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    M2 - Comparison Degree

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English grammar: positive, comparative, and superlative. [1] The positive degree is used to compare two equal things or people. [2] The comparative degree is used to compare two unequal things or people, using the suffixes "-er" or "more". [3] The superlative degree is used to compare something as the most or least among three or more things or people, using the suffixes "-est" or "most".

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English grammar: positive, comparative, and superlative. [1] The positive degree is used to compare two equal things or people. [2] The comparative degree is used to compare two unequal things or people, using the suffixes "-er" or "more". [3] The superlative degree is used to compare something as the most or least among three or more things or people, using the suffixes "-est" or "most".

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English grammar: positive, comparative, and superlative. [1] The positive degree is used to compare two equal things or people. [2] The comparative degree is used to compare two unequal things or people, using the suffixes "-er" or "more". [3] The superlative degree is used to compare something as the most or least among three or more things or people, using the suffixes "-est" or "most".

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    DEGREES OF COMPARISON

    Degrees of Comparison

    The Degrees of
    Comparison in English
    grammar are made with
    the Adjective and Adverb
    words to show how big or
    small, high or low, more or
    less, many or few, etc.
    Degrees of Comparison
    There are 3 kinds of Degrees of
    Comparison

    1. Positive degree
    2. Comparative degree
    3. Superlative degree
    Degrees of Comparison

    Positive
    Degree
    Positive Degree

    Is used to compare two persons or


    two things that are equal.
    THE PATTERN

    S+TOBE+AS+ ADJ+AS+ O
    S+VERB+AS+ADVERB+AS+O

    Examples:
      This house is as big as that one. 
    Rick runs as fast as his brother
    Rick speaks English as fluently as His
    brother
    Comparative Degree

    Is used to compare two persons or two things that


    are not equal
    THE PATTERN
    (ONE SYLLABLE)

    S+TOBE+ADJ+ER+THAN+O
    S+VERB+ADVERB+ER+THAN+O

    EXAMPLES:

    This house is bigger than that one.


    Rick runs faster than his brother.

     
    THE PATTERN
    (More than two SYLLABLE)

    S+TOBE+MORE+ADJ+THAN+O
    S+VERB+MORE+ADVERB+THAN+O

    EXAMPLES:

    This flower is more beautiful than that one.


    Rick speaks English more fluently than his brother.
     
    Superlative Degree

    Is used to compare that one person or


    one thing is more than the others.
    THE PATTERN
    (ONE SYLLABLE)

    S+TOBE+THE+ADJ+EST+O
    S+VERB+THE+ADVERB+EST+O

    Examples:

    This house is the biggest in this street.


    Rick drove the fastest in this country.
    THE PATTERN
    (More than two SYLLABLE)

    S+TOBE+THE+MOST+ADJ+O
    S+VERB+THE+MOST+ADVERB+O

    EXAMPLES:

    This flower is the most beautiful flower in this garden


    Rick speaks English the most fluently in this company 
    Rick can write a report the most quickly of all my assistent
    NOTE

    Use the form (more + adjective) or (the most+adjective) for adjective ending
    in the following suffixes: -ed, -ful, -ing, -ish and ous (more/the most useful,
    More/the most boring, more/the most continuous)

    EXAMPLE
    They are more tired than me
    They are the most tired workers I’ve ever seen
    That film was more boring than this one.
    That was the most boring film I have ever seen
    When an adjective end in a consonant
    +y, change the y to i and add –er or
    the –est
    For happy-happier/ the happiest,
    Funny – funnier/the funniest,
    Pretty – prettier/the prettiest
    Sunny – sunnier/the sunniest
    Examples
    Nobody is happier than Maria Elen
    It’s the sunniest day this month
    The irregular adjective and adverb

    POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIV


    E
    as bad as Worse than The worst
    as far as Farther than The Farthest
    Further than The Furthest
    as good as Better than The best
    as well as Better than the best
    as little as Less than The least
    as much/many as More than The most
    For examples

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


    2. New York has ________(many) tall buildings of any
    city in the world
    3. She knits as _________ (good) as her mother
    4. Alisa plays the violin ___________ (good) than the
    other violinist

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