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ADJECTIVES :
Degrees
of
Comparison
How to compare adjectives?
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Introduction

Degrees
of Comparison
o Positive
o Comparative
o Superlative
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first degree

POSITIVE
DEGREE
 the actual form of
adjectives used when
describing or modifying a
single entity
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Positive Degree

EXAMPLES:

Arya Stark is brave.

Sansa Stark is exquisite.

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second degree

COMPARATIVE DEGREE

 comparison of an entity
from another entity
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Comparative Degree

EXAMPLES:
Arya is braver than Sansa.

Sansa is more exquisite than Arya

perhaps because the latter is more
interested on being a warrior.
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third degree

SUPERLATIVE
DEGREE

 describes an entity as
having most of the qualities
than all other entities
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Superlative Degree

EXAMPLES:
For some, Arya is the bravest
member of House Stark.

Sansa is the most exquisite lady in

the Kingdom of North.
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3 Ways
of
Forming
Comparison
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first rule

Add -er and -est at the end of one-syllable and two-syllable

adjectives.

 Robb favored Talisa with a bright smile.

 Gendry’s smile is brighter than Robb’s.
 Jon’s smile is the brightest of all.

 Milesandre is a crafty old woman.

 Petyr Baelish is craftier than Millesandre.
 Tyrion Lanister is the craftiest character in Game of Thrones.
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second rule

Add more and most before the positive degree adjectives

with three or more syllables.
 Aunt Laurie is delicate when it comes to her material possessions.
 Aunt Cora is more delicate than Aunt Laurie when it comes to material
possessions.
 Aunt Melba is my most delicate aunt when it comes to material possessions.

 Kris is a dependable son according to his mother.

 Ryan is a more dependable son than Kris according to their father.
 Ron is the most dependable son in their family.
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second rule

More and most are often used with adjectives with one and two syllables
when the addition of –er and –est would sound awkward. In this case, it is
important to rely on your ear.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
just more just most just
pleasing more pleasing most pleasing
vicious more vicious most vicious

NOTE: The two ways of changing the forms of adjectives to comparative

and superlative explained earlier are exclusive only for adjectives of
REGULAR FORM.
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third rule

Some adjectives are formed not according to the predictable

pattern. They are called adjectives of irregular form.

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

good (for skills and better best
abilities)
well (for health status) better best
old (for order) elder eldest
old (for age) older oldest
far (for distance) farther farthest
far (for progress) further furthest
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Aside from the regular and irregular adjectives, we also have the so
called ABSOLUTES. Absolute adjectives don’t have comparative
and superlative degree because they can’t be any more than they
already are.
Some of the absolutes are:

best perfect straight

unique worst last
worse first round
only
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LOGICAL COMPARISON
o comparison of unrelated items UNBALANCED
o comparison of something with itself BALANCED

UNBALANCED
Jim’s thesis is better researched than Ray.
The milk of a goat is richer than a cow.
BALANCED
Jim’s thesis is better researched than Ray’s.
The milk of a goat is richer than the milk of a cow.
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OTHER and
WhenELSE
comparing one of a group with the rest of the group, make sure
that your sentence contains the word other or the word else.

Examples:

Tom is more inspired than any player on the team.

Tom was more inspired than any other player on the team.

Linda worked harder than anyone in the office.

Linda worked harder than anyone else in the office.
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Order
of
Adjectives
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Adjectives are usually placed before the nouns they modify, but they
may also come after nouns if separated by comma or linking verb.

Adjective before nouns: "This brave old man and his sons
were amongst the first to hear and heed the trumpet of
freedom calling them to battle." - Frederick Douglas, Life and
Times of Frederick Douglas, 1881
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Adjectives after nouns: “The clouds, white and fluffy,

floated across the sky.”

Adjectives after verbs: "Stanley was the little smart one

whom we went to for authoritative answers."- Philip
Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good
People Turn Evil. Random House, 2007
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B.
A. C. D.
QUANTIFIER
DETERMINER OPINIONS FACTS
S
1. articles 4. numbers 7. opinion 8. size
evaluation 9. length/shape
2. possessives 5. amounts
10. condition
3. demonstratives 6. sequence 11. age
12. color
13. pattern
my many faithful friendly big black spotted Labrador retrievers
14. origin
15. material
A2 B5 C7 C7 D8 D12 D13 D14 D17 16. purpose
17. noun
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TAKE
NOTE
If the two adjectives are from the same group, place
“and” between them. Adjectives of the same group
are called coordinate adjectives.

Example:
Her phone’s case is green and red.
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TAKE
NOTE
If there are three or more adjectives from the same
group, place a comma between each coordinate
adjectives.

Example:
Karen lives in a big green, white and red house.
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TAKE NOTE
If the adjectives have to strictly follow the specific order,
it is called cumulative adjectives. These are the
adjectives that are joined together in a sentence but from
different groups. Do NOT use comma or “and” in
combining such adjectives.

Example: an elegant vintage sports car

ACTIVITY
TIME
German car that sports cool
that cool German sports car
polka-dotted comfortable dress a
velvet new
a comfortable new velvet polka-dotted dress
truck a big pickup sturdy old
and stylish red
a sturdy and stylish big old red pickup
truck
sky the blue beautiful summer
the beautiful blue summer sky
turkey the white best Christmas
giant Chinese
the best giant white Chinese Christmas
turkey