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List 7 - Comparison of Adjectives
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List 7 - Comparison of Adjectives
Comparatives and superlatives that are formed irregularly
Comparatives and superlatives using 'more' and 'most'
Comparatives and superlatives using –er and –est
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List 7 - Comparison of Adjectives
Singular-Plural
By adding -s
By adding -es to nouns ending in –ch, -s, -sh, -ss, -x, and -z
By adding –s to nouns ending in -o
By adding –es to nouns ending in -o
By adding –s or –es to nouns ending in -o
By changing –y into –ies if a noun ends in a consonant before the -y
By adding –s if there is a vowel before the -y
By changing –f or –fe into –ves
By adding –s to nouns ending in –f or –fe
By adding –s or changing –f into –ves
By changing the vowels
The singular and plural forms of some nouns are the same
Some nouns have same singular and plural forms or have plural ending (-s)
The ending –is is changed to –es
Singular and plural forms of compound nouns
Counting Nouns
Activity - Cynicism
Danger - Fruit
Genius - Luck
Marble - Rum
Sadness - Sunlight
Tea - Yogurt
Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns - Creatures
Collective Nouns - Things
Collective Nouns - People
Verbs
Forming Verbs
Different Verb Types
Auxiliary verbs
Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Stative Verbs
Linking Verbs
Irregular Verbs
All three forms are the same
All three forms are different
Only the simple past and past participle are the same
Adjectives
Forming Adjectives
Adjectives ending in -ly
Collective adjectives describing group of people
Different Adjective Types
Comparison
Comparatives and superlatives using –er and –est
Comparatives and superlatives using 'more' and 'most'
Comparatives and superlatives that are formed irregularly
Adverbs
Forming Adverbs
Comparison of Adverbs
Adverbs with two adverbial forms
Cheap/Cheaply - Last/Lastly
Late/Lately - Wrong/Wrongly
Adv. = Adj.
Airmail - First
Hard - Near
Only - Together
Well - Wrong
Pronouns
Prepositions
List of Prepositions
Prepositions after Verbs (sacrifice to - yell at)
Prepositions after Verbs (name after - rush through)
Prepositions after Verbs (gladden by - muster up)
Prepositions after Verbs (dabble in - furnish with)
Prepositions after Verbs (abandon to - cry over)
Prepositions – how they are used
Conjunctions
Abstract Nouns
Phrasal Verbs
(pass around/round – polish up)
(save on – serve out)
(read into – rush out)
(pull ahead – put up with)
(accede to - buy up)
(call back - cut up)
(dawn on – dry up)
(eat away – follow up)
(get about – get up to)
(give away – go without)
(hand around/round – hold up as)
(identify with – knock up)
(lapse into – level with)
(lie around – look up to)
(make away with – open up)
(use up – yield to)
(take aback – talk up)
(stay behind – switch over)
(touch at – turn up)
(tear apart – tie up)
(slow down – start up)
(show around/round – slip up)
(set about – shoot up)
Common Idioms
1000 Idioms
Phrases and Idioms 001-100 (acid - call)
Phrases and Idioms 101-200 (call - crime)
Phrases and Idioms 201-300 (critical - event)
Phrases and Idioms 301-400 (ever - half)
Phrases and Idioms 401-500 (hammer - kick)
Phrases and Idioms 501-600 (killing - mind)
Phrases and Idioms 601-700 (mind - part)
Phrases and Idioms 701-800 (past - rough)
Phrases and Idioms 801-900 (rough - state)
Phrases and Idioms 901-1000 (state - world)
Proverbs
Proverbs and Sayings 001-100
Proverbs and Sayings 101-200
Proverbs and Sayings 201-300
Proverbs and Sayings 301-370
Foreign Phrases
Parents/Youth
Gender
Common Gender (People & Creatures)
Masculine and Feminine Gender (Creatures)
Masculine and Feminine Gender (People)
Home Types
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Antonyms
Synonyms
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