Revise the rules if necessary and choose the correct options A weak adjective — a strong adjective: hungry — starving big — enormous funny — hilarious sad — miserable unpleasant — disgusting sure — certain unusual — extraordinary bad — dreadful good — splendid cold — freezing scared — terrified small — tiny angry — furious weak adjectives = gradable adjectives Hungry, big, funny, etc. We can use weak adjectives with the words very, a bit, slightly, and extremely. I'm slightly hungry. The plot of the new film is extremely funny. strong adjectives = ungradable adjectives Starving, enormous, hilarious, etc. We can use strong adjectives with the words meaning 'the most': totally, completely, absolutely, utterly. The film was totally hilarious. Her birthday cake was absolutely enormous. Weak and strong adjectives Types of pronouns: Object pronouns: me, him, her, it, you, us, them Could you give us the necessary information? Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, ourselves, themselves She can't do it herself, she needs our support. Possessive adjectives: my, his, her, its, your, our, their Is this her self-portrait? Possessive pronouns: mine, his, hers, yours, ours, theirs Is this self-portrait hers? Types of pronouns Degrees of comparison: short overview Short adjectives (one syllable or two syllables ending in -ow, -le, -er, -y) form the comparative degree using the suffix er and the superlative degree using the suffix est. We usually use the with the superlative degree. Long adjectives (two or more syllables) form the comparative degree with the word more before the adjectives. In the superlative degree we use the most with them. Some adjectives have irregular comparative forms: good - better - the best bad - worse - the worst etc. Most adverbs use more and the most for their degrees of comparison. However, there are some exceptions which use er and est like fast, hard, well, etc. Special constructions can also be used to compare things: We use neither...nor when a negative fact is true of two people or things or when someone or something does not have either of two qualities. It can also be used with nouns: Neither she nor he knew the truth. We use as...as to compare two things which are equal in some way. We use not so/as...as to make comparisons between two unequal things. Note: they take a positive degree of adjectives (the basic form). Degrees of comparison After such a long trip, we were starving. Is it cold today? — Cold? It isn't just cold, it's . The film we saw yesterday was hilarious. Why didn't you tell the whole truth? I think Mary's presentation was slightly more interesting and better structured than . Where is Kate? Has anybody seen ? This example is than the one on the previous page. I'd choose this option, nor that one. I believe Mark's oil painting is just as the one by the famous artist. Jill is the artist's student of all.

Задание

Revise the rules if necessary and choose the correct options

A weak adjective — a strong adjective:

weak adjectives = gradable adjectives

Hungry, big, funny, etc.

We can use weak adjectives with the words very, a bit, slightly, and extremely.

I'm slightly hungry.

The plot of the new film is extremely funny.

strong adjectives = ungradable adjectives

Starving, enormous, hilarious, etc.

We can use strong adjectives with the words meaning 'the most': totally, completely, absolutely, utterly.

The film was totally hilarious.

Her birthday cake was absolutely enormous.
Weak and strong adjectives

Types of pronouns:

Object pronouns: me, him, her, it, you, us, them

Could you give us the necessary information?

Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, ourselves, themselves

She can't do it herself, she needs our support.

Possessive adjectives: my, his, her, its, your, our, their

Is this her self-portrait?

Possessive pronouns: mine, his, hers, yours, ours, theirs

Is this self-portrait hers?
Types of pronouns

Short adjectives (one syllable or two syllables ending in -ow, -le, -er, -y) form the comparative degree using the suffix er and the superlative degree using the suffix est. We usually use the with the superlative degree.
Long adjectives (two or more syllables) form the comparative degree with the word more before the adjectives. In the superlative degree we use the most with them.
Some adjectives have irregular comparative forms:

good - better - the best

bad - worse - the worst etc.
Most adverbs use more and the most for their degrees of comparison. However, there are some exceptions which use er and est like fast, hard, well, etc.
Special constructions can also be used to compare things:

We use neither...nor when a negative fact is true of two people or things or when someone or something does not have either of two qualities. It can also be used with nouns: Neither she nor he knew the truth.

We use as...as to compare two things which are equal in some way.

We use not so/as...as to make comparisons between two unequal things.

Note: they take a positive degree of adjectives (the basic form).

Degrees of comparison

After such a long trip, we were
[very|slightly|completely] starving.
Is it cold today? — Cold? It isn't just cold, it's
[terrified|freezing|miserable].
The film we saw yesterday was
[absolutely|a bit|extremely] hilarious.
Why didn't you tell
[their|them|they] the whole truth?
I think Mary's presentation was slightly more interesting and better structured than
[us|our|ours].
Where is Kate? Has anybody seen
[she|her|hers]?
This example is
[the most illustrative|illustrativer|more illustrative] than the one on the previous page.
I'd choose
[neither|either|or] this option, nor that one.
I believe Mark's oil painting is just
[as more beautiful|so as beautiful|as beautiful] as the one by the famous artist.
Jill is the artist's
[most famous|more famous|famousest] student of all.