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    DEGREES OF COMPARISON

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    ES OF

    COMPA
    RISON
    Presented by Khairun Nisa, M. Pd
    There are three kinds of comparison:

    1. positive degree

    2. comparative degree

    3.Superlative degree
    1. POSITIVE DEGREE
    → is used o compare two thinks that are equal.

    The pattern :
    S + to be + as + adjective + as
    S + verb + as + adverb + 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
    2. COMPARATIVE DEGREE
    → is used to compare two things that are not equal.

    The Pattern for 1 or 2 syllable:


    S + to be + adjective + er + than
    S + verb + adverb + 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. This book is more expensive than that one

    The pattern for more than two syllables


    S + to be + more + adj + than
    S + verb + more + adv + than
    2. COMPARATIVE DEGREE
    The pattern for more than two syllables
    S + to be + more + adjective + than
    S + verb + more + adverb + 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.
    3. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
    → is used to compare one thing with two or more other things.

    The pattern for 1 or 2 syllable:


    S + to be + the + adjective + est
    S + verb + the + adverb + 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 + adjective
    S + verb + the most + adverb
    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)
    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.
    5. The sugar is sweeter than the chocolate.
    6. She is the youngest in her family.
    7. English is easier than Math.
    8. Mark is the tallest student in his class.
    9. etc
    EXERCISE
    Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (Positive,
    Comparative or Superlative)!

    1. London is the (large) city in Great Britain.


    2. No other British city has as (many) inhabitants as London.
    3. The London underground, the tube, is the (old) underground in the
    world.
    4. The Tower of London is one of the (famous) London sights.
    5. Another sight is the London Eye. With its 135 metres, it is (tall)
    than any other big wheel in the world.
    ANSWER
    1. London is the largest city in Great Britain.
    2. No other British city has as many inhabitants as
    London.
    3. The London underground, the tube, is the oldest
    underground in the world.
    4. The Tower of London is one of the most famous
    London sights.
    5. Another sight is the London Eye. With its 135
    meters, it is taller than any other big wheel in the
    world.

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