Certain comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin have no positive or superlative degree forms. All of these adjectives end in –or. They are 12 in all. Five of them have already lost their comparative meaning and are now used as positive adjectives. These are: interior, exterior, ulterior, major and minor.

Complete the following sentences.

1. I feel ——————————

a) Unhappy
b) Unhappily

2. I will get the car ————————–

a) Ready
b) Readily

Some words ending in –ly are adjectives, and not normally adverbs. Examples are: costly, cowardly, deadly, friendly, likely, lively, lonely, silly, miserly and unlikely.

State whether the italicized words are adjectives or adverbs.

1. She spoke in a loud voice.

2. He is the only fast bowler in the team.

Adjective/adverb + enough

Enough is an adverb. It normally comes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.

We cannot usually leave out a noun after an adjective.

She is a beautiful girl. (NOT She is a beautiful.)

But there are some exceptions.

The + adjective

Fill in the blanks with ‘later’, ‘last’, ‘latest’ or ‘latter’.

1. The —————- part of the film is more interesting than the former part.

2. He is ——————- than I expected.