There are three degrees of comparison in English used to compare people or things: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree is the basic form of an adjective. The comparative degree is used to compare two things, formed by adding -er or using more/less. The superlative degree compares three or more things and is formed by adding -est or using most.

2. Degrees of Comparison are used when we compare
one person or one thing with another.
There are three Degrees of Comparison in English.
They are:
1). Positive degree.
2). Comparative degree.
3). Superlative degree.
Definision of Degrees of Comparison

4. Pattern :
 as + positive + as
 no less + positive + than
 not more + positive + than
 the same + noun + as
Example :
 This girl is as clever as that.
 This girl is no less clever than that.
 That girl is not more clever than this.
 Rino is the same age as Dino

6. Example :
 A train is FASTER than a bus
 Handi is TALLER than Anton

7. Example :
 This problem is simpler than the
one we had yesterday.
 The street in front of my house is
narrower than this one.
 Cat’s family is happier than Dog’s
family

8. Such :
Ethnic word meaning beautiful = beau-ti-ful (3 syllables);
expensive = ex-pen-sive (three syllables), useful = use-ful (two
syllables)

9. Paling

10. Example :
 The Wisma Nusantara building is THE
TALLEST building in Jakarta.
 An elephant is THE BIGGEST animal
nowadays.
When adjectives consist of one or
two
syllables, used by adding "est."

11. Example :
 Today is THE HAPPIEST day for me. It’s my
birthday.
 I don’t know which is THE HEAVIEST metal.
When the adjective ends with
"y", then the superlative degree
turn into "iest."

12. The adjective is more than two
syllables
using the word "MOST."
Example :
 Rino is the most handsome
than all
 Tanti is the most beautiful
than her classmate.