B2 adjectivesADJECTIVES APPROPRIATE + noun ANNUAL + noun academic collocations of ‘alternative’ eager | eagerness + infinitive far superlative comparative adjective + THAN + verb-ING a (little) bit + COMPARATIVE comparative + hers | ours It’s + adjective + ‘that’ clause (focus) adjective + BUT + adjective + noun (complex noun phrase) (slightly | a bit | much) + COMPARATIVE BE adjective TO infinitive BE + bound | likely | meant | obliged + TO ‘It cannot be true’ (modality) BE sure | certain to adjective + (that) clause ‘It is better to give than to receive.’ (comparative non-finite clause) superlative + THAT clause ‘the best you can’ ‘They taste delicious’ (wide range of linking verbs) ‘It’s a lot easier’ (verb + ‘A LOT’ + comparative adjective) superlative adjective + noun + to infinitive adjective + ENOUGH + TO-infinitive attributive only time adjectives much + comparative adjective + noun BY FAR + superlative adjective rather a + adjective Most frequent hyphenated compound adjectives adjectives pre- and post- modifying noun phrases ‘She’s the best.’ (superlative adjective without a following noun) ‘The price is slightly higher’ (slightly + comparative adjective) real | absolute | complete + NOUN (degrees of intensity)
