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10. He dedicated his life to helping the poor. (quantity)

11. book will do. (distributive)

12. room is very cozy. (demonstrative)

13. You can watch coverage of the match tonight. (quality)

Degrees of Comparison

Adjectives can be used to make comparisons between two or more people or things.
For example,
• April is hot. (positive degree)
• May is hotter than April. (comparative degree)
• June is the hottest of all months. (superlative degree)

1. Positive degree: When we talk of one
person or thing, we use the positive degree. Note
For example, The positive degree is also used
• Rohan is a tall boy. for comparison of similarities and

• This garden is beautiful. dissimilarities. For example,
• He is an intelligent boy. • He is as brave as his father.
• She is not as kind as her mother.
2. Comparative degree: When we
compare two people or things, we use the
comparative degree. For example,
• Saif is taller than Rohan.
• Malathi’s garden is more beautiful than my garden.
• Pawan is more intelligent than Piyush.

3. Superlative degree: When we compare three or more people or things, we use
the superlative degree. For example,

• Riyaz is the tallest boy in the class.
• Susan’s garden is the most beautiful garden in the colony.
• Jimmy is the most intelligent child in his family.

D. Fill in the blanks by using the degree of comparison as indicated.

1. Yesterday, the weather was (bad) than today. (comparative)

2. Her voice is the (soft) of all. (superlative)

3. The sports facilities in my school are (good) than those in
yours. (comparative)

4. These children were the (hungry) of all. (superlative)

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