1. Short Exclamations, without subject or predicate. (e.g., Help!, Ouch!, No, indeed!)
2. Sentences that are regular in form but which become exclamations when they are spoken with
strong feeling.a. The airplane is burning!
b. It’s raining!c. Run to the backyard!
3. Sentences that are exclamatory in form. There are sentences which can only be exclamations because of
grammar.They begin with:
d. What – before a noun (e.g., What a beautiful dress!)
e. How – before an adjective or adverb (e.g., How gracefully she walks!)
INTERJECTIONWhat and How always modify
some sentence parts that would normally occur in the predicate of the sentence. In exclamation, what and how
occur at the beginning of the sentence, and the subject
and the verb remain in their normal order.
INTERJECTIONNormal: That is a wonderful film.
Exclamation: What a wonderful film!
Normal: Jerome drew a beautiful picture.
Exclamation: What a beautiful picture Jerome drew!
Normal: Nila sings beautifully.
Exclamation: How beautiful Nila sings!
Normal: The typhoon was destructive.
Exclamation: How destructive the typhoon was!
MORE ABOUT WORDS USED AS DIFFERENT
PARTS OF SPEECH
•ADJECTIVE
descriptive
pronominal(Connected with
pronouns)(Ordinary adjectives)
MORE ABOUT WORDS USED AS DIFFERENT
PARTS OF SPEECH
This man
That man
What man?
Which hat?
My hat
His house
Some water
Any house
Type of Pronominal
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Possessive
Indefinite
Function
-To point out
-To ask questions
-To indicate ownership
-To give an indefinite idea
CLASSIFICATION OF PRONOUNS ACCORDING
TO TYPEI said it.
The man who said it.
That is true.
What did you say?
This hat is mine.
I want some.
Type of Pronoun
Personal
Relative
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Possessive
Indefinite
Function
-To indicate a person or thing instead of using a
noun
-To relate to an antecedent, noun,
idea
-To point out
-To ask question
-To indicate ownership
-To indicate an indefinite idea
