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THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

Gulliver’s Travels

Class V

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Prepared by

MOHAMMAD RIZWAN

(HEAD MASTER)

K.V. ITI MANKAPUR

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The comparison is used

  • when we compare two people or things.
  • The easiest rule is: add the ending –er to one-syllable words and to two syllable words ending in –y, e.g.
    • Fast – faster
    • Easy – easier
    • Big - bigger

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Fast

Faster

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Big

Bigger

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Superlative

  • The superlative of a word is used to compare three or more things/people and to pick out one thing/person as more “X” than all the others.

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  • Adjectives are compared like this:

big – bigger – biggest

tall – taller – tallest

beautiful – more beautiful– most beautiful

Remember:

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Long adjectives:

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    • beautiful – more beautiful- most beautiful