Degrees of comparison

Degrees of comparison

1. Degree of Comparison

2. There are three Degrees of Comparison in English. Positive degree Comparative degree Superlative degree

3. Positive Degree We use the Positive degree when we speak about only one person or thing. Example s : Lebron James is tall . The house is big . This flower is beautiful .

4. Comparative Degree We use the Comparative degree whe n we compare two persons or two thing with each other. Example s : Yao Ming is taller than Lebron James . This house is bigger than that one . She is nicer than him .

5. Superlative Degree We use the Superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another. It is the highest degree of the quality. Example : Peter is the smartest boy in class. Alice is the sweetest girl in the neighborhood. The blue whale is the largest of all animals.

6. Rules in Degree of Comparison 1. Adjectives of one syllable Adjectives of one syllable add - er and - est . Adjectives ending on ' e ' just add - r and - st . Some adjectives double the final consonant.

7. Posi ti ve small w a r m old nic e bi g C o m pa r a t i ve small er w a r m e r old er nice r big ger Su p e r l a ti ve small est w a r m e st old est nic est big gest

8. Rules in Degree of Comparison 2. Adjectives of two syllables Some adjectives of two syllables add - er and - est . For adjectives ending in ' y ‘ – cut y then add - ier and - iest . Adjectives ending in - ful , - less , - ing , - ed use more and most . Some other adjectives of two syllables use more and most (modern, famous, normal, correct, ...).

9. Positive Comparative Superlative narrow narrower narrowest happy happier happiest useful more useful most useful boring more boring most boring modern more modern most modern

10. 3. Adjectives of three or more syllables Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most . Rules in Degree of Comparison

11. Positive Comparative Superlative beautiful more beautiful most beautiful dangerous more dangerous most dangerous exciting more exciting most exciting

12. 4. Irregular adjectives You will have to memorize these. Rules in Degree of Comparison

13. Positive Comparative Superlative good /well better best bad worse worst little less least much, many more most far farther/further farthest