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3.2

3.2 Nouns and adjectives

Bruk substantiv og adjektiv riktig på engelsk.

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Nouns and Adjectives

Nouns are naming words (things, people, places).
Adjectives are describing words (they describe nouns).

Together, they help us communicate clearly!

Nouns: Singular and Plural
Singular = one thing
Plural = more than one

Regular plurals - add 's':
- cat → cats
- book → books
- dog → dogs

Words ending in s, sh, ch, x - add 'es':
- bus → buses
- wish → wishes
- box → boxes

Words ending in consonant + y - change y to 'ies':
- baby → babies
- city → cities

Irregular plurals:
- child → children
- man → men
- woman → women
- tooth → teeth
- mouse → mice

Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns:
- a big dog
- a happy girl
- beautiful flowers

Adjectives come before the noun:
- English: a red car (adjective + noun)
- Norwegian: en rød bil

Common adjectives:
- Size: big, small, tall, short
- Colour: red, blue, green, yellow
- Feeling: happy, sad, angry, excited
- Opinion: good, bad, nice, beautiful

Comparing with Adjectives
Comparing two things - add 'er':
- tall → taller (Emma is taller than Tom.)
- small → smaller
- fast → faster

Comparing three or more - add 'est':
- tall → tallest (Emma is the tallest in the class.)
- small → smallest
- fast → fastest

Long adjectives - use 'more' and 'most':
- beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful
- interesting → more interesting → most interesting

Irregular:
- good → better → best
- bad → worse → worst

✏️Example: Using Adjectives

Describe a dog using adjectives:

Basic:
- A big dog
- A happy dog
- A brown dog

Comparing:
- My dog is bigger than your cat.
- She has the cutest dog in the world!

Full sentence:
"Max is a big, friendly, brown dog. He is bigger than my sister's dog, but he is not the biggest dog in our neighbourhood."

📝Oppgave 1

Write the plural form:

a

book

b

box

c

child

d

baby

📝Oppgave 2

Complete with the comparative or superlative:

a

Tom is (tall) than Emma.

b

This is the (good) pizza I have ever eaten.

c

Winter is (cold) than autumn.

📝Oppgave 3

Describe your best friend using at least 5 adjectives. Also compare them to someone else using comparative forms.

Oppsummering

I dette kapittelet har du lært:

- Nouns and adjectives: Nouns name things; adjectives describe them.
- Plurals: Add -s for most nouns; -es after s/sh/ch/x; some are irregular (child -> children).
- Comparing: Short adjectives: add -er and -est. Long ones use 'more' and 'most'.

Husk!


- Adjectives come before the noun: a red car.
- Comparing: tall -> taller -> tallest; good -> better -> best (irregular).
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