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Understanding About Degree of Comparison

1. Define what degree of comparison

Degree of comparison is an adjective that changes form and is used to compare one
thing or several people with another, most of the degree of comparison in adjectives has a lot to
do with descriptive adjective and adjective of quantity.
2. Type of degree of comparison
There are three levels of degree of comparison, namely:
Positive Degree
Comparative Degree
Superlative Degree
1. Positive Degree
When used to express comparisons,positive degree must be used together
correlative conjunction as ... as. Positive degree is in the form of standard adjective and
adverb without any changes.
2. Comparative Degree
Comparative degreeused to compare two people, animals, objects, or things.
Most of alladjective or adverbconsisting of one syllable added the suffix -er, while two
or more syllables begin with the word more. Especially for two syllablesadjectivewith
the -y suffix, the suffix is removed and then added -ier. When in a sentence,degree of
comparison This is usually followed by the word than.
3. Superlative Degree
Superlative degreeserves to compare three or more people, objects, or things.
Majority of one tribeadjective and adverb obtained form superlativeby adding the suffix
-est, while more than one syllable the most word is added to the front. As
foradjectiveconsisting of two syllables with the suffix -y, the suffix is omitted then
added -iest. When in a sentence,superlative degree start with definite articlethe.
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3. Three examples for each degee of comparison

a) Example of a Positive Degree:

adjective: beautiful, difficult, easy, much, tired
adverb: carefully, fast, gently, much, quickly
Examples of Positive Degree Sentences:
1) I hope you enjoy your holiday as much as we do. (I hope you enjoy your vacation
as we do.)
2) My brother drives ascarefullyas my father in the residential area. (My brother
drives his father carefully in the residential area.)
3) The test was as easy as pie. (The test was very easy.)as easy as pie = extremely
easy

b) Examples of Comparative Degree:

adjective: cold-colder, patient - more patient, happy-happier

adverb: fast-faster, gently - more gently, slowly - more slowly

Examples of Comparative Degree Sentences:

1) Your heart is colder than ice. (Your heart is colder than ice.)
2) Ran faster than you did. (I'm running faster than you.)
3) Land snails move more slowly than starfish. (Land snails move slower than sea
stars.)
c) Example Superlative Degree:
adjective: cold-coldest, patient - most patient, happy-happiest

adverb: fast-fastest, gently - most gently, slowly - most slowly

Examples of Superlative Degree Sentences:

1) I run the fastest in my class. (I run the fastest in class.)
2) The country develops the most slowly.
(The country is developing the slowest.)
3) Your heart is the coldest of all. (Your heart is the coldest of all.)