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Degree of Comparison

Degree of Comparison. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIcz_rJBRk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1. Charter EST commercial. The positive degree is used when at least one thing is being described. Ex. Those murals are colorful . This suitcase is heavy. 3 Degrees of Comparison.

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Degree of Comparison

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  1. Degree of Comparison

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIcz_rJBRk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIcz_rJBRk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 Charter EST commercial

  3. The positive degree is used when at least one thing is being described. Ex. Those murals are colorful. This suitcase is heavy. 3 Degrees of Comparison

  4. The comparative degree is used when two things or groups of things are being compared. Ex. Those murals are more colorful than these. My suitcase is heavier than yours.

  5. The superlative degree is used when three or more things are being compared. Ex. Those murals are the most colorful that I’ve seen. Silvia’s suitcase is the heaviest of all.

  6. Most one-syllable words only require adding –erfor the comparative degree and –estfor the superlative degree. Regular Comparison

  7. One-syllable Words

  8. Two-syllable words only require adding –eror by using more for the comparative degree. They form the superlative degree by adding –estor by using most. Regular Comparison

  9. Two-syllable Words

  10. Words that have three or more syllables form the comparative degree by using more and the superlative degree by most. Regular Comparison

  11. Three-Syllable Words

  12. To show decreasing comparisons, words form the comparative degree by using less and the superlative degree by using least. Decreasing Comparison

  13. Irregular Comparison

  14. The Corn Palace is ______________ than I thought it would be. big

  15. bigger

  16. 2. People in Mitchell try to make each year’s Corn Palace decorations _______ than the ones before. pretty

  17. Prettier or more pretty

  18. 3.The building looks the __________ in September after new corn and grasses are put on it. fresh

  19. freshest

  20. 4. Some workers find it ___________ to saw and nail the corn to panels, while others prefer to hang the finished panels on the building. easy

  21. Easier (or more easy)

  22. 5. I could not decide which of the many corn murals on the Corn Palace I liked _______________. well

  23. better

  24. 6. The mural of the dancing figure was the __________ one to me. mysterious

  25. Most mysterious

  26. 7. Until his death in 1983, Mitchell’s ____________artist, Oscar Howe, helped to design and paint these murals. famous

  27. Most famous

  28. 8. The life of this Sioux artist is the _______________ story I’ve ever heard. interesting

  29. Most interesting

  30. 9. My parents walked ________ around the Corn Palace than I did and studied every design. slowly

  31. More slowly

  32. 10. I met a family from Mexico who had traveled ________ than we had to see the Corn Palace. far

  33. farther

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