L`adjectif Comparatif Superlatif

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L'adjectif
Les adjectifs sont invariables en anglais. Ils peuvent être soit des racines pures d'origine
saxonne ou française soit des adjectifs dérivés, soit des adjectifs composés.
sun
gold
England
France
Spain
day
North
East
West
South
pleasant
care
believe
sunny
golden
english
French
Spanish
daily
Northern
Eastern
Western
Southern
unpleasant
careful / careless
believable /
unbelievable
blue and dark
hot and red
who works hard
who looks good
with blue eyes
with long ears
with broad shoulders
with one leg
with a bad temper
with a narrow mind
made at home
born in Ireland
who thinks quickly
a dark-blue suit
red-hot iron
a hard-working boy
a good-looking man
a blue-eyed girl
a long-eared donkey
a broad-shouldered man
a one-legged chicken
a bad-tempered wife
a narrow-minded teacher
a home-made cake
an Irish-born writer
a quick-thinking girl
Attention : - L'adjectif épithète se place avant le nom - une voiture rouge = a red car
- On dit que l'adjectif est attribut lorsqu'il est employé avec des verbes tels que
to be - to look - to seem - to taste - to smell ...
The soup is good - the soup tastes horrible - the cheese smells bad
- les adjectifs de nationalités s'écrivent toujours avec une Majuscule
English, French, Irish, Spanih, Dutch, German, Polish, Mexican ...
Comparatif
Superlatif
(plus ... que ...)
(le plus ... de / que ...)
Adj. courts
She's older than me
This is easier.
It's the biggest house in the village.
He's the tallest of us all.
She's the prettiest girl that I've ever seen.
Adj. longs
Chinese is more difficult than English.
Our house is more comfortable.
It's the most expensive car in the world.
What is the most important?
Lorsque l'on compare 2 personnes ou 2 choses ou 2 groupes ... en utilisant un superlatif :
Il est le plus grand ...
Elle est la plus forte ...
C'est la plus
comfortable ...
He is the taller of the two.
My left hand is the stronger
Mine is the more comfortable of the two cars.
De plus en plus / De moins en moins (on répète le comparatif)
It's getting hotter and hotter.
The exercises are becoming more and more difficult.
The film is less and less interesting.
Plus .. plus / Moins ... moins (comparatifs précédés de THE)
The more I drink, the thistier I am.
The more difficult it is, the happier he is.
The less he works, the less tired he is.