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    1. There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. 2. The positive degree compares two things as equal, the comparative degree compares two things that are not equal, and the superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. 3. Each degree has consistent patterns for one syllable adjectives/adverbs and those with more than two syllables, and these patterns involve using terms like "er", "est", "more", and "most".

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    1. There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. 2. The positive degree compares two things as equal, the comparative degree compares two things that are not equal, and the superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. 3. Each degree has consistent patterns for one syllable adjectives/adverbs and those with more than two syllables, and these patterns involve using terms like "er", "est", "more", and "most".

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    1. There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. 2. The positive degree compares two things as equal, the comparative degree compares two things that are not equal, and the superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. 3. Each degree has consistent patterns for one syllable adjectives/adverbs and those with more than two syllables, and these patterns involve using terms like "er", "est", "more", and "most".

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    1. There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. 2. The positive degree compares two things as equal, the comparative degree compares two things that are not equal, and the superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. 3. Each degree has consistent patterns for one syllable adjectives/adverbs and those with more than two syllables, and these patterns involve using terms like "er", "est", "more", and "most".

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    COMPARISON DEGREE

    There are three kinds of comparison:


    1. positive degree / equality degree
    2. comparative degree
    3.Superlative degree
    Positive Degree → is used to compare two things 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
    (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. This book had the ... (dusty) jacket when I found it.
    8. Making the ... (good) decision for the organization is his role as
    a leader.
    9. It was the ... (useful) thing I have ever learned.
    10. I think you were the ... (excited) person for this trip.
    11. A friend of mine has the ... (rare) blood type.
    - Living in San Francisco is ... (expensive) than Boston.
    - The elephant is the ___________ animal on the earth.
    - Maya is the ________ student in my class. She never comes late to
    school
    - Those jackets are expensive. But the ________ jacket is the red
    one.
    - Most students think Mathematic is ___________ than Social
    Science.
    - Roger is 12 years old. Danu is 15 years old. So, Roger is ______
    than Danu.
    - A hill is __________ than a mountain.
    - There are four tall student in my class. But the _________ student
    is Raka.
    - Cheetah is known as the ___________ runner animal on the earth.
    - An ant may be the ____________ animal in the world.
    - Jakarta is the ______________ city in Indonesia.

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