Degrees of Comparison (Adjectives)

. : Positive (), Comparative () Superlative ():
1. The Positive Degree . , : This book is interesting. / ./ Our teacher is a great person. / ./ as + Positive degree + as, , : Her pronunciation is as good as yours. / ./ He is not as clever as her. / ./ Is French as difficult as English? / ?/ so + Positive degree + as ( as + Positive degree + as): He is not so (as) clever as her. / ./ I don't know so (as) many people as she does. / , ./ as + Positive degree + as twice, three times, half, one-third, almost . ., as: Bill is twice as intelligent as Jason. / - ./ She is almost as tall as he is. / ./
2. The Comparative Degree , , : She is stronger than me. / - / Health is more important than money. / - ./
3. The Superlative Degree , , , : This is the oldest castle in Britain. / - ./ He is the most dangerous criminal in the country. / - ./ The Superlative Degree "the". : - , My cousin Nelly is happiest when she travels the world. / -, ./ - Lina is my best friend. / - ./ - most+adjective very The book you lent me was most interesting. /, ./ , The Superlative in, : The smallest country in the world is Vatican City. /- ./ Quebec is one of the oldest cities in Canada. / - ./ Greenland is the largest island in the world. / - ./ : (the best) in the class, on the team, in the group, in the company . . : the happiest day of my life, the hottest day of the summer, the hardest question on the test , The Superlative (present perfect): Paris is the most beautiful city I've ever been to. / - , ./ It was the most boring film I've ever seen. / - , ./
4. : a) He is as proud as a peacock. / ./ Lily's teeth are as sharp as a cat's. / ./ b) It weighs as much as a ton. / ./ He is no more than 1.60 m tall. / 1.60 ./ You have been most helpful. (=very) / . ( .)/ c) You can have one/two/some/no more. / //. ./
(the Comparative Degree) (the Superlative Degree)
	The Positive	The Comparative +er	The Superlative +est
1-	big fat shy	bigger fatter shyer	biggest fattest shyest
2- - -y	sunny funny	sunnier funnier	sunniest funniest
2- - -r	clever tender	cleverer tenderer	cleverest tenderest
2- - -l -le	cruel gentle	crueler gentler	cruelest gentlest
2- - -ow	narrow	narrower	narrowest
2-	polite	politer	politest
2- The Comparative The Superlative	famous serious modern	more famous more modern more serious	most famous most modern most serious
3	expensive comfortable	more expensive more comfortable	most expensive most comfortable
2- cheerful, common, quite, pleasant . , The Comparative The Superlative, . -er -est more most.
: -e -er -est nice-nicer-nicest large-larger-largest , : slim-slimmer-slimmest hot-hotter-hottest : sweet-sweeter-sweetest small-smaller-smallest -y -i: lucky-luckier-luckiest busy-busier-busiest
The Comparative The Superlative :
The Positive	The Comparative	The Superlative
good	better	best	-
bad	worse	worst	-
little	less	least	-
many	more	most	. .
much	more	most	. .
far	farther	farthest
far	further	furthest	,
late	later	latest
late	latter	last
old	elder	eldest	( than)
old	older	oldest	-
little	less	least	-
: He is the best dentist I know. / - , ./ We have more homework today than we had yesterday. / ./ I bought more apples than I needed. / ./ If you need any further information, please contact our assistant. / , ./ Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in our solar system and is the last planet we can see from Earth. / , ./ My elder sister is afraid of mice. /- ./ My brother is five years older than I am. / - ./ This street has the least traffic. / - ./
dead, empty, unique, favorite . The Comparative The Superlative, .

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