degrees of comparison class V.pptx

degrees of comparison class V.pptx

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  adjectives: Read the sentences: •Mira is a clever girl. • Rani has a big basket of flowers. • Tim is wearing colourful dress.
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  Study the followingsentences:  Guava is sweet.  Apple is sweeter than guava.  Mango is the sweetest of the three.
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  Degrees of comparison
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  Types of comparisons: Thereare three types of comparisons: 1. Positive degree:  When a noun or pronoun is not compared we use the basic form of an adjective. Example: Monty is a brave boy.  The adjective brave which denotes the simple quality is said to be in Positive Degree.
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  Comparative degree: • Whenthe same quality is compared between two people or groups we use Comparative degree. • Example: Babies are happier than children. • The adjective happier which tells us that babies when compared to children has more happiness is said to be in Comparative Degree.
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  Superlative degree • Whenthe same quality is compared among many persons or things, we use the Superlative degree. • Example: • Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world. • The adjective largest which tells us that of all the flowers, Rafflesia has the highest degree of largeness, is said to be in Superlative degree.
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  Rules to rememberwhileusingcomparatives: 1.The Comparative Degree is generally followed by the conjunction than; as, • Shimla is colder than Ooty. • Mount Everest is higher than Mount Kanchenjunga. • Soma runs faster than John.