Transcript COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

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)
iMohan
L RAHUL
Mary
i
John
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.
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’.
COMPARATIVE
positive
Sweet
Small
Tall
Clever
Kind
Young
Great
Sweeter
SUPERLATIVE
Sweetest
Adjectives ending with ‘e’ take only
‘r’and ‘st’
Brave
Fine
White
Large
Able
Noble
Wise
Braver
Bravest
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
Easy
Merry
Heavy
Healthy
Happier
Happiest
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
Splendid
Proper
Difficult
Precious
Majestic
Superior
More
beautiful
Most
beautiful
MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCES USING
DIFFERENT DEGREES OF COMPARISON.
soft
COTTON
SNOW
TIGER
BEAR
MOHAN
KUMAR
Stone
ferocious
tall
thin
fat
hard
1.Cotton is a soft.
2.Snow is softer than cotton.