1. DEGREES OF COMPARISON
The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are made with the Adjective and Adverb words to show how 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.

2. Kinds of Degrees of comparison
POSITIVE DEGREE
COMAPRATIVE DEGREE
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Degree of equality
Degree of inequality
Progressive degree
Parallel degree

3. Positive Degree

4. POSITIVE DEGREE
One noun – person, thing or place – and one quality… above average
tall
– adjective
John is a
man.

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

6. 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.
The common conjunction used is “as…as”.

7. Degree of equality: example 1
John is as
strong
James.
‘strong’ – adjective in positive form showing equality

8. 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.

9. Degree of inequality
Peter is not
as (so)
fast as
Paul.

10. 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.

11. Comparative Degree: example
A horse can run
faster
than
a dog.

12. Comparative degree Degree of Comparison: Progressive Degree
Parallel Degree

13. 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.

14. Progressive Degree: example
The steeper the hill, the more difficult it is to push the rock up!

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

16. Parallel Degree: example
The days are getting hotter and hotter.
It is getting hotter and hotter day by day.

17. 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.

18. Superlative Degree: example 1
The elephant is the largest of all land animals.
The giraffe is the tallest of all animals.

19. Superlative Degree: example 2
Susan is the most intelligent girl in the class.
Susan

20. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 1
Gerald is footballer in our team.
fast
the fastest
the faster

21. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 2
Tom is a boy.
stronger
the strongest
strong

22. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 3
This man is , but that man is .
sad
happy
angry

23. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 4
Kate is than Sue.
more active
activer
active

24. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 5
The white flower is as as the red flower.
the most beautiful
more beautiful
beautiful

25. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 6
the weights, the it is to lift them.
The heavy
the difficult
The heavier
the more difficult

26. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 7
The sea is getting
rough and rough
rougher and rougher
the rougher and the rougher

27. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 8
Mt. Everest is mountain in the world.
higher than
high
the highest