A word with a number of different uses:
 Demonstrative Pronoun:
I could get on with a man like that.
 Determiner:
That book is still funny.
 Relative Pronoun:
I stared back blandly with the same expression that he was trying on me.
 Subordinating Conjunction:
A couple of times she had complained that he was trying to adopt her.
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A question ‘tagged on’ to the end of a statement. For example:
Those daffodils have gone pale, haven’t they?
She shouldn’t have left, should she?
You thought it was still six, didn’t you?
When a speaker uses a tag question, he or she normally expects agreement or confirmation from the listener.
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 If the word ends in a consonant, add -est (quick becomes quickest).
 Words of one syllable with a short vowel sound and ending with a single consonant, double the consonant and add -est(sad becomes saddest).
 With words of one syllable ending in ‘l’, you normally do not double the ‘l’, but cruel becomes cruellest.
 If it ends in ‘e’, add -st(late become latest).
 If it ends in ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to an add -est (happy becomes happiest).
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Many adjectives can have three forms:
Absolute Comparative Superlative
Small smaller smallest
Attractive more attractive most attractive
The comparative form is used when comparing two items; the superlative is used when there are more than two:
She is smaller than her brother. (comparative)
The smallest of the three specialist colleges, it has just over 150 full-time students, of whom about half come from Wales. (superlative)
The superlative is formed in different ways according to the length of the base adjective. If it has one syllable, then the letters -est are added. If the word has three syllables or more then the word most is placed before the adjective: most attractive. Words of two syllables vary: some add -est and some use most. Some even do either, for example clever.
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Part of clause that completes the subject. In a statement clause it comes after the verb and refers to the same person, thing, or idea as the subject. For example:
Subject Verb Subject complement
My job is very unusual.
The verb in sentences like this works in a similar way to an equal sign:
My job = very unusual.
A subject complement can be:
 A noun:
Cash is king.
 A pronoun:
It was you!
 A numeral:
I was third.
 A noun phrase:
Alton man Giles Stogdon will become the new police chief for Winchester.
 An adjective or adjective phrase:
My job is very unusual.
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