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DEGREES OF COMPARISON
Degrees of Comparison
• It is possible to change the Degree of Comparison of an
Adjective or Adverb in a sentence, without changing the
meaning of the sentence.
• It is a tall building.
• Apple is sweet to taste.
• Mina is a nice girl.
Comparative Degree
• This is the tallest building.
• Apple is the sweetest fruit.
• Mina is one of the nicest girls in the class.
List of Degrees of Comparison
By adding ‘er and ‘est’
Food ball is one of the Foot ball is more Very few games are as
interesting than most
most interesting games. interesting as foot ball.
other games.
Changes in Degrees of Comparison
Here only two persons or places or things are compared. For this
type, there is no superlative form:
Comparative Positive
Positive Comparative