Adjectives and Comparison

What is an adjective?

An adjective describes a noun. It tells us what kind, how many or which one. The KICD English curriculum asks Grade 6 learners to use adjectives to make their speech and writing clear.

Examples: a tall tree, three goats, red soil.

Kinds of adjectives

• Quality: happy, cold, clever
• Quantity: some, many, few
• Number: five, second
• Demonstrative: this, those

Degrees of comparison

Rules

1. One-syllable adjectives add er or est.
2. Change y to i before er or est: happy, happier.
3. Long adjectives use more and most.
4. Use than when comparing two things.

In sentences

• Mount Kenya is higher than Mount Elgon.
• Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa.
• This mango is sweeter than that one.

Try it

• Write the comparative and superlative of "small" and "interesting".
• Complete: "Wambui is _____ (young) than her brother."
• Write three sentences about your school using adjectives.