1. Read the following dialogues. Then compare your pencil, lunchbox, etc
Read the following dialogues. Then compare your pencil, lunchbox, etc. with your friend’s things.
Mr. x : I am as old as you.
Mr. Y : Let’s check our birth dates- Mine is 2 March What’s yours ?
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2. Mr. Y : Yes, You are right. You are as old as I.
Mr. X : Mine is also
Mr. Y : Yes, You are right. You are as old as I.
Mr. X : Are you taller than I?
Mr. Y : No! We are equally tall.
Mr. X : Your bag is not so big as my bag.
Mr. Y : Let me see. Oh! Your bag-
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3. -is bigger than my bag. (Mine) but the prices are equal.
Mr. X : Your hand-writing is as good as mine.
Mr. Y : No, your hand writing is also as good as mine.
Mr. X : We have many similarities friend.
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4. 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 position of the nouns (persons, things, and places)-
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5. Is it bigger than a mouse?
-in comparison to others mentioned in the other part of sentence/expression.
Is it bigger than a mouse?
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6. Kinds of Degrees of Comparison (A) Positive Degree: (a) Degree- -of equality (b) Degree of – -inequality (B) Comparative Degree (a) Progressive Degree (b) Parallel- -Degree (C) Superlative Degree
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7. (A) Positive Degree: One noun, person, thing or place and one quality……above average.
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8. (1) Eifel tower is a tall man made structure
(1) Eifel tower is a tall man made structure. (One noun with one quality ‘tall’ adjective in positive form.(2) Ram is a tall man.
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9. Degrees of Comparison:
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 ..adjective.. as”
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10. (a) Degree of Equality: Ram is as strong as Rohan.
‘strong’ adjective in positive form showing equality.
(2) Baroda is as big as
Rajkot.
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11. (3) Rani is as tall as shyamli. (4) She sings as well as I.
(5) Your house is as big as my house.
(6) This box is as heavy as that box.
(7) Ketan was as hard working as Saad.
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12. (b) Degrees 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.
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13. Peter is not as (so) fast as Paul.
(2) Bombay is not so hot as Delhi.
(3) Wealth is not so precious as health.
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14. (4) Abu is not so pleasant as Simla.
(5) To act is not so easy as to advise.
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15. The adjective or adverb takes-
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-
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16. ‘r’ or ‘er’ to its positive form and is said to be in the comparative form.
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17. Adjectives of one syllable
Degree of Comparison
Adjectives of one syllable
Adjectives of one syllable add -er and -est.
Adjectives ending on 'e' just add -r and -st.
Some adjectives double the final consonant.
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18. smaller warmer older nicer bigger
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
small warm old nice big
smaller warmer older nicer bigger
smallest warmest oldest nicest biggest
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19. Adjectives of two syllables
Degree of Comparison
Adjectives of two syllables
Some adjectives of two syllables add -er and -est.
For adjectives ending in 'y‘ – cut y then add -ier and -iest.
Adjectives ending in -ful, -less, -ing, -ed use more and most.
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20. Some other adjectives of two syllables use more and most (modern, famous, normal, correct, ...).
Comparative
Superlative
narrow happy useful boring modern
narrower happier more useful more boring more modern
narrowest happiest most useful most boring most modern
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21. Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most.
Degree of Comparison
3. Adjectives of three or more syllables
Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and most.
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22. Adjective Comparative Superlative
beautiful dangerous exciting
more beautiful more dangerous more exciting
most beautiful most dangerous most exciting
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23. You will have to memorize these.
Degree of Comparison
4. Irregular adjectives
You will have to memorize these.
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24. best worst least most farthest last, latest older, oldest
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
good (well) bad little much, many far late old
better worse less more farther, further later older, elder
best worst least most farthest last, latest older, oldest
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25. The conjunction ‘than’ is used to connect the two clauses.
A horse can run
Faster
than a dog.
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26. Comparative degree is of two types: (a) Progressive Degree (b) Parallel Degree.
* Two adjectives or adverbs are being compared to show that one continues to increase (or decrease) when the other increases. (or decreases)
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27. The steeper the hill the more difficult it is to push the rock.
The adjective or adverb is in its comparative form with the definite article ‘the’ before it.
Example:
The steeper the hill the more difficult it is to push the rock.
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28. (b) 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.
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29. The days are getting hotter and hotter.
Example:
The days are getting hotter and hotter.
It is getting hotter and hotter day by day.
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30. (3) A raccoon is smaller than an elephant but bigger than a mouse.
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31. (4) Ray swam faster than James did.
(5)The dog on the left is bigger than the other dog.
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32. (6) Ray swam faster than any other team member.
(7) Ray swam faster than any one else on the team.
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33. Be sure to include other or else when comparing one member with all the others in a group. We use it in this example because Ray can’t swim faster than himself.
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34. It is the highest degree of the quality.
Superlative Degree
We use the Superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another.
It is the highest degree of the quality.
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35. Peter is the smartest boy in class.
Example:
Peter is the smartest boy in class.
Alice is the sweetest girl in the neighborhood.
The blue whale is the largest of all animals.
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36. 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.
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37. The preposition ‘of’ is used when the comparison is.
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
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38. Superlative Degree: example 1
The elephant is the largest of all land animals.
The giraffe is the tallest of all animals.
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39. Superlative Degree: example 2
Susan is the most intelligent girl in the class.
Susan
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40. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 1
Gopal is footballer in our team.
fast
the fastest
the faster
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41. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 2
Tom is a boy.
stronger
the strongest
strong
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42. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 3
This man is , but that man is .
sad
happy
angry
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43. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 4
Karan is than Sue.
more active
activer
active
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44. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 5
The white flower is as as the red flower.
the most beautiful
more beautiful
beautiful
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45. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 6
the weights,
it is to lift them.
The heavy
the difficult
The heavier
the more difficult
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46. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 7
The sea is getting
rough and rough
rougher and rougher
the rougher and the rougher
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47. Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 8
Mt. Everest is mountain in the world.
higher than
high
the highest
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48. Baroda is as big as Kanpur. (Turn in to comparative degree)
Practice: Change the form of degree in the following sentences according to instructions.
Baroda is as big as Kanpur. (Turn in to comparative degree)
The earthquake of Pakistan was worse than that of
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49. Gujarat. (use ‘not so bad as’)
(3) Our principal is older than any other teacher. (Start with ‘No other teacher’)
4. English is easier than Sanskrit to learn. (Begin with –Sanskrit is not )
5. No other singer sings so well-
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50. -as Lata. (Begin with: Lata sings better…..)
6. The Himalayas is…………in all the mountains of India. (use the proper form of ‘high’)
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