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Comparative Degree

The comparative degree is used when we compare two people or things. We usually

use than after the comparative form of an adjective.

Read the following sentences.

Vikram is fatter than Mohit. Monika is cleverer than Ankita.
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Superlative Degree

The superlative degree is used to compare more than two people (groups of people)
or things (groups of things). We use the before the superlative form of an adjective.

Read the following sentences.

Amar is the fattest of all the three boys.
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Sonika is the cleverest of all these girls.
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Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison
Formation of Comparative and Superlative Degrees

We usually add -er and -est to a positive degree to form comparative and superlative

degrees.

comparative degree → positive degree + er

superlative degree → positive degree + est

Positive Comparative Superlative

black blacker blackest
bold bolder boldest

bright brighter brightest

cold colder coldest
fast faster fastest

great greater greatest

long longer longest

small smaller smallest
strong stronger strongest

tall taller tallest

When adjectives end in -e:

comparative degree → positive + r

superlative degree → positive + st
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