degrees of comparison of adjectives

1. degrees of comparison of adjectives

2. comparative degree

• wide
• big
• narrow
• ugly
• beautiful
• slowly
• wider
• bigger
• narrower
• uglier
• more beautiful
• more slowly

3. superlative degree

• wide
• big
• narrow
• ugly
• beautiful
• slowly
• the widest
• the biggest
• the narrowest
• the ugliest
• the most beautiful
• most slowly

4. adverbs

• hard
• fast
• free
• early
• late
• high
• low
• deep
• long
• right
adverbs
hardharderhardest

5. exceptions

• good/well
• bad/badly
• much
• many/lots
• little
• far
• old
better
the best
worse
the worst
more
the most
more
the most
less
the least
further
the furthest
older/elder the oldest/eldest

6.

• as…as
• (not) as…as
Kate is as clever as Jack.
Mike is not as tall as Bob.

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11. Gradable adjectives

Non - gradable
adjectives

12. These adjectives are extreme in nature

13. These adjectives serve to classify rather than describe

14. Large degree

• really
• very
• extremely

15. Medium degree

• pretty
• quite
• rather

16. Negative degree

• a little
• a bit
• slightly

17.

•absolutely
•totally
•completely