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We use more and most with some adjectives to change them into comparative and
superlative degrees.

comparative degree → more + positive degree

superlative degree → most + positive degree

Positive Comparative Superlative

beautiful more beautiful most beautiful

careful more careful most careful

difficult more difficult most difficult

famous more famous most famous
faithful more faithful most faithful

Practice Time 1

Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct degrees of the adjectives given in brackets.

1. The cow is a _______________ animal than the dog. (useful)

2. Our colony is _______________ than yours. (safe)

3. The Pole Star is the _______________ of all the stars. (bright)

4. An elephant is _______________ than a lion. (big)

5. Mumbai has _______________ shopping centres than Delhi. (good)

6. February is the _______________ month of the year. (short)

B. Complete the following table with the degrees of adjectives.

Positive Comparative Superlative

1. heavy _______________ _______________
2. _______________ safer _______________

3. beautiful _______________ _______________

4. bright _______________ _______________
5. _______________ _______________ ripest

6. difficult _______________ _______________

7. good _______________ _______________

8. _______________ thinner _______________
9. sad _______________ _______________

10. _______________ _______________ biggest
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