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Adjective Part-2

 Adjective

In the previous blog (Adjective Part-1), we learned about adjectives and their types. Now let's learn about the Degree of Comparison in adjectives.


In adjectives, there are three degrees of comparison. They are - 

1) Positive Degree

2) Comparative Degree

3) Superlative Degree


Now let's briefly learn about each degree of comparison.


1) Positive Degree

An adjective is in a positive degree when there is no comparison. This means that the adjective just describes the object or the person and does not refer to any other object's quality and does not compare with it.

Example:

Soumya is looking beautiful.

In this sentence, the word 'beautiful' is describing 'Soumya'. There is no comparison done with any other thing.


2) Comparative Degree

An adjective is in a comparative degree when it is used to compare two nouns together. This means that comparison takes place but only between two people or things.

Example:

Arya looks more beautiful than Priya.

In this sentence, the word 'more beautiful' is showing that there is a comparison being done between Soumya and Priya.


3) Superlative Degree

An adjective is in a superlative degree when it is used to compare more than two nouns. This means that there is a comparison taking place this time also but in more than two nouns.

Example:

Siya looks the most beautiful in the whole class.

In this sentence, the word 'most beautiful' is showing that Siya's beauty is being compared with more than two people. Siya is being compared with the entire class.


Usually, for many adjectives, we add 'er' in the end to convert them to a comparative degree. And 'est' in the end to convert them to the superlative degree. 


Let's have a look at some examples to understand the concept better.


Positive  -  Comparative  -  Superlative

Tall  -  Taller  -  Tallest

Big  -  Bigger  -  Biggest

Small  -  Smaller  -  Smallest

Large  -  Larger  -  Largest 

Heavy  -  Heavier  -  Heaviest

Pretty  -  Prettier  -  Prettiest

Happy  -  Happier  -  Happiest

Lovely  -  Lovelier  -  Loveliest  

Dull  -  Duller  -  Dullest

Great  -  Greater  -  Greatest

Ugly  -  Uglier  -  Ugliest

Steep  -  Steeper  -  Steepest


Some adjectives such as beautiful, intelligent, brilliant are written as comparative and superlative adjectives by adding 'more' and 'most' before them.

Let's have a look at another chart to understand this concept.

Positive  -  Comparative  -  Superlative

Beautiful  -  More beautiful  -  Most Beautiful

Intelligent  -  More intelligent  -  Most intelligent

Brilliant  -  More brilliant  -  Most brilliant


Now, what do you think is the comparative degree and superlative of the word 'Good' and 'Bad'?

Your answer could be 'more good' and 'most good' and 'more bad' and 'most bad'. But this is the wrong answer.


The answer for 'good' and 'bad' are as follows:

Positive  -  Comparative  -  Superlative

Good  -  Better  -  Best

Bad  -  Worse  -  Worst









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