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How do we describe people? by Jonathan W. Fleeton

Read these sentences.

Some students were disrupting the class today. The teacher stared at the students who were making the noise until they stopped.

Now, close your eyes and visualize what these sentences have told you. There are no adjectives in these sentences so it’s difficult to create a vivid picture of what happened. You have a mental picture of a man or a woman staring at some rowdy students doing something to make noise in a class. It is not a very vivid picture because even though I have provided you with enough information to mentally produce a picture it is not really the picture I wanted to communicate. Now, read these sentences.

Our teacher is normally a charming agreeable person. She is not very tall and has blonde hair and a fair complexion. Today, at school, some of the students were making a lot of noise in the back and were disrupting the class. She became very angry and stared at the students until they stopped.

Now close your eyes and visualize what these sentences have told you. It’s a different picture. I have used adjectives to paint a more vivid picture of what happened in class and described the teacher. Your mental picture is much different than the picture you were able to create in your mind from the first sentences. As you probably know, there are different forms of adjectives. There is the adjective in its base form, the comparative form and the superlative form. We are going to review it again here. Adjectives are very important as they will provide you with opportunities to vividly communicate what you are really trying to say. There are rules for changing adjectives to the comparative and the superlative form. Rule # 1 – One syllable words ending in the letter e

To form the comparative When the adjective ends in the letter ‘e’ and is one syllable you simply add the letter r to the adjective. Example



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wide / wider - fine / finer - cute / cuter To form the superlative When the adjective ends in the letter ‘e’ and is one syllable you simply add the letters st to the adjective. Example wide / widest - fine / finest - cute / cutest

Rule # 2 - One syllable words with one vowel and one consonant at the end.

To form the comparative When the adjective ends with a consonant and has one vowel you double the consonant and add ‘er’. Example hot / hotter - big / bigger - fat / fatter To form the superlative When the adjective ends with a consonant and has one vowel you double the consonant and add ‘est’. Example hot / hottest - big / biggest - fat / fattest

Rule # 3 - One syllable words with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.

To form the comparative When the adjective ends with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end you add the letters er.

Example light / lighter - neat / neater - fast / faster To form the superlative



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When the adjective ends with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end you add the letters est. Example light / lightest - neat / neatest - fast / fastest

Rule # 4 – Two syllable words ending in the letter y

To form the comparative When the adjective ends in the letter y and has two syllables you change the y to an i and add the letters er. Example happy / happier - silly / sillier - lonely / lonlier To form the superlative When the adjective ends in the letter y and has two syllables you change the y to an i and add the letters est. Example happy / happiest - silly / silliest - lonely / lonliest

Rule # 5 - Two syllable or more words not ending in the letter y

To form the comparative When the adjective has two or more syllables and does not end in the letter y you use the word more before the adjective.

Example

modern / more modern - interesting / more interesting - beautiful / more beautiful To form the superlative When the adjective has two or more syllables and does not end in the letter ‘y’ you use the word most before the adjective.



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Example modern / most modern - interesting / most interesting - beautiful / most beautiful

Comparatives are used to compare two things. You can use sentences with than, or you can use a conjunction like but. Example wide / wider than - hot / hotter than - light / lighter than Cancun is hotter than Geneva. Geneva is hot but Cancun is hotter. Superlatives are used to compare more than two things. Superlative sentences usually use the, because there is only one superlative. Example neat / the neatest - happy / the happiest - interesting / the most interesting Maria’s room is the neatest in the house. This is the most interesting of all his books. Following are two tables of adjectives (positive and negative) used to describe personalities or characteristics. Read through these adjectives and see which ones you already know. Look for the meanings of the ones you don’t know or are unsure of. You will need to know the meanings for your exercises. Positive Personality Adjectives adaptable adorable agreeable alert alluring ambitious amused boundless brave bright calm capable charming cheerful coherent comfortable confident cooperative courageous

exuberant fabulous fair faithful fantastic fearless fine frank friendly funny generous gentle glorious good happy harmonious helpful hilarious honorable

productive protective proud punctual quiet receptive reflective relieved resolute responsible rhetorical righteous romantic sedate seemly selective self-assured sensitive shrewd



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credible cultured dashing dazzling debonair decisive decorous delightful detailed determined diligent discreet dynamic eager efficient elated eminent enchanting encouraging endurable energetic entertaining enthusiastic excellent excited exclusive

impartial industrious instinctive jolly joyous kind kind-hearted knowledgeable level likeable lively lovely loving lucky mature modern nice obedient painstaking peaceful perfect placid plausible pleasant pleasant plucky

silly sincere skilful smiling splendid steadfast stimulating successful succinct talented thoughtful thrifty tough trustworthy unbiased unusual upbeat vigorous vivacious warm willing wise witty wonderful zany zealous

Table 1. Positive Personality Adjectives. Negative Personality Adjectives (144) abrasive abrupt abusive afraid aloof ambiguous angry annoyed anxious arrogant ashamed awful bad belligerent bewildered boorish bored boring callous careless clumsy

fierce filthy finicky flashy flippant foolish forgetful frantic fretful frightened furtive greedy grieving grouchy gruesome grumpy guarded gullible helpless hesitant homeless

ruthless sad scary secretive selfish silly slow sneaky snobbish sore spendthrift squeamish stingy strange sulky tacky tense terrible testy thick-skinned thoughtless



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combative confused cowardly crazy creepy cruel cynical dangerous deceitful defeated defective defiant demonic depressed deranged disagreeable disillusioned disturbed domineering draconian embarrassed envious erratic evasive evil faded fanatical

horrible hungry hurt ignorant ill irresolute jealous jittery lacking lazy lonely malicious materialistic mean mysterious naive nasty naughty nervous noisy obnoxious outrageous panicky pathetic possessive quarrelsome repulsive

threatening tight timid tired tiresome troubled truculent typical undesirable unsuitable unsure upset uptight vague vengeful venomous volatile voracious vulgar wary wasteful weak weary wicked worried worthless wretched

Table 2. Negative Personality Adjectives. Learning adjectives and how to correctly apply them will make it must easier to relay your message(s). Don’t be afraid to experiment with them. There will be situations where you will have to explain yourself, activity or another person or people. How you explain yourself or make your description(s) can greatly influence desired results. In every business or workplace there is a protocol. Protocol is a system of rules and acceptable behavior. At times, the protocol may be just a matter of applying common sense or knowing what to do or what not to do in a situation. At other times the business itself may have policies and procedures that must be adhered to in given situations. Read • http://www.ehow.com/how_6328944_follow-protocol-workplace.html • http://www.ehow.com/way_5877075_do-workplace-violence-incident.html



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Reference

Learn English Network. (2010) Personality Adjectives. Retrieved from http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adjectivepersonality.htm on May 31, 2012

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