Adjectives
Adjectives คือ
คำที่ขยายคำนามหรือคำสรรพนามให้ได้ความชัดเจนยิ่งขึ้น
1. Kinds of Adjectives
1. Proper Adjectives คือ adjective ที่บอกเชื้อชาติหรือภาษา
เช่น
Thai Chinese AmericanGerman French Indian
2. Descriptive Adjective มี 3 ชนิด คือ
2.1.
Quality คือ adjective ที่แสดงคุณภาพ เช่น
good ugly new strong lazy rich
2.2. Size or shape คือ adjective ที่แสดงขนาด รูปร่าง
น้ำหนัก ความสูง เช่น
long fat big tall wide large
2.3. Colour คือ adjective ที่บอกสี เช่น
white yellow pink green orange blue
3. Possessive Adjective คือ adjective ที่แสดงความเป็นเจ้าของ
เช่น
my his her
4. Demonstrative Adjective คือ adjective ระบุแน่นอน ได้แก่
this that these those
5. Definite Adjective มี 2 ชนิด คือ
1. Cardinal คือ adjective ที่บอกจำนวน เช่น
one two three
2. Ordinal คือ adjective ที่บอกลำดับที่ เช่น
first second third
6. Indefinite Adjective คือ adjective ที่บอกจำนวนโดยประมาณ
เช่น
some any many
7. Distributive Adjective ได้แก่
each either neither
8. Interrogative Adjective ได้แก่
whose which what
2. Order of Adjectives
เมื่อใช้ adjective ขยายคำนาม ให้วาง adjective ไว้หน้าคำนาม แต่ถ้ามี adjective มากกว่า 1 คำขยายคำนามคำเดียวกัน ให้ถือหลักดังนี้
1. วาง proper adjective หน้าคำนามที่ขยาย เช่นThose
are Siamese cats.
2. วาง descriptive adjective (colour) หน้า proper adjective เช่นThose are brown Siamese cats.
3. วาง descriptive adjective (size of shape) หน้า colour เช่นThose are small brown Siamese cats.
4. วาง descriptive adjective (quality) หน้า size or shape เช่นThose are pretty small brown Siamese cats.
5. วาง definite adjective หน้า quality เช่นThose are three pretty small brown Siamese
cats.
6. วาง possessive adjective หน้า definite adjective เช่นThose are my three pretty small brown Siamese cats.
Exercise 1A
Direction
: Rewrite
these sentences.
Example : This boy is good.
He is a good boy.
These
birds are small. They are small birds.
1. This woman is
beautiful.____________________________________________________
2. That farmer is
poor.________________________________________________________
3. These soldiers are
strong.___________________________________________________
4. Those mangoes are
yellow.__________________________________________________
5. That dictionary is
useful.____________________________________________________
6. These students are
Chinese.__________________________________________________
7. Those oxen are
mine._______________________________________________________
8. This leaf is
brown.__________________________________________________________
9. That tree is high.___________________________________________________________
10. That buffalo is
big.________________________________________________________
Exercise 1B
Direction : Put the given adjectives in the
correct order.
1. He likes ________
________ ________ lady. (young, the, third)
2. My brother found
________ ________ ________ hat. (his, blue, old)
3. I have her
________ ________ ________ dog. (little, two, white)
4. Look at ________
________ ________ student. (first, the, Japanese)
5. ________ ________
________ monkeys are happy. (small, those, five)
6. ________ ________
________ sons are sleeping. (two, our, young)
7. He is ________
________ ________ soldier. (Italian, strong, a)
8. ________ ________
________ girl is my sister. (fifth, beautiful, the)
9. ________ ________
________ eyes are black. (pretty, her, big)
10. I want ________
________ ________ newspaper. (Thai, a, good)
11. ________ ________
________ mangoes are sweet. (yellow, big, these)
12. ________ ________
________ farmer is diligent. (Thai, poor, a)
13. ________ ________
________ cats are playing with a ball. (my, white, two)
14. He is walking
along ________ ________ ________ road. (beautiful, long, the)
15. He is ________
________ ________ man. (fat, kind, a)
Exercise 1C
Direction
: Rearrange
these works in the correct order.
1. have / book /
English / they / an____________________________________________________
2. white / she /
teeth / has____________________________________________________________
3. is / small /
student / a / American / he________________________________________________
4. son / diligent /
is your______________________________________________________________
5. red / beautiful /
book / this / is______________________________________________________
6. elephant / big /
an / a / is / animal____________________________________________________
7. hair / her / long
/ is_________________________________________________________________
8. is / useful /
milk____________________________________________________________________
9. white / garden /
these / roses / from / my / are__________________________________________
10. has / a / golden
/ she / ring / small____________________________________________________
11. two / boys / the
/ are / friends / first / my_______________________________________________
12. dog / tail / has
/ long / a / this________________________________________________________
13. black / horse /
strong / mine / is______________________________________________________
14. young / boys /
are / two / swimming____________________________________________________
15. father / is /
kind / a / my /
man____________________________________________________ ____
3. Comparison of
Adjectives
Comparison of adjectives คือ
การเปรียบเทียบขีดขั้นของคุณสมบัติต่างๆ ของคน สัตว์ หรือสิ่งของ
ตั้งแต่สองอย่างขึ้นไป ซึ่งแบ่งออกเป็น 3 ขั้น คือ
1. Positive Degree คือ ขั้นปกติ เช่น Somchai is
tall.
2. Comparative Degree คือ ขั้นกว่า เช่น Somchai is taller than
Wichai.
3. Superlative Degree คือ ขั้นสูงสุด เช่น Somchai is the tallest boy in my
class.
กฎการเปลี่ยนรูป adjective เป็นขั้นกว่าและขั้นสุด
1. เติม er และ est ท้ายคำ เช่น
positive comparative superlative
tall taller the
tallest
strong stronger the strongest
2. ถ้า adjective ลงท้ายด้วย e ให้เติม r และ st เท่านั้น เช่น
positive comparative superlative
wide wider the
widest
white whiter the whitest
3. adjective พยางค์เดียวที่ลงท้ายด้วยพยัญชนะตัวเดียว
และหน้าพยัญชนะเป็นสระ ให้ซ้อนพยัญชนะท้ายอีกตัวก่อนเติม er และ est เช่น
positive comparative superlative
big bigger the
biggest
fat fatter the
fattest
hot hotter the
hottest
thin thinner the thinnest
4. adjective ที่ลงท้ายด้วย y ให้เปลี่ยน y เป็น i ก่อนเติม er และ est เช่น
positive comparative superlative
easy easier the
easiest
lazy lazier the
laziest
ugly uglier the
ugliest
happy happier the happiest
5. adjective ที่มี 3 พยางค์ หรือ 2 พยางค์ ที่ลงท้ายด้วย full และ less ให้เติม more และ most
positive comparative superlative
diligent
more
diligent the most diligent
beautiful
more
beautiful the most
beautiful
careless more
careless the most
careless
Exercise 1D
Direction
: Make
the sentences from these words.
Example
: bus –
fast This bus is faster than that
bus.
cars
– long These
cars are longer than those cars.
1. man – tall ____________________________________________________
2. school bag – new ____________________________________________________
3. river – long ____________________________________________________
4. boy – thin ____________________________________________________
5. road – wide ____________________________________________________
6. monkey – ugly ____________________________________________________
7. students – lazy ____________________________________________________
8. exercise ____________________________________________________
9. children –
diligent ____________________________________________________
10. flowers – beautiful ____________________________________________________
Exercise 1E
Direction
: Make
the sentences from these words.
Example :
This story – long – in this
book This story is the longest story in
the book.
Mary – beautiful – in
her class Mary is the
most beautiful girl in her class.
1. Somsak – young –
in his family____________________________________________________
2. His TV – new – in
this village______________________________________________________
3. Chiangmai – big –
in Thailand_____________________________________________________
4. Chicago – old – in
the United States________________________________________________
5. Somsri – fat – in
her class_________________________________________________________
6. Our room –
wide – in this school____________________________________________________
7. This pencil – long
– in that box______________________________________________________
8. This book – thick
– in my bag_______________________________________________________
9. The mango tree –
high – in his garden________________________________________________
10. This ring –
expensive – in this shop__________________________________________________
Exercise 1F
Direction
: Supply
the proper forms (comparative or superlative of adjectives given)
1. Men are
_________________ women. (strong)
2. My friend is
__________________ I. (old)
3. April is
__________________ month of the
year. (hot)
4. London is
__________________
Bangkok. (big)
5. His house is
__________________
ours. (beautiful)
6. The Chao Phraya is
__________________ river in
Thailand. (long)
7. Elephants are
__________________ animal in the world. (big)
8. Her garden is
__________________ mine.
(pretty)
9. His children are
__________________
hers.
(diligent)
10. He has
__________________ car in our
town. (expensive)
11. Her room is
__________________ in our
house. (clean)
12. He is
__________________ person I
know. (kind)
13. The car is
__________________ the
bicycle. (fast)
14. I think that the
mangosteen is __________________ fruit in Thailand. (delicious)
15. A trip to Japan is __________________ a
trip to Italy. (cheap)
Post-Test Adjectives
Direction
: Choose
the correct answer for each item.
1. That ________ is
mine.
a. little brown
dog b. brown little
dog
c.
dog little brown d.
dog brown little
2. This is ________
elephant I have ever
seen.
a.
big b.
bigger
c.
biggest d. the biggest
3. He had a ________
.
a. American new
car b. American car
new
c. new car
American d. new American car
4. Which one is not
correct?
a.
wider b.
talle
c.
thinner d. longer
5. Which one is the
descriptive adjective (size or
shape)?
a.
rich b.
green
c.
young d. small
6. That is ________
river in
Bangkok.
a. deeper b. the
deepest
c. more
deep d.
the most deep
7. Which sentence has
not any
adjective?
a. We have some
wood b.
He wears a new hat.
c. He walks to school
every day d. This is my first day at school
8. Which sentence has
a demonstrative
adjective?
a. This book is
new. b. That is my house.
c. Those are new
shoes d.
These are some flowers
9. The ________ are
English books.
a. two first
books b. two books
first
c. first two
books d. first
books two
10. His school is
________ than
mine.
a.
larger b.
largest
c. more
large d. most large
