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    This document compares and contrasts the three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equal using forms like "as + adjective + as". The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal using suffixes like "-er" or "more". The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more others using suffixes like "-est" or "most". Specific rules and patterns are provided for forming the comparative and superlative degrees of one-syllable and multi-syllable adjectives. Examples are given to illustrate the three degrees of comparison.

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    This document compares and contrasts the three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equal using forms like "as + adjective + as". The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal using suffixes like "-er" or "more". The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more others using suffixes like "-est" or "most". Specific rules and patterns are provided for forming the comparative and superlative degrees of one-syllable and multi-syllable adjectives. Examples are given to illustrate the three degrees of comparison.

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    This document compares and contrasts the three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equal using forms like "as + adjective + as". The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal using suffixes like "-er" or "more". The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more others using suffixes like "-est" or "most". Specific rules and patterns are provided for forming the comparative and superlative degrees of one-syllable and multi-syllable adjectives. Examples are given to illustrate the three degrees of comparison.

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    COMPARISON

    DEGREE
    There are three kinds of comparison:
    1. positive 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 (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 well (well) as her mother
    3. She knits better than her mother
    4. Alisa plays the violin better (good) than the
    other violinist
    GAME I
    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 is the (good) ______ book I have ever read.
    8. Non-smokers usually live (long) _______ than
    smokers.
    9. Which is the (dangerous) _______ animal in
    the world?
    10. A holiday by the sea is (good) ______ than a
    holiday in the mountains.
    GAME 2 ELECTRIC CAR
    JEEP
    GAME III
     LOOKING AROUND AND SEE YOUR
    FRIENDS.
     MAKEPOSITIVE, COMPARATIVE AND
    SUPERLATIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
    BASED ON YOUR FRIENDS PHYSICAL
    CONDITION.
     THE
    SENTENCE SHOULD BE ‘MAKE
    SENSE’ SENTENCES NOT IMAGINARY.
    FRUIT

    HEALTHY
    EXPENSIVE
    SWEET
    TASTY
    FATTENING

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