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Understanding Degrees of Comparison

This document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equal, the comparative degree compares two things that are not equal, and the superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. Examples are provided for each type of comparison using adjectives like hot, fast, easy. Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative forms of different types of adjectives. An assignment with multiple choice questions on degree of comparison follows to help illustrate the differences between the three degrees.

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Understanding Degrees of Comparison

This document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equal, the comparative degree compares two things that are not equal, and the superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. Examples are provided for each type of comparison using adjectives like hot, fast, easy. Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative forms of different types of adjectives. An assignment with multiple choice questions on degree of comparison follows to help illustrate the differences between the three degrees.

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DEGRE

E OF
COMPA
RISON
There are three kinds of
comparison:
1.Positive
degree
2.Comparative
degree
3.Superlative
A. Positive Degree →
is used to compare two thinks
that are equal.
Examples
 My book is as interesting
as
yours.
 His car runs as fast as a
race car.
 Their houseis as big as
that one.
B . Comparative Degree →
is used to compare two things that are not equal.

Examples
 Today is hotter than yesterday.
 Bill runs faster than Bob.
 This exercise is easier than the last one.
 Andy works harder than his brother.
 This red dress is more comfortable than
the white.
 He speaks Spanish more fluently than
 I. This year’s exhibit is more
impressive than the last year’s.
 He visits his family more frequently than
she does.
C. Superlative Degree →
is used to compare one thing with two or more
other things.
Examples
 John is the tallest boy in the family.
 He works the hardest employee of all
the employee in this office.
 That was the most boring film I
have ever seen.
 Sally dances the most gracefully of
all the participant.
NOTE
* Use the form more + adjective for adjective ending in the
following suffixes: -ed, -ful, -ing, -ish and ous (more
useful, more boring, more cautious)
* When an adjective ends in a consonant +y, change the y
to i and add –er or - est (happy-happier/ the happiest,
dry-drier/the
driest) and for –some, - ow and add –er or -est
(handsomer/the
handsomest, narrower/the narrowest)
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLA
TIVE
Bad Worse Worst
Far Farther Farthest
Good Better Best
Little Less Least
much More Most
/man
y
For example:
1. His behavior is as bad (bad) as his brother’s.
2. New York has the most (many) tall buildings of any
city in the world.
3. She knits as good (good) as her mother.
4. Alisa plays the violin better (good) than the other
violinist.
ASSIGNMEN
T
1. Very few books are read Harry Potter by children.

(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most


2. Life in the desert is than life in the mountains.

(a) as dreary as (b) the dreariest (c) drearier

3. Honey is medicine.

(a) as good as (b) better than (c) the best

4. School days are than college days.

(a) as enjoyable as (b) more enjoyable (c) the most enjoyable

5. The coconut tree has any other tree.

(a) as much uses as (b) more uses than (c) the most uses of
6. Dogs are as dolphins.

(a) as friendly (b) more friendly (c) the most friendly

7. No other country sells umber of cellphones as India


after America.

(a) as many (b) more (c) the most

8. Nursing is many other professions.

(a) as noble as (b) nobler than (c) the most noble

9. Very few channels are watched by children the Cartoon


Channel.

(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most

10. Black is the colour.

(a) as dark as (b) darker than (c) darkest


THE END.
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FOR
LISTENING
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