What is comparison of adjectives with examples?
What is comparison of adjectives with examples?
Adjectives and adverbs can be used to make comparisons. The comparative form is used to compare two people, ideas, or things….Irregular Adjectives.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| good | better | (the) best |
| bad | worse | (the) worst |
| far | farther | (the) farthest |
| little | less | (the) least |
What are comparison of adjectives?
A Comparative Adjective is a word that describes a noun by comparing it to another noun. Comparative adjectives typically end in ‘er’ and are followed by the word ‘than’. A Superlative Adjective is a word that describes a noun by comparing it to two or more nouns to the highest or lowest degree.
What are some comparative words?
Forming Comparative and Superlatives of Irregular Adjectives
| Adjective/Adverb | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| good/well | better | best |
| bad/badly | worse | worst |
| far | farther, further | the farthest, the furthest |
| little | less | least |
What are the example of comparative?
Adjectives in the comparative form compare two people, places, or things. For example, in the sentence, ‘John is smarter, but Bob is taller,’ the comparative forms of the adjectives ‘smart’ (smarter) and’ tall’ (taller) are used to compare two people, John and Bob.
What are three degrees of adjectives give examples?
In the above examples, hot, old, beautiful, white, intelligent are adjectives because they modify (give more information about) the attached nouns. Every adjective has its three degrees….Degrees of Adjective.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| Old | Older | Oldest |
| Good | Better | Best |
| Bad | Worse | Worst |
| Many | More | Most |
What are the examples of comparison and contrast?
Generally speaking, comparing is showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way. For example, you wouldn’t compare/contrast reading a book to driving a car, but you would compare reading a book to reading with an e-reader.