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ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Attibutive adj
        
        used before nouns ( a good book, a nice pencil)
      - Predicative adj
        
        used after V ( linking verbs) The book WAS very GOOD (OC) XXX
    - - gradable adj
        
        Having a certain property to a greater and lesser dregree like nicer, the nices, or some modified by very, enough, too
      - Non- gradable adj
        
        Not having a certain property to a greater or contrast, not modified and compared forms too.
  - - - Most frequently used
      - oftern mono-syllabic and bi-syllabic words : ill, pretty
      - No distinctive form to mark as adj
    - - Adding certain suffixes and prefixes/ prefixes a
        
        hopeful, handy, marvelous
        
        non- payment, overcook,
        
        asleeo, alone
    - - Noun + adj ( tax-free)
      - Determiner + adj : all- American
      - Number + N ( four-wheel
      - Adv + participle : well-balanced
      - Adv+ adv: well- off
  - - - When two adj have SIMILAR meanings, the SHORTER oftern comes first
        Ex: soft and comfortable chair.
  - - - As + adj + adj
        
        She is taller THAN I am
      - not so/as + adj + as
    - - Regular (er/ the est , more/ the most)
        
        One syllable: most short except: ed(pp, tired, bored), real, right, wrong are devided as long adj
        Two syllable if : + _ful, _less, _ing, _ed=> long adj
        
        last letter is "y" ==> short adj
        
        Three syllable => long adj except unhappy=> unhappier (short adj)
        
        both long and short:
        clear, free, keen, sage, true, wise
      - Irregular
        good-- better-- the best
        bad-- worse-- the worst
        many/ much -- more-- the most
        little-- less-- the least
        far-- farther/ further-- the farther/ further
    - - er, and er / more and more
        
        the -er...., the -er...
        Ex: The colder it is, hungrier I get ( As the weather get colder, I get hungrier
        
        The more, the merrier
    - - **less adj
        
        not as adj as**
        
        The second method was less complicated than the first one / The first method was more complicated than the second one/ The first method was not as complicated as the second one
- - - - answering how something happens
        
        be put at after the main verb, after O ( V transitive), between S and V
        
        He drove fast He washed his hands carefully
        She agrily slammed the door
    - - Indicating location ( where), direction
        she still lives there now
        
        Maner ( V_intransitive) + place + time
        They talked happily in the bedroom all time
    - - Indicating the time when something happens
        Adv of definite time : at the end or beginning of sentence
        Ex: I went shopping yesterday
        Yesterday I went shopping ( NO ",")
        Adv of indefinite time: at the end/ beginning, or before the verb
        She currently work as a journalist
        Adv of duration
        Ex: She worked as a journalist for 2 years
    - - telling how often something happens
        
        Adv of definite frequency: at the end or beginning of a sentence
        I pay my rent weekly
        
        Advs of indefinite frequently: before main V, after the verb "be", between the aux and the main V
        He is always late
        
        He will ALWAYS be comming late
    - - awsering the question " To what extent..."
        
        before adj or adv they modify
        He drove** very** fast
        
        enough, far, too + adj
    - - Indicating what is being communicated is limited to the part that is focused
        
        They limit the sense of the sentence or to act as an additive
        
        He said he want to do ONLY what was the best for the country
    - - Advs modifying the whole sentence
        
        Usually at the beginning of the sentence
        
        Unfortunately, HE didn't get to the airport on time
  - - - Regular
        
        Short adv: mono-syllabic adv
        
        Long advs: others ( except EARLY
        She came earlier than I did
      - Irregular
        
        If after most have ONLY adv ==> NO using " THE" before this
        This is THE MOST frequently mentioned reason
        This reason is mentioned most frequently
        What this you enjoy the most?
        This reason is mentoned THE MOST FREQUENTLY X - WRONG WORNG