2. 27-04-2009made by BCK1 DEGREES OF COMPARISON The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are made with the Adjective and Adverb words to show 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.

3. 27-04-2009made by BCK2 Kinds of Degrees of comparison Kinds of degrees of comparison POSITIVE DEGREE Degree of equality Degree of inequality COMAPRATIVE DEGREE Progressive degree Parallel degree SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

4. 27-04-2009made by BCK3 Positive Degree Degree of equality Degree of inequality

5. 27-04-2009made by BCK4 POSITIVE DEGREE OOOOne noun – person, thing or place – and one quality… above average tall – adjective JJJJohn is a man.

6. 27-04-2009made by BCK5 Positive degree (continued)  Eifel  Eifel tower is a tall man-made structure. One noun with one quality – ‘tall’ adjective in positive form

7. 27-04-2009made by BCK6 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”.

8. 27-04-2009made by BCK7 Degree of equality: example 1 JJJJohn is as strong as James. ‘strong’ – adjective in positive form showing equality

9. 27-04-2009made by BCK8 Degree of inequality TTT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.

10. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 9 Degree of inequality PPPPeter is not as (so) fast as Paul.

11. 27-04-2009 made by BCK10 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.

12. 27-04-2009made by BCK11 Comparative Degree: example A horse can run faster than a dog.

13. 27-04-2009made by BCK12 Comparative degree Progressive Degree Parallel Degree Degree of Comparison:

14. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 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.

15. 27-04-2009made by BCK14 Progressive Degree: example The steeper the hill, the more difficult it is to push the rock up! The steeper the hill, the more difficult it is to push the rock up!

16. 27-04-2009made by BCK15 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’.

17. 27-04-2009made by BCK16 Parallel Degree: example ►T►T►T►The days are getting hotter and hotter. ►I►I►I►It is getting hotter and hotter day by day.

18. 27-04-2009made by BCK17 SUPERLATIVE DEGREE ►C►C►C►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. ►T►T►T►The adjective or adverb takes the ‘superlative form’, ending with ‘st’ or ‘est’, with the definite article ‘the’ before it. ►T►T►T►The preposition ‘of’ is used when the comparison is among items, and ‘in’ is used to specify the place, position or area.

19. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 18 Superlative Degree: example 1  The elephant is the largest of all land animals.  The giraffe is the tallest of all animals.

20. made by BCK19 27-04-2009 Superlative Degree: example 2 Susan is the most intelligent girl in the class. Susan

21. 27-04-2009made by BCK20 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 1 Gerald is footballer in our team. fast the fastest the faster

22. 27-04-2009made by BCK21 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 2 Tom is a boy. stronger the strongest strong

23. 27-04-2009made by BCK22 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 3 This man is, but that man is. sad happy angry

24. 27-04-2009made by BCK23 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 4  Kate is than Sue. more active activeractive

25. 27-04-2009made by BCK24 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 5 The white flower is as as the red flower. the most beautiful more beautiful beautiful

26. 27-04-2009made by BCK25 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 6 the weights, the it is to lift them. The heavy the difficult The heavier the more difficult

27. 27-04-2009 made by BCK26 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 7 The sea is getting. rough and rough rougher and rougher the rougher and the rougher

28. 27-04-2009made by BCK27 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 8 MMMMt. Everest is mountain in the world. higher than high the highest