This document discusses the degrees of comparison for adjectives in English. It explains that adjectives are used to describe nouns and can be used to compare things. The three degrees of comparison are: positive, comparative (used to compare two things), and superlative (used to compare three or more things). The comparative usually uses -er or -ier and the superlative uses -est. Some adjectives are irregular. Longer adjectives use "more" for comparative and "most" for superlative. Examples are provided to illustrate the different degrees of comparison.

1. Adjectives Degree
of
Comparison
( English III )
By : Boongaling Arben G.

2. Adjectives..
- are words that describe a noun
- are words that describe a person,
a place, a thing or an event.

3. Adjectives are also
used to compare a thing to
another things, person,
places, animals and events.

4. For example:
* The pencil is long.
* The marker is longer than the pencil.
* The ruler is the longest among the three.

5. Degree of Comparison
–Comparative Degree of
Comparison when two
persons , animals, things
and events are being
compared.
–Add -er / -ier

6. Example:
• Today is colder than yesterday.
( cold )
• My grandfather older is than me.
( old )

7. Example:
• The ocean is deeper than the sea.
( deep )
• Maya is happier today than
yesterday.
( happy )

8. Superlatives
Degree of comparison used when
three or more persons, things,
animals, and place are being
compared.
–Add –est / -iest.

9. Example:
• Mae is the brightest girl in the
class.
• Dona wears the prettiest dress in
the fall.
• Makibao is the fastest among the
five horses.

10. Adjectives of one syllable: add
-er and -est:
Strong
Wise
Dry
Hot
stronger
wiser
drier
hotter
the strongest
the wisest
the driest
the hottest

11. • Pandaca pigmaea is the smallest
fish in the world. ( small )
• Ceres is the biggest asteroid ever
known based on research among
the asteroids. ( big )
• That duck is the ugliest duck I’ve
ever seen. ( ugly )

12. Some are adjectives are irregular:
Bad
Good
Far
Far
Little
Much
Many
worse
better
further
farther
less
more
more
worst
best
furthest
farthest
least
most
most

13. Some adjectives are composed of two or
more syllables like:
delicious
expensive
useful
popular
difficult
important
dangerous
colorful
beautiful
helpful

14. The use of More and Most
– More and most are used with the
longer words when comparing a noun.
– More is used with the words having
two or more syllables when
comparing two nouns.
– Most is used with the words having two
or more syllables when comparing
three or more nouns.

15. • Skate board is expensive.
• A motorcycle is more expensive than
a skateboard.
• But a car is the most expensive
among the three.

16. Allen said “ Apples are delicious”. Later
on he said “ Guava are more delicious
than apples”.
This time he said “ Mangoes are the most
delicious”.