III. ADJECTIVES (ADJ)
Kinds (Classification): phân loại
1.1 Main kinds: phân loại chính
Demonstrative: this, that, those, these.
Distributive: each, every, either, neither.
Quantitative: some, any, no, little, few, many, much, numbers.
Interrogative: which, what, whose.
Possessive: my, your, his, her, our, its, their
Quality: clever, dry, fat, golden, heavy,…
1.2 Participles: phân từ
present: ING-form boring, interesting, exciting,…(for objects)
past: ED-form broken, tired, bored,…(for human-beings)
Notes: Present participles are different from gerund e.g He was fishing./ His hobby is fishing.
Functions (Position): chức năng hay vị trí
2.1. Noun-subordinator: (bổ nghĩa cho danh từ) a new book, a kind lady, a large room,…
2.2. Verb-complementation: (bổ nghĩa cho động từ) Follow the certain verbs as be, become, seem aP.Pear, feel, get, grow (become), keep, look (aP.Pear), make, smell, sound, taste, turn,…
But some verbs can take either an adjective or an adverb: Eg: - He looks calm (=He himself is calm)
- He looks calmly at the angry crowd (= He shows no attitude to the angry crowd)
Comparison forms: cấp so sánh
3.1. Positive degree: so sánh bằng as + adjs + as
Eg: - She is as tall as my wife. - Peter was as hard-working as I was (me).
3.2. Comparative degree: so sánh hơn
3.2.1. Monosyllable-adjectives: với tính từ đơn âm tiết adjs-ER + than
Eg: - Lan is shorter than Na - She was better at English than we were (us)
3.2.2. Multisyllable-adjectives: với tính từ đa âm tiết more + adjs + than
Eg: - She was more hard-working than us. - We are more intelligent than him.
3.3. Superlative degree: so sánh hơn nhất
3.3.1. Monosyllable-adjectives: với tính từ đơn âm tiết the adjs-EST
Eg: - Nam is the best in our class. - She was the kindest lady I’ve ever met.
3.3.2. Multisyllable- adjectives: với tính từ đa âm tiết the most + adjs
Eg: - Sharol was the most intelligent in my group. - She is the most hard-working girl I’ve ever known.
Notes: For adjectives ending in “er”, “y”, “ly”, or the irregular cases:
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative

clever
cleverer
the cleverest
bad
Worse
the worst

pretty
prettier
the prettiest
far
Farther/ further
the farthest/ furthest

happy
haP.Pier
the haP.Piest
little
Less
the least

silly
sillier
the silliest
man / much
More
the most

good
better
the best
old
older/ elder
the oldest/ eldest

 3.4. Parallel: so sánh song song và so sánh thăng tiến
- “The…..the”: The older she gets, the wiser she become.
- And: It’s getting darker and darker. She has now more and more free time.
- Gerunds/ infinitives: Riding a horse is not as easy as riding a bike.
It’s nicer/ better/ more fun to go with someone than to go alone
3.5. Like/ alike: Tom is very like Bill. Tom and Bill are alike.
3.6. Like/ as: He swims like a fish. You look like a ghost. Do as I told you.
3.7. Like + N/ as + N: He worked like a slave (He worked very hard/ He wasn’t a slave).
He worked as a slave (He was a slave in fact).
3.8. The adjectives: The rich, the poor,…
Clauses: các mệnh đề danh tính ngữ
4.1. That – clause: It is disappointed that he failed the exam./ It’s better that someone should tell him.
4.2. find/ think/ believe + that it + adjs + to + V:
I found that it is impossible to start now./ She thought that it was silly to ask him to stay.
4.3. It be + adjs + (of O) + infinitives:
Character: brave, careless, cowardly (nhút nhát), cruel, generous, good, nice (=kind), mean,