present degree of comparison

                     DEGREES OF COMPARISON
1. PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION : TO EXPLAIN THE MATERIAL  ABOUT            DEGREES OF COMPARISON
2. PRESENTATION OUTLINES : •Definition

                                          •Discussion

                                          •Exercises

                                          •Conclusion

3. DEGREE OF COMPARISON : 

        •Degree of comparison is an adjective or adverb that describes the relational value of  one thing   with something in another clause of a sentence.

         •An adjective may simply describe a quality ,(the positive); it may compare the quality with that   of another of its kind (comparative degree); and it may compare the quality with many or all   another's ( superlative degree)

  
*POSITIVE COMPARISON :

      •DEFINITION: comparing the two object have the same quality and quantity

       •CHARACTERISITICS :

                                  -  AS ADJECTIVE AS:

                                     object one +as+adjectiv+as+object two

                                  - THE SAME NOUN AS :

                                     object one+the same+noun+as+object two

        •EXAMPLES : I’m working as fast as I can

     * COMPARATIVE :

        •DEFINITION: comparing the two object have different quality and quantity.

          •CHARACTERISITICS: 

                           -if one sylleble word

                              object1+ adjective+er +then+object2

                           -if two sylleble or more sylleble word

                              obejet1+more+adjective+the+object2

           •EXAMPLES :

                        - rhinoceros is a longer word   than orang utan

                        - orang utan is a shorter word than rhinoceros

     *SUPERLATIVE : 

                 •Definition : superlative adjective are used when describing three items or more.           Superlative adjective are never used with two items. They are used to express the highest degree of the items you are expressing in comparison to the other items .

                 •Characteristic :

      vif one syllable used :

                               objects +adjective+est + adverb of place

      vIf two or more syllable used

                                object 1+ most+adjective + adverb of place

        •example for superlative :

    vHippopotamus is the longest word

    vOrang utan is the shortest word

                       

                     Degrees Of Comparison Rules

1.One Syllable word

    •Add -er for comparative & -est for superlative

  ex:   tall    taller  tallest

    fast  faster  fastest

•Adjectives ending in –e, just add –r and –st.

  ex:   large   larger   largest

            late   later   latest

•If the adjectives end in a vowel and a consonant, double the consonant before adding –er and –est.

  ex:   -fat      fatter       fattest

          -thin   thinner     thinnest

2.Two syllable word

       •If the adjectives end in –y, add –er for the comparative degree and add –est for    the superlative.

              ex:  busy   busier   busiest

                     ugly   uglier   ugliest

        It is also preferred to add –er and –est for the following adjectives.

                    - clever     cleverer      cleverest

                    - narrow   narrower   narrowest

                    - quiet       quieter       quietest

                    - simple     simpler       simplest

•For most adjectives and adverbs, precede more for the comparative degree and most for the superlative.

  ex:   famous   more famous   most famous

  tragic   more tragic   most tragic3.For the adverbs end in –ly either of two or more syllable, precede more for the comparative degree and most for the superlative.

  ex:   slowly   more slowly   most slowly

  carefully   more carefully   most carefully

•It is an exception for the adverb early. It uses suffix –er and –est.

  early   earlier   earliest

4. For more than two syllables words, just precede more for the comparative degree and most for the superlative.

  ex:   difficult   more difficult   most difficult

  interesting   more interesting   most interesting

                              

                                 Conclusion

•Degree of comparison is an adjective or adverb that describes the relational value of  one thing with something in another clause of a sentence.

•Degree of comparison divide into three, they are:

1.Positive comparison :comparing the two object have the same quality and quantity

2.Comparative : comparing the two object have different quality and quantity

                    3.Superlative : superlative adjective are used when describing three items or more.      

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