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Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative
Gerunds
Adverbs
Order of Adjectives
Have To
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True or False?

There are many types of adjectives.

True!


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True or false:

Gerunds end with -ing.

True!

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True or false?

ADVERBS describe HOW WE DO THINGS. They are like adjectives, but for verbs.

TRUE! 

  • Adverbs are words that describe or add more
    information about a verb, an adjective, or even another
    adverb. They are especially useful to describe the time,
    manner, place, or frequency of an action. Adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly to an adjective. 
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True or false:

There are many different categories for adjectives.


True! There are more than 7...

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TRUE or FALSE

We use HAVE TO to indicate something that we MUST do.

True! For example:

I have to do my homework.

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True or False: 

A superlative adjective compares two people, places, or things.

False!

A COMPARATIVE adjective COMPARES two people, places, or things. 

Example: The pink shirt is prettier than the white shirt.

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True or false:

Gerunds are VERBS.

FALSE! Gerunds are NOUNS, formed from verbs.


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True or false:

In MOST cases, all you need to do is ad -ly to an adjective at the end, to form an adverb, but, there are MORE RULES.

True! There are several more.

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True or false: 

There is an appropriate way to order adjectives.

True! There is a 7-step rule.


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Fill in the blank:

She ______ __ go to her swimming lesson.

A) Have to

B) Has to

C) hav to 

B) Has to!

Remember: HE or SHE has to

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True or false:

A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places or things to their highest degree. The article the and the suffix -est are added to a one- syllable adjective to create a superlative

TRUE!

Some examples are:

Prettiest

Smartest

Kindest 

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Gerunds can be...

A) Subjects of a sentence.

B) The object of a sentence.

C) The subject or object of a sentence. 

Gerunds can either be the SUBJECT or the OBJECT of a sentence. 
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If an adjective ends in Y the rule is to:

A) Replace -i with -y and add ly 

B) Leave it like that

When an adjective ends in -y, we need to replace -y with -i and add ly.

For example:

Happy --> happily 

Angry --> angrily


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Is this order correct?

1. Noun

2. Age

3. Color

4. Shape

6. Origin

7. Size

8. Material

It is not. Look at the correct order on your notebook and read it out loud.
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Is this sentence correctly written?

I has to go to the movies.

It is not! Here is the correct way to write this:


I HAVE to go to the movies.

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Give an example of a COMPARATIVE adjective.

Here are more examples:

- Smaller

- Larger

- Faster

- Slower 

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Identify the gerunds in the following sentences:

I love running! Exercising is very important, it is good for your body. Staying hydrated is also important if you are going to exercise.

Running

Exercising 

Staying

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True or false:

According to the rule, the adjective TERRIBLE, becomes TERRIBLIC when we turn it into an adverb.

False!

Terrible, becomes TERRIBLY. Because the rule says that:

For adjectives ending in -able, -ible, or -le, we just replace -e with -y.

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Is this sentence correctly written?

I have a new, round, purple, American, velvet hair scrunchie. 

It is!

New - Age

Round - Shape

Purple - Color

American - Origin

Velvet - Material

Scrunchie - Noun 

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Is this sentence correctly written?

My mother have to work in the computer, so I has to do my homework later.

No, it isn't. Here is the corrected sentence:

My mother has to work in the computer, so I have to do my homework later.

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In this sentence: which adjective is COMPARATIVE and which one is SUPERLATIVE?

My dog is faster than yours, and it is the prettiest dog on earth. 

Faster - Comparative

Prettiest - Superlative

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Is the gerund in this sentence, an OBJECT or a SUBJECT? Decide. 

My mom loves baking cookies.

OBJECT!

  •  Gerunds can be the object of a sentence after certain verbs, such as enjoy, finish, keep, or miss, among, like, love, and others. 
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Pick an ADJECTIVE and tell us what it becomes if you make an ADVERB.

For example:

Adjective: Dramatic

Adverb: Dramatically 

Good job! Continue practicing.

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Is this sentence correctly written?

My mother has a beautiful, large, new, pink, Mexican, cotton dress. 

It is!


beautiful - opinion

large - size

new - age

pink - color

Mexican - origin (ALWAYS with a capital letter!)

cotton -  material

dress - noun 

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Fill in the blanks:

He ____ to.

She ____ to.

I ____ to.

We ______ to.

They _____ to.

He has to.

She has to.

I have to.

We have to.

They have to.