EAPI/THIES CACSI 2024 - 2025 – English 4

I - ADJECTIVES

a/ - Typical adjectIVEs

b/ – Participle adjectives

c/ – Comparative and superlative

II- Interrogative form

Lt Bassine Joseph DIOUF - ENOA
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An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

It can be used to describe the qualities of someone or something independently or in
comparison to something else.
Typical Adjective Ending
1. Able / Ible
5. Ive
Ex : capable, accessible
Ex: inventive, attractive
2. Al

Ex : functional, chemical 6. Less

3. Ful Ex : hopeless, groundless, restless

Ex : beautiful, helpful, Harmful

7. Ous
4. Ic
Ex: gorgeous, dangerous

Ex : artistic, rustic, terrific

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Participle Adjectives Ending in ED or ING

2. ING Adjectives
1.ED Adjectives
Adjectives that end in ing are use
Adjectives that end in ed are used to to describe things and situation
describe how people feel.
Ex: You will be tested on your level
of fitness throughout your career
Ex: I was really frightened of bees
and certain physically demanding
when l was little but I don’t mind
job.
them now.
 ORDER OF ADJECTIVES - PEOPLE

We can use adjectives before a noun.

Ex : Andrea is a young female student.

We can use more than one adjective to describe a person. When we use more than one
adjective, we order the adjectives.
Ex : Sadio is a polite, young man.

The general order for adjectives for people is as follows:

Opinion (Character) Height Looks / Appearance Build Age Nationality

Funny Short Pretty Thin Young Italian

Lovely Medium Beautiful Slim Middle aged Brazilian
intelligent high Handsome Well-built old Colombian
Attractive
tall Overweight Sri Lankan
 ORDER OF ADJECTIVES - OBJECTS

We can use more than one adjective to describe an object. When we use
more than one adjective, we order the adjectives as follows:

opinion size age shape colour origin material purpose Noun

20-litres New Round Green Chinese Kevlar Walking Boot
Great
Big Old Square Blue Japanese Aluminium Fishing Rod
Comfortable
Small Five-year-old Long Yellow American plastic mobile phone

Ex: a pair of very confortable, green and blue, German, leather, walking boots.

We put a comma between adjectives - there is no comma between the last adjective and noun.
Ex: He got some new, black, waterproof trousers.

When we use colour adjectives we join them with and.

Ex: A green and blue boot.
When we use adjectives with numbers, we do not put the adjectives into the plural.
Ex: A thirty-year-old car.
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Put the adjectives order to complete the conversation

Officer Good morning, how can I help you?

Mrs Brian I lost a bag yesterday.

Officer Can you describe it for me?

Small black
Mrs Let me think. It’s a (1) …………………………. Bag. (black . small )

Officer We’ve got a lot of those here. What is it made of?

Mrs Brian It’s made of leather: best Italian leather.

Small, black, Italian, leather
Officer Ok, a (2) ……………………………………….…bag (leather . black . small . Italian). We’ve got a lot of
those too.
Small, square, white
Mrs Brian Right, on the left it has a (3) ……………………………………….. label. (small . white . square)

Officer What does the label say?

Mrs Brian property of the Palace Hotel.

Officer Small, black, Italian,

I see. So a (4) ……………………….. leather
……………………bag ( black . small . leather . Italian)
Small, square, white
with a (5) ………………………………………..label. (square . Small. white )
 Exo 2

All the adj in the box are related to military matters. Use them to complete the sentences below.

Hostile - Combat-effective - non-persistent - Self-propelled - Multirole - unserviceable subordinate -

Secure - incendiary - diversionary - optical preparatory - untenable

Secure
1. All units are equipped with ----------------
diversionaryradios subordinate
9. All --------------------- commanders are to attend the
2. Our battalion carried out a ------------------------- attack on the left. briefing.
non-persistent
3.The enemy shelled the position with a --------------------------- blood untenable
10. Our position became ------------------ when the
agent.
enemy captured the hill.
Hostile
4. Any movement in that area should be considered …………… multirole
11. The aircraft is a ---------------------- fitghter.
optical
5. The tank’s --------------- instruments were damaged by shrapnel.
preparatory
12.The attack was preceded by a --------------------------
6. There is a -----------------------------
self-propelled gun in the farmyard.
bombardment.
7. The village was destroyed by ------------------------ bombs.
incendiary unserviceable
13.The radio was ------------------------- after he dropped
8. Less than sixty percent of our units are still -------------------------
Combateffective it in the river.
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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

Superlative adjectives
Comparative adjectives
When we compare one thing in a group (of more
When we compare two people, things, actions or than two) with other things, we use superlative
events we use comparative adjectives. adjectives.

We can use than to make the comparison clear. Superlative adjectives show the greatest quality.

Subject + be + comparative adjective Subject + be + the + superlative adjective

EX: The Sahara desert is drier than the Arizona desert. The
EX: Racing bikes are faster than mountain bikes.
Altacama desert in Chile is the driest place on earth.
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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

B/ - One syllable adjective

with CVC,
double consonant + ER C/ - syllable adjectives
Two
ending in y
A/ - Onesyllable adjective double consonant + EST Change the Y to i and add - er
simply add er / est Change the Y to i and add - est.
Wet / wetter Wettest

Clean / Cleanest Pretty / Prettier Pretty = the

cleaner Big / Bigger Biggest prettiest

Cold / colder Coldest Happy / Happy = the

Hot / Hotter Hottest
Happier happiest

Small / smaller Smallest Saddest

Sad /
 Adjectives with two or more syllables

Use MORE for Comparatives Use THE MOST for Superlatives

Famous = more famous Famous = The most famous

Interesting = more interesting Interesting = The most

interesting

Expensive = more expensive Expensive = The most expensive

A scorpion is more dangerous than a bee. The snake is the most dangerous.
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Comparatives : Correct the sentences

shorter
1 Look at the new PT instructor he isn’t very tall. He’s more short than our last instructor.

fatter
2 Dursan weighs 90 kilos, he’s 10 kilos fatterer than Yener.

heavier
3 Which tank is heavyier – the T-90 S or the Chieftain?

fitter
4 I’m not very healthy now – I was fiter when I was younger.

More beautiful
5 Do you really think Greta is beautifuller than her sister?
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Irregular adjectives.

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

good better the best

bad worse the worst

far farther the farthest

little less the least

Much more the most

Many More The most

Old Older / elder The oldest / the eldest

 Complete the sentences. Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives

best (good) tank in the world?

1 In your opinion, what’s the ………………

higher
2 I believe the Abrams M1A2 has …………….. (high) fuel consumption than the

Leclerc.

the longest
3 The tank with ……………………….. (long) firing range is the Leopard 2 as it has
the biggest
……………………(big) gun.

slower
4 The French tank is ………………… (slow) than the Leopard.

more advanced
5 The M1A2’s shooting system is ……………………………..(advanced) than many tanks.

the heaviest
6 Of all these tanks, does anyone know which is ………………………….(heavy)? That’s

worst
the one which will have ………………….(bad) fuel consumption.
 MIXED COMPARATIVES

Complete the conversation. Use the words in brackets in the correct form

Diana Hi Catherine, do you want to go for a bike ride today?

Caterine Well, I’m not sure. The weather isn’t very good.

Diana better (good) than yesterday.

It’s not too bad. It’s (1) ------------

Catherine sunnier (sunny), but it’s a lot (3) -------------

Well, it’s (2) ------------ colder (cold).

Diana Put some warm clothes on. Come on, it’s a great day.

Catherine fitter
But Diana you’re a lot (4) ---------------- (fit) than me.

Diana slower
No, I’m not. My mountain bike’s (5)-------------(slow) than your bike.
heavier older
Catherine But my bike’s (6) ---------------- (heavy), and it’s (7) --------------(old).

Diana Don’t worry. We can go round the park. Then it’s not a problem which bike is (8)
worse
----------------(bad).
Exo SUPERLATIVE: Circle the Wrong answers.
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Circle the incorrect answers.

1 Which is the world’s biggest island?

a Great Britain b Greenland c Madagascar

2 Where is the coldest capital city?

a Katmandu, Nepal b Moscow, Russia c Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

3 Which place has the most sunshine?

a Durban, South Africa b Madrid, Spain c Yuma, Arizona, USA

4 Which is the world’s largest fresh water lake?

a Lake superior b lake Titicaca c lake Victoria

5 Which is the smallest ocean?

a the Southern Ocean b the Arctic Ocean c the Indian Ocean

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THE INTERROGATIVE FORM

Auxiliaries
Simple past.

(is, am, are, has or have)

Ex : - She played football
Ex : - Physical fitness is an essential Part of life in
the military.
- did she play football ?
- Is physical fitness an essential part of life in
the military ? Interrogative sentences in the simple past
tense begin with did.
The interrogative sentences will begin with these
auxiliaries verbs.
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MODALS

When the affirmative sentence contains the auxiliaries can, may, will,
shall etc..,the interrogative sentence will begin with these modal words.
Ex : I can lift this load

CAN you lift this load ?

Ex : We must go there

Must we go there ?

Ex : You will be tested on your level of fitness

Will you be tested on your level of fitness ?

Ex : The Forces will provide you with outstanding Physical and Sports facilities.

Will the Forces provide you with outstanding Physical and Sports facilities ?
 PROVERB OF THE DAY

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.

C’EST DANS LE MALHEUR QU’ON

CONNAIT SES VRAIS AMIS.
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