ADJECTIVES: DEGREES OF
COMPARISON
In this lesson today we are going to discuss about various
degrees of comparison of adjectives of quality. This chapter will cover: Comparison of adjectives for kids, Degrees of
comparison and much more. Lets begin:-
See the underlined
words in the following sentences.
i.
Peter
is tall.
ii.
Paul
is taller.
iii.
Gilchrist
is the tallest
In the first sentence the
underlined word ‘tall’, that is an
adjective, merely tells us that somebody called Peter has the quality of
tallness.
In the second sentence
the underlined word ‘taller’ tells us that Paul’s tallness is more than that of
Peter, mentioned in the first sentence.
In the third sentence,
the underlined word ‘tallest’ tells that all the three persons, Peter , Paul
and Gilchrist have the quality of tallness and Gilchrist has the highest amount
of that quality.
So, we can say that adjectives of
quality change in form [tall, taller, tallest] to show comparison. They are
called the degrees of comparison.
There are
three degrees of comparison; Positive degree, comparative degree and
superlative degree. In the above examples; tall is positive degree, taller is
comparative degree and tallest is superlative degree
The positive degree of an adjective is the
adjective itself in it’s simplest form. It is used to denote the existence of a
quality in some noun. A positive degree is used when there is no sense of
comparison.
§ Examples: Veena is a good singer.
o
Ravana
was a horrible demon.
o
This
is a pleasant sight.
The
comparative degree of an adjective denotes a higher degree of existence of some
quality in a noun than the existence of the same quality displayed by the
positive degree of the adjective.
Examples:
Hari is stronger than Abhay.
Which of these two bags is
cheaper?
Walnut is costlier than
ground nuts.
The
superlative degree of an adjective denotes the highest degree of that quality.,
and used when more than two things ure under comparison.
Examples:
Alice is the nicest girl in our locality.
Robin is the laziest among
all the children in this class.
Cheetah is the fastest land
animal.
Hope
you have enjoyed this lesson. Our next topic is going to be THE FORMATION OF
DEGREES OF COMPARISON.
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