After superlative adjectives, we do not usually use of with a singular word referring to a place or group.

She is the most beautiful woman in the world. (NOT She is the most beautiful woman of the world.)

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.

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.

Some adjectives and adverbs express qualities which are gradable. Examples are: funny, interesting, difficult, hard etc. Stories can be more or less interesting. Jobs can be more or less difficult. Other adjectives and adverbs express qualities which are not gradable. Examples are: perfect, impossible, dead, round etc. We do not usually say that people are more or less dead or perfect.

We do not normally use adjectives without nouns.

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