PARTS OF SPEECH
(PART VII)
Adjective:
Word that describes noun (person, place, thing and idea).
Examples: Dhoni is a good person.
Dhoni is the best cricketer.
Dhoni is a clever batsman.
(Here, good, best and clever describes Dhoni as a person)
Degrees of Adjectives:
Adjectives have three degrees of comparison. They are:
i) Positive
ii) Comparative
iii) Superlative
Degrees of adjectives is used when we need to compare things.
Positive degree of adjective is used to describe but not to compare anything.
Comparative degree of adjective is used to compare two things.
Superlative degree of adjective is used to compare more than two things.
Examples:
i) Ram is a tall boy. (Here, tall is an adjective and we are just describing Ram, Ram is not compared with anyone. So, it is a positive degree)
ii) Sam is taller than Ram. (Here, taller is an adjective and we are comparing the heights of two persons. So, it is a comparative degree)
iii) Ram is the tallest among all. (Here, tallest is an adjective and we are comparing the heights of more than two persons. So, it is a superlative degree)
Note:
At the end of positive degree, ‘r/er’ should be added for comparative and ‘st/est’ for superlative.
Examples:
Bright (Positive) – Brighter (Comparative) – Brightest (Superlative).
Fine (Positive) – Finer (Comparative) – Finest (Superlative).
There are some adjectives that cannot be converted in the above mentioned ways. They are called as irregular adjectives.
Examples:
Good (Positive) – Better (Comparative) – Best (Superlative).
Bad (Positive) – Worse (Comparative) – Worst (Superlative).
Little (Positive) – Less (Comparative) – Least (Superlative).
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