This document discusses the three degrees of comparison in English: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree is used to compare two things as equal. The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal. The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more others. Examples are provided for each type of comparison using adjectives like hot, fast, easy. Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative forms of different types of adjectives. An assignment with multiple choice questions tests understanding of using the correct form based on what is being compared.

1. DEGREE
OF
COMPARISON

2. There are three kinds of
comparison:
1.Positive degree
2.Comparative
degree
3.Superlative
degree

3. A. Positive Degree →
is used to compare two thinks
that are equal.
Examples
 My book is as interesting as
yours.
 His car runs as fast as a race
car.
 Their house is as big as that
one.

4. B. Comparative Degree →
is used to compare two things that are not equal.
Examples
 Today is hotter than yesterday.
 Bill runs faster than Bob.
 This exercise is easier than the last one.
 Andy works harder than his brother.

5.  This red dress is more comfortable than
the white.
 He speaks Spanish more fluently than I.
 This year’s exhibit is more impressive than
the last year’s.
 He visits his family more frequently than
she does.

6. C. Superlative Degree→
is used to compare one thing with two or
more other things.
Examples
 John is the tallest boy in the family.
 He works the hardest employee of all
the employee in this office.
 That was the most boring film I have
ever seen.
 Sally dances the most gracefully of all
the participant.

7. 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)

8. POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLA
TIVE
Bad
Far
Good
Little
much/many
Worse
Farther
Better
Less
More
Worst
Farthest
Best
Least
Most

9. 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.

10. ASSIGNMENT

11. 1. Very few books are read_______Harry Potter by children.
(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most
2. Life in the desert is________than life in the mountains.
(a) as dreary as (b) the dreariest (c) drearier
3. Honey is________medicine.
(a) as good as (b) better than (c) the best
4. School days are________than college days.
(a) as enjoyable as (b) more enjoyable (c) the most enjoyable
5. The coconut tree has_______any other tree.
(a) as much uses as (b) more uses than (c) the most uses of

12. 6. Dogs are__________as dolphins.
(a) as friendly (b) more friendly (c) the most friendly
7. No other country sells________umber of cellphones as India
after America.
(a) as many (b) more (c) the most
8. Nursing is_________many other professions.
(a) as noble as (b) nobler than (c) the most noble
9. Very few channels are watched by children_______the Cartoon
Channel.
(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most
10. Black is the___________colour.
(a) as dark as (b) darker than (c) darkest

13. THE END.
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14. Prepared by:
Ailyn N. Amrinto