Degrees of Comparison ಎ ದರ ನ?

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1 Spoken English Degrees of Comparison ಎ ದರ ನ?

2 Degrees of Comparison Comparison - ಹ ಲ ಕ Degrees - ಹ ತಗಳ Degrees of Comparison - ಹ ಲ ಕ ಯ ವ ವ ಧ ಹ ತಗಳ

3 Degrees of Comparison Degrees of Comparison are used when we compare one person or one thing with another. When adjectives or adverbs are used in comparisons, they take different forms. The form an adjective or adverb takes depends on how things are being compared. The different forms of comparison are called Degrees of Comparison. Comparison can be made using the three forms of the adjective.

4 Degrees of Comparison 1. Positive Degree 2. Comparative Degree 3. Superlative Degree

5 Positive Degree It is the base form of the adjective or adverb which simply denotes a property. It does not show comparison. Examples : Good Big Small

6 Comparative Degree It is the form of an adjective or adverb used to compare two things. Examples : Better than Bigger than Smaller than

7 Superlative Degree It shows property of an adjective or adverb. It is used to indicate the highest or lowest quality amongst many things. Examples : Best Biggest Smallest

8 Degrees of Comparison It is a tall building. Apple is sweet to taste. Radha is kind. This building is taller than that building. Apple is sweeter than Banana. Radha is kinder than Krishna. This is the tallest building. Apple is the sweetest fruit. Radha is the kindest of all.

9 suffixes er / est Big Bigger Biggest Black Blacker Blackest Bold Bolder Boldest Brave Braver Bravest Bright Brighter Brightest Busy Busier Busiest Clean Cleaner Cleanest Clear Clearer Clearest Clever Cleverer Cleverest Cold Colder Coldest Cool Cooler Coolest Deep Deeper Deepest Young Younger Youngest

10 suffixes er / est Dirty Dirtier Dirtiest Easy Easier Easiest Fair Fairer Fairest Fast Faster Fastest Fat Fatter Fattest Fine Finer Finest Funny Funnier Funniest Great Greater Greatest Happy Happier Happiest Hard Harder Hardest Healthy Healthier Healthiest High Higher Highest Hot Hotter Hottest

11 suffixes er / est Kind Kinder Kindest Large Larger Largest Lazy Lazier Laziest Light Lighter Lightest Long Longer Longest Lucky Luckier Luckiest Near Nearer Nearest New Newest Newest Old Older Oldest Poor Poorer Poorest Quick Quicker Quickest Rich Richer Richest Safe Safer Safest

12 suffixes er / est Sweet Sweeter Sweetest Tall Taller Tallest Thick Thicker Thickest Thin Thinner Thinnest Tiny Tinier Tiniest Ugly Uglier Ugliest Warm Warmer Warmest Wealthy Wealthy Wealthy Wet Wetter Wettest White Whiter Whitest Wide Wider Widest Wild Wilder Wildest Wise Wiser Wisest

13 more / most Beautiful More Beautiful Most Beautiful Brilliant More Brilliant Most Brilliant Careful More Careful Most Careful Careless More Careless Most Careless Comfortable More Comfortable Most Comfortable Dangerous More Dangerous Most Dangerous Difficult More Difficult Most Difficult Enjoyable More Enjoyable Most Enjoyable Foolish More Foolish Most Foolish Generous More Generous Most Generous Handsome More Handsome Most Handsome Helpful More Helpful Most Helpful

14 more / most Ignorant More Ignorant Most Ignorant Important More Important Most Important Intelligent More Intelligent Most Intelligent Interesting More Interesting Most Interesting Pleasant More Pleasant Most Pleasant Powerful More Powerful Most Powerful Terrible More Terrible Most Terrible Thoughtful More Thoughtful Most Thoughtful Unusual More Unusual Most Unusual Useful More Useful Most Useful

15 Irregular adjectives Bad Worse Worst Up Upper Uppermost Out Outer Outermost Far Further Furthest Good Better Best Well Better Best Little Less Least Many More Most Much More Most Late Later Latest