COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

1.Rahul is a tall boy.). 2. Mohan is as tall as Rahul. (positive). 3.MARY is taller than Rahul.(comparative) 4.John is the tallest of all.(superlative) John Mary iMohan L i RAHUL

POSITIVE DEGREE IS USED WHEN THERE IS NO COMPARISON OR WHEN THE QUALITY IS SAME. This is a big pumpkin. The aircraft is moving as fast as the rocket.

Comparative degree is used when we compare two persons or things. The boy is taller than the girl.

The ball in the middle is the biggest of all. Superlative degree is the higest degree of comparison.It is used to compare more than two things. The ball in the middle is the biggest of all.

Adjectives with one syllable form comparative by adding ‘er’ and superlative by adding ‘est’. positive Sweet Sweeter Sweetest Small Tall Clever Kind Young Great

Adjectives ending with ‘e’ take only ‘r’and ‘st’ Brave Braver Bravest Fine White Large Able Noble Wise

First tree is bigger than the second.

Adjectives ending with ‘y’ preceded by a consonant, ‘Y’ changes into ‘i’ and ‘er’ and ‘est’ follows. Happy Happier Happiest Easy Merry Heavy Healthy

When positive degree is a word of one syllable and ends in a single consonant preceded by a short vowel, the last letter is doubled before adding ‘er’ &’est’ Big Bigger Biggest Red Redder Reddest Hot Thin Sad Fat

Adjectives of more than two syllables usually form comparative and superlative by adding ‘more’ and ‘most’ before it Beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful Splendid Proper Difficult Precious Majestic Superior

MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCES USING DIFFERENT DEGREES OF COMPARISON. soft ferocious tall thin fat hard COTTON SNOW TIGER BEAR MOHAN KUMAR Stone

1.Cotton is a soft. 2.Snow is softer than cotton.