DEGREES OF COMPARISON

ADJECTIVES
DEGREES OF
COMPARISON
ADVERBS
 DEGREES OF COMPARISON
OF ADJECTIVES

Degrees of comparison of adjective is an

adjective which is used to clarify the
difference between two objects or
nouns.
 Positive degree
of comparison
of adjective
Comparative
degree of
KINDS OF DEGREES comparison
COMPARISON OF of adjective
ADJECTIVE
Superlative degree
of comparison
of adjective
 POSITIVE DEGREE OF COMPARISON OF
ADJECTIVE
• is the base form of the adjective. It compares
two things
• Pattern : as adjective as
• Example :
1. Odysseus, the King of Ithaca is smart.
Daedalus, father of Icarus is also smart.
 Odysseus, the King of Ithaca is as smart as
Daedalus, father of Icarus.
 Exercise
• Make a sentence using positive degree of
comparison of adjective based on the picture
given ! Do it with your partner !
• 1.

Odysseus Beowulf
• 2.

Helen of Troy Penelope

COMPARATIVE DEGREE OF COMPARISON OF
ADJECTIVE
“Comparative degree” of adjectives: the form used to compare one
noun with one noun two, usually assisted by the word “than.”

Pattern:
1. .... er + than
2. more ..... + than
Example:
1. Agamemnon, a son of Atreus, is 40 years old
Menelaus, a younger brother of Agamemnon, is 38 years
old.
Agamemnon, a son of Atreus, is older than Menelaus, a
younger brother of Agamemnon.
2. Penelope , a queen of Ithaca, was faithful to
Odysseus although he left her for twenty
years, on the other hand, Clytemnestra, the
daughter of Tyndareus, had seduced with
Aegisthus during the absence of her husband,
Agamemnon.

Penelope, a queen of Ithaca, is more

faithful than Clytemnestra, the daughter of

Tyndareus
THE RULE OF COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
DEGREE OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVE

1 or 2 syllables  2 or more syllables

+er or +est  +more or + most
• • Beautiful  more
Bigger  biggest
• beautiful  most
Adjectives ending
beautiful
• –er,-le,- y,-ow, -e (clever, simple, • expensive  more
happy, yellow, handsome) expensive  most
expensive
Irregular Comparative and Superlative
Forms
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much
many more most
some
far further furthest
 Exercise
Make a sentence using comparative degree of
comparison of adjective based on the picture
given ! Do it with your partner !

1.

 Apollo (God of Light) Hephaestus (God of Fire)

2

Zeus Ares (God of War)

SUPERLATIVE DEGREE OF
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVE
 “Superlative degree” of adjectives: the form
used to compare more than two nouns,
usually preceded by the word “the.”
 Pattern: The + most +adjective+ of
The + most+adjective+ noun +
in
Example :  
1. Being the Goddess of love and beauty,
Aphrodite, a daughter of Zeus and Dione, is
the most beautiful goddesses of all.
2. Daedalus, who could make a labyrinth for
King Minos, is the cleverest man in Greece.
Identify the sentences below! Which sentence is
positive, comparative, or superlative degree of
comparative of adjective !
1. In the morning, as usual, the Bishop of
Digne said that beautiful things in his
garden were as meaningful as useful
things.
2. Monsieur Madeleine, as a Mayor of
Montreuil, soon became the owner of the
finest house over on the other side of the
square in town.
3. There was a sight which was more majestic
than the sky inside of Jean Valjean’s soul.
4. The policeman, who caught Jean Valjean,
was angrier than the Bishop of Digne when
they found in Jean Valjean’s sack.
5. In fact, Madam Magloire, the servant of the
Bishop of Digne, was as glad as
Mademoiselle Baptistine to receive Jean
Valjean, who was an ex-convict, in the
Bishop’s house.