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    DEGREES OF COMPARISON

    Kinds of Comparison

    • 1. Positive degree
    2. Comparative degree
    3. Superlative degree
    Positive Degree - Compares two
    things that are equal.
    The pattern
    Sub + to be + as + adj + as +object
    Sub + verb + as + adv + as +object
    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 – TO COMPARE
    TWO THINGS NOT EQUAL
    The Pattern for 1 syllable
    Sub + to be + adj + er + than + obj
    Sub + verb + adv + er + than + obj

    Examples
    1. Today is hotter than yesterday
    2. Bill runs faster than Bob
    3. This exercise is easier than the last one
    4. Babu works harder than his brother
    The pattern for more than two
    syllables
    Sub + to be + more + adj + than + obj
    Sub + verb + more + adv + than + obj
    Examples
    1. This red dress is more beautiful than the white one.
    2. He speaks Tamil more fluently than I do( me).
    3. Tajmahal is more impressive than Red fort.
    4. He visits his family more frequently than she does.
    Superlative Degree - to compare
    one thing with two or more other things.
    The pattern for ONE syllable
    Sub + to be + the + adj + est + obj
    Sub + verb + the + adv + est + obj
    Examples
    1. John is the tallest boy in the family
    2. He works the hardest of all the employees in this office.
    More than TWO syllables

    Pattern
    Sub + to be + the most + adj + obj
    S + verb + the most + adv + obj
    Examples
    1. Kavalan was the most boring film I have ever seen
    2. Kavya dances the most gracefully of all the participants
    Exceptions
    * Use the form more + adjective for adjectives 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
    Examples

    1. His behavior is as bad (bad) as his brother’s.


    2. New York has the most (many) number of tall buildings of
    all cities in the world.
    3. She knits as well (well) as her mother
    4. Alisa plays the violin better (well) than the other violinist
    Thank You

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