The town child and the country child

Degrees of Comparison

1. There are three
Degrees of
Comparison in
English

2. 1. Positive degree.
2. Comparative degree.
3. Superlative degree.

3. Positive Degree
We use the Positive
degree when we
speak about only one
person or thing.

4. Example:
Sam is tall.
The house is big.
This flower is
beautiful.

5. Comparative Degree
We use the Comparative
degree when we compare
two persons or two things
with each other.

6. Example:
Sam is taller than
John.
This house is bigger
than that one.
She is nicer than him.

7. 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.

8. Peter is the smartest
boy in class.
Alice is the sweetest
girl in the
neighborhood.
The blue whale is the
largest of all animals.

10. 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.

11. adjectivecomparativesuperlative
smallsmallersmallest
warmwarmerwarmest
oldolder oldest
nicenicer nicest

12. adjectivecomparativesuperlative
darkdarkerdarkest
nearnearernearest
bigbiggerbiggest
nicenicer nicest

13. 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.

14. adjectivecomparativesuperlative
lovelylovelierloveliest
dirtydirtierdirtiest
happyhappierhappiest
easyeasiereasiest

15. 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, ...).

16. adjectivecomparativesuperlative
pleasantmore
pleasant
most
pleasant
boringmore
boring
most
boring
usefulmore
useful
most
useful

18. •small
•light
•unhappy
•Small
•die
•big
•dark
•happy
•large
•live
x
x
x
x
x

19. •short
•far
•close
•stop
•thin
•long
•near
•open
•start
•thick
x
x
x
x
x

20. •disappear
•uncomman
•unhappy
•Small
•die
•appear
•comman
•happy
•large
•live
x
x
x
x
x

21. The elephant’s eyes
are small but its body
is __

22. The animals were
happy in the
beginning. After the
jackal entered the
forest, they became
___

23. The giraffe’s neck is
very long but its tail
is___

24. Mangoes are sweet
but lemons are
……

25. The coconut is a
tall tree but the
guava is a ……
tree.

26. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Hari 114.927
Seshagiri125.130
Akhita 124.828
Bhaskar Raju104.524
Siddu 135.335

27. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Rajesh 115.128
Raghava 124.928
Vamsi 134.527
Manoj 125.130
Gopi 104.525

28. RaghavaHarini
4.9ft4.9ft
27kgs28kgs

29. Who is as tall as
Raghava?
Harini is as tall as
Raghava.

30. RaghavaHarini
4.9ft4.9ft
27kgs28kgs

31. Harini is not so heavy as
Raghava

32. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Hari 114.927
Seshagiri125.130
Akhita 124.828
Bhaskar Raju104.524
Siddu 135.335

33. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Rajesh 115.128
Raghava 124.928
Vamsi 134.527
Manoj 125.130
Gopi 104.525

34. Harini is older than
Gopi
11years10years

35. Who is as tall as
Raghava?
Hari is as tall as
Raghava.

36. Siddu is the heaviest
boy in the group.

37. Siddu is the tallest
boy in the group

38. Siddu and Vamsi are the
oldest boys in the group
13years13years

39. Bhaskara Raju and Gopi
are the youngest boys in
the group
10y 10y

40. Seshagiri is younger
than Vamsi
13y12y

41. Harini is not so old as
Akhila
11y 12y

42. Manoj older than Rajesh
12y 11y

43. Seshagiri is not as tall
as Siddu
5.1ft 5.3ft

44. Rajesh is taller than
Akhila
5.1ft 4.8ft

45. Vamsi is one of the
shortest boys in the group

46. Akhila is not so
heavy as Manoj

47. Siddu is heavier than
any other pupil in the
group

48. No other member in
the group is so heavy
as Siddu.

49. Rajesh is as heavy
as Raghava.

50. Manoj is heavier
than Gopi.

51. Vamsi is as heavy
as Harini

52. Siddu is taller than any
other pupil in the group.

53. No other pupil in the
group is as tall as
Siddu.

54. Rajesh is taller than
Raghava

55. Akhila is shorter
than Harini

56. Vamsi is not as
tall as Manoj.

57. army= a large group of
soldiers

58. group =a number
of persons or things
that are together

59. herd = a group of animals
living or grazing at one
place.

60. pile = a number of things
placed on top of one
another.
,

61. bunch = a number of
things growing /tied
together.

62. Unit.
NO
Lesson
Page
No
Unit 1Dolphins 1
Unit 2Olympic Games
The Swing (Poem)
9
Unit 3Hover crafts19
Unit 4 Vikram Sarabai
Trees (poem)
24

63. Unit 5Fossils
page
No.
Unit 6Crocodiles.
Four chairs (poem)
38
Unit 7Kites
47
Unit 8Habits Mosquito(poem)
52
Unit 9
Finger prints
62
Unit
10
An act of Bravery.
I wounder (poem)
68

64. “Fossils” is
found on page
32

65. If you want to know about
crocodiles you must turn to page
38

66. “Mosquito” is found in Unit
8

67. The Unit 7 : “Kites” is found
from page ---
47 to 51

68. Unit 4 talks about ---
Vikram Sarabhai and Trees

69. 1.Prevention is better than
cure

70. 2.Charaka presented the
concept of digestion ….. and
immunity .

71. 3.Charaka ___ the anatomy
of human body.

72. 4. Charaka gave the numbers of
____ present in the human body.

73. 5. Charaka samhita is a great
contribution in the field of ___

74. 6.Charaka said that the heart
is the controlling_____

75. 7. The two ancient physicians
who guided Charaka were____
and ____

76. 1. A physician should have
•impatience
•sense
•arrogance
•patience

77. 2. The first person to find out the
cause of human sickness was
•Susruta
•Dharmapada
•Charaka
•Charakasamhita

78. 3. Charaka was a greart …
•Surgeon
•physician
•philosopher
•translator

79. Charakasamhita was written
•nearly twenty years ago.
•nearly twenty centuries ago.
•nearly twenty decades ago.
•nearly twenty five years ago.

80. S.
No
AdjectiveSuffe
x
Noun
1unfairnessunfairness
2lonelynessloneliness
3narrownessnarrowness

81. 4readynessreadines
5stoutnessstoutness
6thicknessthickness
7greatnessgreatness

82. S.
.N
o
Adverbs of
Manner(adj +ly)
the verbs
they talk
about
1serious( adj+ly)
= seriously
is
preparing
2comfortable
(adj+ly) =
comfortably
were
seated

83. S.
.N
o
Adverbs of
Manner(adj +ly)
the verbs
they talk
about
3wonderful(adj+ly
)= wounderfully
danced
4enthusiastic(adj+ly)
= enthustastically
watched

84. S.
.N
o
Adverbs of
Manner(adj +ly)
the verbs
they talk
about
5excellent
(adj+ly)
excellently
performed
6unfortunate(adj+ly
)unfortunatelly
missed

85. 7voluntary(adj+ly)
voluntarily
donated
8loud(adj+ly)
loudly
applauded
9real (adj+ly) reallygenerous

86. Fill in the blanks in the
following conversation
between Rohit and his
father. Change the
words in brackets into
adverbs.

87. •Father : Your exams are
approaching. Are you
studying ___( serious)
•Rohit: Yes dad. I am
reading all the
subjects___( careful)

88. •Father: Last time you
failed in mathes.Are you
working …. (thorough) on
the exercises?
•Rohit: I’ve revised them
several times. Now I can
do them …..(confident)

89. •Father: I hope you
‘ll write the exam…
(excellent)
•Rohit: Sure,dad

90. Girls Perce
ntage
Boys perce
ntage
Swathi86 Abhilash85.6
Swetha82 Farooq85
Naga
Rani
78 Sai
Krishna
79.6

91. Hemalat
ha
69Prasad67.6
Mamath
a
68Uday76
Geeta68Vinod76.8
Manjula67.6Masann
a
71

92. 1.Name the school topper?
•Swathi

93. 2.Which two students scored queal
percentage?
•Manjula and Bhanu Prasad. & Mamatha
and Sruthi Geetha?

94. 3.Who got the lowest percentage?
•Manjula and Bhanu Prasad

95. 4.How many have scored eighty
percent and above?
•Four

96. 5. Comment on the overall
performance of students.
•The performance of students are very
good.

97. 6.Who performed well, boys or
girls? ? Support your answer.
•It may be boys. Except one boy,all scored
above 70%.As to girls of the seven,four
scored less than 70%.

98. S.
No
.
Words spelt
wrongly
Words with
correct spelling
1balansedbalanced
2nutrentsnutrients
3vitamnsvitamins

99. 4protinsProteins
5diferentdifferent
6maatmeat
7soursessources

100. Find the odd one
and circle out

101. •hospital
•nurse
•patient
•passenger

102. •Shop,
•customer,
•cost,
•temple

103. •dollars
•things
•rupees
•cents

104. • treatment
•operation
•surgeon
•blackboard

105. •play
•question
•answer
•chocolate

106. readynessreadines
5stoutnessstoutness
6thicknessthickness
7greatnessgreatness

107. SI.N
o.
Name of
the Student
Marks scored
in english
1Rani65
2Lata60
3Kamala73

108. 4Lakshmi 80
5Krishna 64
6Bharathi75
7Ganesh 82
8Meghana 63

109. 9Meenakshi67
10Nithya 73
11Sindu 80
12Chandu 71
13Mani 85

110. 14Chinni 67
15Ravi 62
16Bhanu 67
17Ramya 73
18Saleem 80

111. 19Sai 80
20Ruchira71
21Nandu 85
22Mary 62
23Usha 64

112. 24Sarada 75
25Bujji 82
26Sandhya67
27Sridhar71
28Jyothi 73

113. SI.No
.
Name of
the Student
Marks
scored in
english
29Kumar80
30Swarna71

114. Answer the
following questions
using ‘no’ ‘none’
‘any’ ‘a few’ and
‘many’

115. 1. How many students have
scored more than 70 marks.
17 students have scored more
than 70 marks.

116. 2.Are there any students who
have scored 90 marks?
No, none has scored 90 marks.

117. 3.How many students have
failed in English?
None has failed in english.

118. 4. How ma?ny students have
scored below 60 marks
None has scored below 60.

119. 5.How many students have
scored between 64 and 75?
Many students have scored
between 64 and 75.

120. Match the group nouns in A with
what they refer to column B

121. •mob
•board
•some people
gathered for
destructive
purpose
•a number of
directors of a
company

122. •troupe
•army
•a numbers of
artists, dancers,
acrobats
•a number
soldiers

123. •bench
•crowd
•People collected
without any
specific purpose
•a number of
judges

125. •spect
ators
•a number of
people watching
a match or
something

126. •audie
nce
•team
•a number of
people listening
to a concert or
lecture
•a number of
players