Most comparative and superlative adjectives take an –er and –est ending or they use the words more and most. However, unusual comparative and superlative adjectives change their word form completely. Here are some unusual comparative and superlative adjectives:good, better, bestThis… Read more511. Unusual Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Some adjectives, because of their definition, can never be comparative or superlative. Here is a list of these words:blinddeadright/wronguniquefinal A person can be partially blind, but a person cannot be more blind or less blind.Something dead cannot be more dead… Read more512. Adjectives Without a Comparative and Superlative Form

Sometimes two adjectives work together to describe a noun. We often place a hyphen (-) between the two adjectives. We call these hyphenated adjectives compound adjectives. Here are some examples of compound adjectives:middle-agedwell-knownnever-endingold-fashionedout-of-the-way That middle-aged man just started working at… Read more513. Compound Adjectives

Proper adjectives are describing words that originate from either names of countries or names of people. Proper adjectives are always capitalized. Some proper adjectives are derived from the names of famous people:In class, we studied about Shakespearian England. Shakespearian England… Read more514. Proper Adjectives

The names of countries and continents are proper nouns. Sometimes we change a country’s or a continent’s name into a proper adjective by adding the letters –an or –ian. The noun Asia becomes the adjective Asian. We had Asian food… Read more516. Make a Proper Noun into a Proper Adjective

Names of countries are proper nouns. We can turn these proper nouns into proper adjectives. The proper adjectives are always capitalized, and they modify a noun. Japan is a proper noun naming a country in Asia. We can turn the… Read more517. More Proper Nouns into Proper Adjectives

We can sometimes turn a noun into an adjective by adding -ful to the noun. The noun beauty becomes the adjective beautiful.A rose exhibits beauty. The rose is beautiful. The noun doubt becomes the adjective doubtful.When you feel doubt, you… Read more518. Turning a Noun into an Adjective

We can make some nouns into adjectives by adding the letters –able. A room with comfort is a comfortable room.A profession that commands respect is a respectable profession.A person who shows a sense of fashion is a fashionable person. We… Read more519. Making More Nouns into Adjectives