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    Degrees of Comparison Compare NOUNS Using Adjectives

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison used with adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree describes a single item or person. The comparative degree compares two items or people. The superlative degree compares more than two items or people and indicates the best or most. Examples are provided to illustrate the different degrees.

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    Degrees of Comparison Compare NOUNS Using Adjectives

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison used with adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree describes a single item or person. The comparative degree compares two items or people. The superlative degree compares more than two items or people and indicates the best or most. Examples are provided to illustrate the different degrees.

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison used with adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree describes a single item or person. The comparative degree compares two items or people. The superlative degree compares more than two items or people and indicates the best or most. Examples are provided to illustrate the different degrees.

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    DEGREES OF COMPARISON

    Degrees of comparison
    compare NOUNS using
    ADJECTIVES
    There are 3 degrees of comparison:
    1) The positive degree refers to one thing.
    2) The comparative degree compares 2 things.
    3) The superlative degree compares more than
    two things and describes the best or the
    most.
    Example
    1) Joan is fit. (positive)
    2) Mary is fitter than Joan. (comparative)
    3) Sue, however, is the fittest of all three.
    (superlative)

    Tall (positive) Taller Tallest


    (comparative) (superlative)
    Table
    POSITIVE COMPARITIVE SUPERLATIVE

    Short Flat Flatter Flattest


    Vowels Thin Thinner thinnest
    Double Clean Cleaner Cleanest
    vowels or short Shorter shortest
    consonants
    Words Large Larger Largest
    ending in e nice Nicer nicest
    Words Easy Easier Easiest
    ending in y pretty prettier prettiest
    Table continued...
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    Words of Com/for/ta/b More Most
    more than two le comfortable comfortable
    syllables In/te/res/tin More Most
    g interesting interesting
    Words ending Painful More painful Most painful
    in ful Beautiful More Most
    beautiful beautiful
    Exceptions Good Better The best
    Bad Worse The worst
    Many/much More The most
    Little/few Less The least
    Far Farther Farthest
    old Older The oldest
    Redraw the following table and
    fill in the missing words.
    POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
    big
    smaller
    The worst
    More clever
    Smartest
    good
    shorter
    The youngest
    little
    More intelligent

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