English Grammar Degrees of Comparison/csra:

 

English Grammar Degrees of Comparison:

Every adjective and adverb can be written in one of three degrees:

• The Positive Degree. This offers no comparison. It just tells us about the existence of a quality. For example:
• adjectives: slow, beautiful, happy
• adverbs: slowly, beautifully, happily
• The Comparative Degree. This compares two things to show which has the lesser or greater degree of the quality. For example:
• adjectives: slower, more beautiful, happier
• adverbs: more slowly, more beautifully, more happily
• The Superlative Degree. This compares more than two things to show which has the least or greatest degree of the quality.For example:
• adjectives: slowest, most beautiful, happiest
• adverbs: most slowly, most beautifully, most happily

*Easy Examples of Degrees of Comparison:

Here is the adjective "hungry" in all three degrees of comparison:

• subhi is hungry. (positive degree)
• subhi is hungrier than rakhul. (comparative degree)
• subhi is the hungriest of all. (superlative degree)

Here is the adverb "dangerously" in all three degrees of comparison:

• subhi played dangerously today. (positive degree)
• subhi played more dangerously than rakhul. (comparative degree)
• subhi played most dangerously. (superlative degree)

>positive ,Comparative, Superlative:

Choose the correct option and complete the sentences
I. No other animal is ……………………………………. the elephant.
(a) more graceful as (b)more graceful than (c) so graceful as
Answer:
(c) so graceful as

2. Very few places in India are ……………………………………. Kashmir.
(a) more beautiful as (b) as beautiful as (c) most beautiful as
Answer:
(b) as beautiful as.

3. No other girl in the village is ……………………………………. Monisha.
(a) most smart as (b) more smart as (c) as smart as
Answer:
(c) as smart as

4. No other metal is ……………………………………. iron.
(a) most useful as (b) more useful as (c) as useful as
Answer:
(c) as useful as

5. Kolkatta is one of the ……………………………………. in India.
(a) biggest city (b) bigger city (c) biggest cities
Answer:
(c) biggest cities

6. No other peak in the world is ……………………………………. Mt. Everest.
(a) the highest (b) higher than (c) as high as
Answer:
(c) as high as

7. The dining room is ……………………………………. many other rooms in this house.
(a) as spacious as (b) more spacious than (c) most spacious than
Answer:
(b) more spacious than

8. Very few Indians are ……………………………………. Metha Bhaskar.
(a) more greater than (b) as great as (c) the greatest
Answer:
(b) as great as

9. Rani does not practice Bharathanatyam ……………………………………. Yazhini does.
(a) more than (b) as most others (c) as much as
Answer:
(c) as much as

10. Ironisnot ……………………………………. gold.
(a) most precious (b) so precious as (c) more precious than
Answer:
(b) so precious as

11. The Marina Beach is ……………………………………. in Asia.
(a) longer than any other Beach (b) more long than any other Beach (c) more long as other Beaches
Answer:
(a) longer than any other Beach

12. The Madurai jasmine is ……………………………………. any other flower.
(a) more fragrant than (b) more as fragrant as (c) most fragrant than
Answer:
(a) more fragrant than.

13. Very few cricketers are ……………………………………. Kohli.
(a) as devoted as (b) more devoted than (c) most devoted
Answer:
(a) as devoted as

14. It is not ……………………………………. to preach.
(a) easier than practice (b) so easy as to practice (c) easiest to practice
Answer:
(b) so easy as to practice

15. The ant is ……………………………………. any other tiny insect.
(a) more industrious than (b) so industrious as (c) most industrious as
Answer:
(a) more industrious than

16. Blue whale is the ……………………………………. sea mammal.
(a) as big as other (b) biggest (c) not so big as other
Answer:
(b) biggest

17. The Anakonda is the ……………………………………. snake known to man.
(a) as long as other (b) longest (c) longer than any other
Answer:
(b) longest

18. Rajasthan is hotter ……………………………………. states in India.
(a) as more other (b) than most other (c) as much as any other
Answer:
(b) than most other

19. Humming bird is the ……………………………………. in the world.
(a) smallest bird (b) smaller than (c) as small as others
Answer:
(a) smallest bird

20. Nobody loves a child ……………………………………. her mother does.
(a) more as such (b) as much as (c) more than as
Answer:
(b) as much as.