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Degrees of Comparison Compare NOUNS Using Adjectives

The document discusses the three degrees of comparison used with adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree describes a single item or person. The comparative degree compares two items or people. The superlative degree compares more than two items or people and indicates the best or most. Examples are provided to illustrate the different degrees.

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Degrees of Comparison Compare NOUNS Using Adjectives

The document discusses the three degrees of comparison used with adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree describes a single item or person. The comparative degree compares two items or people. The superlative degree compares more than two items or people and indicates the best or most. Examples are provided to illustrate the different degrees.

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DEGREES OF COMPARISON

Degrees of comparison
compare NOUNS using
ADJECTIVES
There are 3 degrees of comparison:
1) The positive degree refers to one thing.
2) The comparative degree compares 2 things.
3) The superlative degree compares more than
two things and describes the best or the
most.
Example
1) Joan is fit. (positive)
2) Mary is fitter than Joan. (comparative)
3) Sue, however, is the fittest of all three.
(superlative)

Tall (positive) Taller Tallest


(comparative) (superlative)
Table
POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

Short Flat Flatter Flattest


Vowels Thin Thinner thinnest
Double Clean Cleaner Cleanest
vowels or short Shorter shortest
consonants
Words Large Larger Largest
ending in e nice Nicer nicest
Words Easy Easier Easiest
ending in y pretty prettier prettiest
Table continued...
Positive Comparative Superlative
Words of Com/for/ta/b More Most
more than two le comfortable comfortable
syllables In/te/res/tin More Most
g interesting interesting
Words ending Painful More painful Most painful
in ful Beautiful More Most
beautiful beautiful
Exceptions Good Better The best
Bad Worse The worst
Many/much More The most
Little/few Less The least
Far Farther Farthest
old Older The oldest
Redraw the following table and
fill in the missing words.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
big
smaller
The worst
More clever
Smartest
good
shorter
The youngest
little
More intelligent

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