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Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives. Read the sentences. (i) Yatin is strong. (ii) Amit is stronger than Yatin. (iii) Pravin is the strongest of all. In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong'

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Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.

Read the sentences.

  1. Yatin is strong.
  2. Amit is stronger than Yatin.
  3. Pravin is the strongest of all.

In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.

In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)

In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective) 

Complete the table of degrees of comparison.

Positive Comparative Superlative
(1) great ____________ ____________
(2) famous ____________ ____________
(3) ____________ easier ____________
(4) ____________ worse ____________
(5) ____________ ____________ poorest
(6) ____________ ____________ laziest
(7) little ____________ ____________
(8) ____________ worthier ____________
(9) popular ____________ ____________
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Positive Comparative Superlative
(1) great greater greatest
(2) famous more famous most famous
(3) easy easier easiest
(4) bad worse worst
(5) poor poorer poorest
(6) lazy lazier laziest
(7) little less least
(8) worthy worthier worthiest
(9) popular more popular most popular
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