DEGREES OF COMPARISON The Degrees of Comparison in

DEGREES OF COMPARISON The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are made with the Adjective and Adverb words to show big or small, high or low, more or less, many or few, etc. , of the qualities, numbers and positions of the nouns (persons, things and places) in comparison to the others mentioned in the other part of a sentence/expression. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 1

Kinds of Degrees of comparison Kinds of degrees of comparison POSITIVE DEGREE Degree of equality COMAPRATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE Progressive degree Parallel degree Degree of inequality 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 2

Positive Degree of equality Degree of inequality 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 3

POSITIVE DEGREE § One noun – person, thing or place – and one quality… above average tall – adjective § John is a man. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 4

Positive degree (continued) § Eifel tower is a tall man-made structure. One noun with one quality – ‘tall’ adjective in positive form 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 5

Degree of equality The adjective or adverb is in positive form showing that two persons or things are the same – two nouns having the same quality. n The common conjunction used is “as…as”. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 6

Degree of equality: example 1 § John is as strong as James. ‘strong’ – adjective in positive form showing equality 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 7

Degree of inequality § The adjective or adverb is in positive form showing that two persons or things are not the same – two nouns not having the same quality. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 8

Degree of inequality u Peter is not as (so) fast as Paul. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 9

COMPARATIVE DEGREE Two persons, things or places are being compared with one adjective or adverb to show that one has more quality or quantity of the adjective or adverb than the other. The adjective or adverb takes ‘r’ or ‘er’ to its positive form, and is said to be in comparative form. The conjunction ‘than’ is used to connect the two clauses. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 10

Comparative Degree: example l A horse can run faster than a dog. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 11

Degree of Comparison: Comparative degree Progressive Degree Parallel Degree 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 12

Progressive Degree Two adjectives or adverbs are being compared to show that one continues to increase (or decrease) when the other increases (or decreases). The adjective or adverb is in its comparative form with the definite article ‘the’ before it. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 13

Progressive Degree: example n The steeper the hill, the more difficult it is to push the rock up! 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 14

Parallel Degree l The quality or quantity of the adjective or adverb continues to increase (or decrease) as the time passes. l The adjective or adverb in its comparative form is repeated using the conjunction ‘and’. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 15

Parallel Degree: example days are getting hotter and hotter. ► It is getting hotter and hotter day by day. ► The 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 16

SUPERLATIVE DEGREE ► Comparing one noun – person, thing or place – with several others of its kind to show that this particular noun has the highest degree of the quality or quantity of the adjective or adverb being used to compare. ► The adjective or adverb takes the ‘superlative form’, ending with ‘st’ or ‘est’, with the definite article ‘the’ before it. ► The preposition ‘of’ is used when the comparison is among items, and ‘in’ is used to specify the place, position or area. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 17

Superlative Degree: example 1 u The elephant is the largest of all land animals. u The giraffe is the tallest of all animals. 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 18

Superlative Degree: example 2 n Susan is the most intelligent girl in the class. Susan 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 19

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 1 • Gerald is fast the faster 27 -04 -2009 footballer in our team. made by BCK 20

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 2 n Tom is a stronger the strongest strong 27 -04 -2009 boy. made by BCK 21

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 3 n This man is sad happy angry 27 -04 -2009 , but that man is made by BCK . 22

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 4 § Kate is more activer active 27 -04 -2009 than Sue. made by BCK 23

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 5 • The white flower is as the most beautiful more beautiful 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK as the red flower. 24

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 6 the weights, them. The heavy the difficult The heavier the more difficult 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK it is to lift 25

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 7 n The sea is getting . rough and rougher the rougher and the rougher 27 -04 -2009 made by BCK 26

Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 8 § Mt. Everest is higher than high the highest 27 -04 -2009 mountain in the world. made by BCK 27