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.
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Kinds of Degrees of comparison

Kinds of degrees of comparison

POSITIVE DEGREE

COMAPRATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

Degree of equality

Progressive degree

Parallel degree

Degree of inequality

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Positive Degree
Positive Degree

Degree of equality

Degree of inequality
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POSITIVE DEGREE

One noun person, thing or place and one quality above average

tall
adjective

John is a man.

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Positive degree (continued)

Eifel tower is a

tall
man-made structure. One noun with one quality tall adjective in positive form
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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 asas.

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Degree of equality: example 1

John is
as strong as James.
strong adjective in positive form showing equality

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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.

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Degree of inequality

Peter is not as (so) fast as Paul.

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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.
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Comparative Degree: example

A horse can run faster than a dog.

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Degree of Comparison:

Comparative degree
Progressive Degree
Parallel Degree

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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.
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Progressive Degree: example

The steeper the hill, the more difficult it is to push the rock up!

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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.

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Parallel Degree: example

days are getting hotter and hotter. It is getting hotter and hotter day by day.
The

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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.
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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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Superlative Degree: example 2

Susan is the most intelligent girl in the class.

Susan

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 1

Gerald is fast the fastest the faster

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 2

Tom is a stronger the strongest strong

boy.

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 3

This man is sad happy angry

, but that man is

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 4

Kate is more active activer active

than Sue.

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 5

The white flower is as the most beautiful more beautiful beautiful

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as the red flower.

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 6

them. The heavy the difficult The heavier the more difficult

the weights, the

it is to lift

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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 7

The sea is getting

rough and rough rougher and rougher the rougher and the rougher
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Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 8

Mt. Everest is higher than high the highest mountain in the world.

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