Adjectives and its Degree of Comparison

Adjectives and Degree

ofComparison

Checklist

Identify adjectives and its degree of comparison.

Construct sentences using adjective and its degree of comparison.

Adjectives..

- are words that describe a noun

- are words that describe a person, a place, a thing or an event.

Adjectives are also used to compare a thing to another things, person, places, animals and events.

Degree of Comparison

1. Positive Degree

focused only one (1) noun.No comparison

For example:

• The pencil is long. • The room is dirty.• The pupils are active.• Tina is cheerful.• Darwin is tall.

2. Comparative Degree of Comparison

when two persons , animals, things and events are being compared.

one or two syllable word ( +er / +ier).Two or more syllable ( + less / +more)

Example:

•Today is colder than yesterday.( cold )•My grandfather older than me.( old )

Example:

•The ocean is deeper than the sea. ( deep )•Maya is happier today than yesterday.

( happy )

Example:

•Skate board is expensive.•A motorcycle is more expensive than a skateboard.

• Tina is cheerful.• Kris is more cheerful than Tina.

2. Superlative Degree of Comparison used when three or more persons, things, animals, and place are being compared.one or two syllable word (+est +iest)Two or more syllables ( + least / +most)

For example:

•* The pencil is long. • * The marker is longer than the pencil.• * The ruler is the longest among the three

Example:

•Mae is the brightest girl in the class.

•Dona wears the prettiest dress in the fall.

•Makibao is the fastest among the five horses.

•Pandaca pigmaea is the smallest fish in the world. ( small )•Ceres is the biggest asteroid ever known based on research among the asteroids. ( big )

•That duck is the ugliest duck I’ve ever seen. ( ugly )

• Skate board is expensive.• A motorcycle is more expensive than a

skateboard.• But a car is the most expensive among

the three.

Some are adjectives are irregular:

Bad worse worstGood better bestFar further furthestFar farther farthestLittle less leastMuch more mostMany more most

Adjectives of one syllable: add -er and -est:

Strong stronger the strongestWise wiser the wisestDry drier the driestHot hotter the hottest

Some adjectives are composed of two or more syllables like:

delicious importantexpensive dangeroususeful colorfulpopular beautifuldifficult helpful

Allen said “ Apples are delicious”. Later on he said “ Guava are more delicious than apples”.This time he said “ Mangoes are the most delicious”.

Assignment

•Create a short paragraph describing your family.

Write it on a short bond paper

Thank you for Listening

Prepared by: Liezel H. Paras