3.3.1 Word Classes

• Adjectives and their functions
• Proper adjectives
• Comparatives and superlatives
• Order of adjectives
• Simple prepositions

• identify adjectives and their functions in sentences
• form and use comparatives and superlatives correctly
• order multiple adjectives correctly before a noun
• use simple prepositions accurately

“Why does "a big old wooden box" sound right but "a wooden old big box" sound wrong?”

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1. Adjectives and comparison
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Words that describe, and the rules for comparing two things or many.
2. Adjective order and prepositions
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The order nobody was taught but everybody follows, and the small words that fix position.
3. Adverbs: type, form and position
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Words that tell how, when, where or how much - and why hardly is not the -ly form of hard.
4. Dependent prepositions
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The preposition is often chosen by the verb or adjective before it, not by place or time.
5. Describing with precision
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Putting adjectives, adverbs and prepositions to work in one description of an app.