This presentation has been created to complement the content of unit III: Hotel facilities for English V for Hospitality Management course at Usb - Litoral.

2. Adjective word use:
We use adjective word to modify or describe a noun or a pronoun. In a sentence, the adjectives occupy a
place near the noun or pronoun they are describing.
opinion size age shape colour origin material purpose
An opinion
adjective
explains
what you
think about
something.
Example of
opinion
adjective:
silly,
beautiful,
horrible,
difficult
A size
adjective, of
course, tells
you how big
or small
something
is. Example
of size
adjective:
large,
tiny,
enormous,
little
An age
adjective
tells you
how young
or old
something
or someone
is.
Examples:
ancient,
new,
young,
old
A shape
adjective
describes
the shape of
something.
Examples:
square,
round,
flat,
rectangular
A colour
adjective, of
course,
describes
the colour of
something.
Examples:
blue,
pink,
reddish,
grey
An origin
adjective
describes
where
something
comes from.
Examples:
French,
Lunar,
American,
Eastern,
Greek
A material
adjective
describes
what
something is
made of.
Examples:
wooden,
metal,
cotton,
paper
A purpose
adjective
describes
what
something is
used for.
These
adjectives
often end with
"-ing".
Examples:
sleeping (as
in "sleeping
bag"),
roasting (as in
"roasting tin")
Examples of adjectives
http://www.r-go.ca/example_of_adjective.htm

3. How to compare people, places and things:
The Comparative Form of short Adjectives
Compare two people, places, or things with the comparative form of short adjectives following these rules.
 Add –er to one-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives. (e.g. small, quiet)
This restaurant is smaller and quieter
For one-syllable or two –syllable adjectives that end in y, change the y to i and add –er.
(e.g. easy - easier) That´s an easier book. (Ese es un libro más fácil)
For one-syllable or two –syllable adjectives formed by consonant-vowel-consonant
(e.g. big - bigger) double the consonant and add –er .
This is a bigger dog. (Este es un perro más grande)
Some irregular adjectives do not follow the -er rule for comparative form. (e.g. good/better, bad/worse,
far/farther, little/less)
bad The political situation is getting worse.
(La situación política se esta haciendo peor)
Use than to give more information and compare two people, places, or things.
This restaurant is smaller, quieter and cheaper than the other one.
(Este restaurante es más pequeño, más tranquilo y más económico que el otro.
He is a happier child now. (Él es un niño más feliz ahora)
July is hotter than January. (Julio es más caluroso que enero)

4. How to compare people, places and things:
The Comparative Form of long Adjectives
Compare two people, places, or things with the comparative form of long adjective following
these rules.
 Put more or less before most adjectives of two or more syllables.(e.g. beautiful, expensive)
That ring is more beautiful. But, it´s less expensive.
(Ese anillo es más bonito. Pero es más costoso.)

5. How to compare people, places and things:
The Superlative Form of short adjectives
Use the superlative form of short adjectives to compare three or more people, places and things following
these rules:
 Put the before the adjectives and add –est to one-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives (e.g.
cheap – the cheapest)
That was the cheapest hotel. (Ese era el hotel más económico.)
For one-syllable and two-syllable adjectives that end in y, put the before the adjective, change the y to i,
and add –est. (e.g. happy – the happiest)
The happiest person has the biggest smile of all.
(La persona más feliz tiene la sonrisa más grande de todas.)
For one-syllable or two –syllable adjectives formed by consonant-vowel-consonant
(e.g. big – the biggest) double the consonant and add –est .
This is the biggest dog. (Este es un perro más grande)
Some irregular adjectives do not follow the -est rule for superlative form.
(e.g. good – better - the best / bad – worse - the worst / far – farther - the farthest)
This restaurant is the best in the city.
(Este restaurante es el mejor en la ciudad.
He is the happiest child I have known. (Él es el niño más feliz que he conocido)
August is the hottest month of the year. (Agosto es el mes más caluroso del año)

6. How to compare people, places and things:
The Superlative Form of long adjectives
Use the superlative form of long adjectives to compare three or more people, places and
things following these rules:
Put the most or the least before most adjectives of two or more syllables.
(e.g. the most beautiful/ the least expensive)
He bought the most beautiful but the least expensive tie in the store.
(Él compro la corbata más bonita. Pero la menos costosa de la tienda)

7. Examples:
 English is an easy language to learn.
English is easier to learn than Chinese.
English is the easiest language to learn.
 Mathematics is a difficult subject to learn.
Mathematics is more difficult to learn than English.
Mathematics is the most difficult subject to learn.
 I`m a good student.
I´m a better student than you.
I´m the best student in my class.