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27-04-2009. made by BCK. 2. Kinds of Degrees of comparison. 27-04-2009. made by BCK. 3. Positive Degree. 27-04-2009. made by BCK. 4. POSITIVE DEGREE. One noun

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    1. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 1 DEGREES OF COMPARISON The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are made with the Adjective and Adverb words to show how big or small, high or low, more or less, many or few, etc., of the qualities, numbers and positions of the nouns (persons, things and places) in comparison to the others mentioned in the other part of a sentence/expression.

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    3. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 3 Positive Degree

    4. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 4 POSITIVE DEGREE One noun – person, thing or place – and one quality… above average tall – adjective John is a man.

    5. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 5 Positive degree (continued) Eifel tower is a tall man-made structure. One noun with one quality – ‘tall’ adjective in positive form

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    7. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 7 Degree of equality: example 1 John is as strong as James. ‘strong’ – adjective in positive form showing equality

    8. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 8 Degree of inequality The adjective or adverb is in positive form showing that two persons or things are not the same – two nouns not having the same quality.

    9. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 9 Degree of inequality Peter is not as (so) fast as Paul.

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    12. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 12 Degree of Comparison:

    13. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 13 Progressive Degree Two adjectives or adverbs are being compared to show that one continues to increase (or decrease) when the other increases (or decreases). The adjective or adverb is in its comparative form with the definite article ‘the’ before it.

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    16. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 16 Parallel Degree: example The days are getting hotter and hotter. It is getting hotter and hotter day by day.

    17. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 17 SUPERLATIVE DEGREE Comparing one noun – person, thing or place – with several others of its kind to show that this particular noun has the highest degree of the quality or quantity of the adjective or adverb being used to compare. The adjective or adverb takes the ‘superlative form’, ending with ‘st’ or ‘est’, with the definite article ‘the’ before it. The preposition ‘of’ is used when the comparison is among items, and ‘in’ is used to specify the place, position or area.

    18. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 18 Superlative Degree: example 1 The elephant is the largest of all land animals. The giraffe is the tallest of all animals.

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    20. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 20 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 1 Gerald is footballer in our team. fast the fastest the faster

    21. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 21 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 2 Tom is a boy. stronger the strongest strong

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    23. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 23 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 4 Kate is than Sue. more active activer active

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    25. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 25 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 6 the weights, the it is to lift them. The heavy the difficult The heavier the more difficult

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    27. 27-04-2009 made by BCK 27 Degrees of Comparison: worksheet 8 Mt. Everest is mountain in the world. higher than high the highest

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