COMPARISON DEGREE OF SUPERLATIVE
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KINDS OF COMPARISON
Superlative Degree→ is used to compare one thing with two or more other things.
- The pattern for 1 syllable
S +
to be + the + adj + est
S +
verb + the + adv + est
Examples
- John is the tallest boy in the family
2. He works the
hardest employee of all the employees in this office.
- The pattern for more than two syllables
S
+ to be + the most + adj
S
+ verb + the most + adv
Examples
- That was the most boring film I have ever seen
- Sally dances the most gracefully of all the participant
NOTE
* Use the form more + adjective for adjectives
ending in the
following
suffixes: -ed, -ful, -ing, -ish, and ous (more
useful, more
boring, more cautious)
* When an adjective ends in a consonant +y, change the
y
to i
and add –er or - est (happy-happier/ the happiest, dry-drier/the
driest) and
for –some, - ow and add –er
or -est (handsomer/the
handsomest,
narrower/the narrowest)
SOAL . Complete the sentences with a superlative:
a. This building is very old. It’s the oldest
building in the town.
b. It was a very happy day. It was of
my life.
c. It’s a very good film. It’s I’ve
seen.
d. It was a very bad mistake.
It was in my life.
e. It was a very cold day. It was of the year.
f. She’s a popular singer.
She’s in
the country.
g. He’s a very boring
person. He’s I
know.
h. This house is very big. It is I’ve lived
in.
i.
My cousin is very tall.
He is I
have.
j.
Laura is a very pretty
girl. She is I
know.
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