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1. Degree of Comparison

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