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The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English - positive, comparative, and superlative - and provides examples of how adjectives are modified for each degree based on their syllable length and endings, with some adjectives following irregular patterns. Adjectives are used in the positive degree to describe a single person or thing, the comparative degree to compare two people or things, and the superlative degree to compare three or more people or things.

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Degree of Comparison
There are three Degrees of Comparison in English. 1. Positive degree 2. Comparative degree 3. Superlative degree
Positive Degree • We use the Positive degree when we speak about only one person or thing. Example: • Lebron James is tall. • The house is big. • This flower is beautiful.
Comparative Degree • We use the Comparative degree when we compare two persons or two things with each other. Example: • Yao Ming is taller than Lebron James. • This house is bigger than that one. • She is nicer than him.
Superlative Degree • We use the Superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another. • It is the highest degree of the quality. Example: • Peter is the smartest boy in class. • Alice is the sweetest girl in the neighborhood. • The blue whale is the largest of all animals.
Degree of Comparison 1. Adjectives of one syllable • Adjectives of one syllable add -er and -est. • Adjectives ending on 'e' just add -r and -st. • Some adjectives double the final consonant. Adjective Comparative Superlative small warm old nice big smaller warmer older nicer bigger smallest warmest oldest nicest biggest
Degree of Comparison 2. Adjectives of two syllables • Some adjectives of two syllables add -er and -est. • For adjectives ending in 'y‘ – cut y then add -ier and -iest. • Adjectives ending in -ful, -less, -ing, -ed use more and most. • Some other adjectives of two syllables use more and most (modern, famous, normal, correct, ...). Adjective Comparative Superlative narrow happy useful boring modern narrower happier more useful more boring more modern narrowest happiest most useful most boring most modern
Degree of Comparison 3. Adjectives of three or more syllables • Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most. Adjective Comparative Superlative beautiful dangerous exciting more beautiful more dangerous more exciting most beautiful most dangerous most exciting
Degree of Comparison 4. Irregular adjectives • You will have to memorize these. Adjective Comparative Superlative good (well) bad little much, many far late old better worse less more farther, further later older, elder best worst least most farthest last, latest older, oldest
SA • 1. No other boy is as ……………………. as James. (tall / taller / tallest) • 2. Milk is ………………….. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing) • 3. Radium is one of the ……………………… metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable) • 4. Few English poets were as ……………………. as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest) • 5. Shimla is ………………….. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous)
• 1. No other boy is as tall as James. • 2. Milk is more nourishing than any other food. • 3. Radium is one of the most valuable metals. • 4. Few English poets were as great as Wordsworth. • 5. Shimla is more famous than most other hill stations in India.
SA • 1. Gold is one of the ……………………. metals. (precious / more precious / most precious) • 2. Solomon was …………………… than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest) • 3. Few historians write as ………………….. as Macaulay. (well / better /best) • 4. Very few books are as ……………………. as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular) • 5. A train is …………………. than a car. (fast / faster / fastest)
SA • 1. Gold is one of the most precious metals. • 2. Solomon was wiser than any other king. • 3. Few historians write as well as Macaulay. • 4. Very few books are as popular as David Copperfield. • 5. A train is faster than a car.
• I am a smart kid. • I am smarter than Kim. • I am the smartest kid in the class.
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  • 2. There are three Degrees of Comparison in English. 1. Positive degree 2. Comparative degree 3. Superlative degree
  • 3. Positive Degree • We use the Positive degree when we speak about only one person or thing. Example: • Lebron James is tall. • The house is big. • This flower is beautiful.
  • 4. Comparative Degree • We use the Comparative degree when we compare two persons or two things with each other. Example: • Yao Ming is taller than Lebron James. • This house is bigger than that one. • She is nicer than him.
  • 5. Superlative Degree • We use the Superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another. • It is the highest degree of the quality. Example: • Peter is the smartest boy in class. • Alice is the sweetest girl in the neighborhood. • The blue whale is the largest of all animals.
  • 6. Degree of Comparison 1. Adjectives of one syllable • Adjectives of one syllable add -er and -est. • Adjectives ending on 'e' just add -r and -st. • Some adjectives double the final consonant. Adjective Comparative Superlative small warm old nice big smaller warmer older nicer bigger smallest warmest oldest nicest biggest
  • 7. Degree of Comparison 2. Adjectives of two syllables • Some adjectives of two syllables add -er and -est. • For adjectives ending in 'y‘ – cut y then add -ier and -iest. • Adjectives ending in -ful, -less, -ing, -ed use more and most. • Some other adjectives of two syllables use more and most (modern, famous, normal, correct, ...). Adjective Comparative Superlative narrow happy useful boring modern narrower happier more useful more boring more modern narrowest happiest most useful most boring most modern
  • 8. Degree of Comparison 3. Adjectives of three or more syllables • Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most. Adjective Comparative Superlative beautiful dangerous exciting more beautiful more dangerous more exciting most beautiful most dangerous most exciting
  • 9. Degree of Comparison 4. Irregular adjectives • You will have to memorize these. Adjective Comparative Superlative good (well) bad little much, many far late old better worse less more farther, further later older, elder best worst least most farthest last, latest older, oldest
  • 10. SA • 1. No other boy is as ……………………. as James. (tall / taller / tallest) • 2. Milk is ………………….. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing) • 3. Radium is one of the ……………………… metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable) • 4. Few English poets were as ……………………. as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest) • 5. Shimla is ………………….. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous)
  • 11. • 1. No other boy is as tall as James. • 2. Milk is more nourishing than any other food. • 3. Radium is one of the most valuable metals. • 4. Few English poets were as great as Wordsworth. • 5. Shimla is more famous than most other hill stations in India.
  • 12. SA • 1. Gold is one of the ……………………. metals. (precious / more precious / most precious) • 2. Solomon was …………………… than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest) • 3. Few historians write as ………………….. as Macaulay. (well / better /best) • 4. Very few books are as ……………………. as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular) • 5. A train is …………………. than a car. (fast / faster / fastest)
  • 13. SA • 1. Gold is one of the most precious metals. • 2. Solomon was wiser than any other king. • 3. Few historians write as well as Macaulay. • 4. Very few books are as popular as David Copperfield. • 5. A train is faster than a car.
  • 14. • I am a smart kid. • I am smarter than Kim. • I am the smartest kid in the class.
  • 15. 2nd Quarter Performance Task in English, Science and Health You are members of the Commission on Population (POPCOM) in your Local Government Unit (LGU). You will be having an information drive to the students and adolescents regarding the importance of taking care of your reproductive system and its relationship with puberty with the title “What Puberty Does to You”. In part of this, you’ll have to make brochures to be given to the audience. In English, your presentation needs to focus on correct use of subject verb agreement and appropriate use of adjectives, appropriateness, and explanation