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Positive Comparative Superlative
narrow narrower/more narrow narrowest/most narrow
cruel crueler/more cruel cruelest/most cruel

common commoner/more common commonest/most common
handsome handsomer/more handsome handsomest/most handsome

pleasant pleasanter/more pleasant pleasantest/most pleasant
Some adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms without following any rules.
They are compared irregularly.

Positive Comparative Superlative

good better best
bad worse worst

little less/lesser least

much more most
up upper uppermost

Double comparatives cannot be used.
Maya is more stronger than Mayank.
Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison
Here stronger is already a comparative degree. So the use of more is not correct.
Maya is stronger than Mayank.

Practice Time

A. Fill in the blanks with suitable degrees of the adjectives given in the box.

interesting sunny good fast cheap clean

1. Yesterday was ____________________ than today.
2. He is the ____________________ runner in the team.

3. This is the ____________________ beach in the city.
4. I find mathematics ____________________ than English.
5. This is the ____________________ day of my life.
6. This hotel is ____________________ than that one.

B. Write the comparative and the superlative forms of the following adjectives.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
1. fine ___________________ ___________________
2. fast ___________________ ___________________
3. active ___________________ ___________________
4. heavy ___________________ ___________________
5. useful ___________________ ___________________
6. near ___________________ ___________________

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