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Comparison Degree

There are three types of comparison: positive degree, comparative degree, and superlative degree. The positive degree compares two things as equal using patterns like "as adj as" or "as adv as." The comparative degree compares two unequal things using patterns like "adj-er than" or "adv-er than." The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more others using patterns like "the adj-est" or "the adv-est." The document provides examples for each type of comparison and notes on forming comparatives and superlatives for different types of adjectives.

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Comparison Degree

There are three types of comparison: positive degree, comparative degree, and superlative degree. The positive degree compares two things as equal using patterns like "as adj as" or "as adv as." The comparative degree compares two unequal things using patterns like "adj-er than" or "adv-er than." The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more others using patterns like "the adj-est" or "the adv-est." The document provides examples for each type of comparison and notes on forming comparatives and superlatives for different types of adjectives.

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There are three kinds of comparison:

1. positive degree
2. comparative degree
3.Superlative degree
 Positive Degree → is used o compare two thinks that
are equal.
The pattern
S + to be + as + adj + as
S + verb + as + adv + as
Examples
1. My book is as interesting as yours
2. His car runs as fast as a race car
3. Their house is as big as that one
 Comparative Degree → is used to compare two
things that are not equal.

The Pattern for 1 syllable


S + to be + adj + er + than
S + verb + adv + er + than
Examples
1. Today is hotter than yesterday
2. Bill runs faster than Bob
3. This exercise is easier than the last one
4. Andi works harder than his brother

The pattern for more than two syllables


S + to be + more + adj + than
S + verb + more + adv + than
Examples
1. This red dress is more comfortable than the white
2. He speaks Spanish more fluently than I
3. This year’s exhibit is more impressive than the last year’s
4. He visits his family more frequently than she does

• Superlative Degree→ is used to compare one thing with


two or more other things.
The pattern for 1 syllable
S + to be + the + adj + est
S + verb + the + adv + est
Examples
1. John is the tallest boy in the family
2. He works the hardest employee of all the employee in this office.
The pattern for more than two syllables
S + to be + the most + adj
S + verb + the most + adv
Examples
1. That was the most boring film I have ever seen
2. 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 SUPERLATIVE
Bad Worse The worst
Far Farther The Farthest
Further The Furthest
Good Better The best
Well Better the best
Little Less The least
much/many more The most
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
Exercises

1. You can tell Harris about it just ____(easily) as I can.


2. That tall woman is _____ (ambitious) secretary in this house.
3. Pierre understands English _____ (little) of all the students
4. He plays guitar _____ (well) as Andre Segovia.
5. Nobody is _______ (happy) than Maria Elen
6. Brazil export ____ (much) coffee of all the American countries
7. I feel much (well).____now that I ‘v rested.
8. It’s quite late, indeed It is probably ____(late) that you realize.
9. Do you think Bess wrote ____(some) letters than Herry did?
10. Princess was the_____(meek) of all the kitten so ins the litter.

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