Degrees of Comparison

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Degrees of Comparison

• Its Party Time

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Degrees of Comparison

• Often, instead of simply describing something,
  you may want to compare it with something else.
  There are three degrees, or forms, of adjectives
  and adverbs that are used to modify and make
  comparisons. Most adjectives and adverbs have
  different forms to show degrees of comparison.

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Degrees of Comparison

• There are three degrees of comparison
• Positive
• Comparative
• Superlative

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Degrees of Modifiers

• Things to remember
• For most one- and two-syllable modifiers, add er
  to form the comparative degree and est to form
  the superlative degree.
• In cases when adding er and est to one- and
  two-syllable modifiers would sound awkward, use
  more and most to form the comparative and
  superlative degrees.
• For adverbs ending in ly and for all modifiers
  with three or more syllables, use more and most
  to form the comparative and superlative degrees.

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Degrees of Comparison
Adjectives
Positive Comparative Superlative
High Higher Highest
Eager More Eager Most Eager
Adverbs
Positive Comparative Superlative
Well Better best
Early Earlier Earliest
Eagerly More eagerly Most eagerly
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Give it a shot!

• Identify the degree of each underlined modifier
• Thousands of years ago, the only non-forested
  areas of the Earth were those where the land was
  the driest.
• In areas where the environment was more
  favorable, forests extended from the equator to
  the far north.
• Forests expanded by moving into formerly icy
  regions.
• However, forests are rapidly declining, as
  clearing by humans and fire outpace the natural
  expansion of forest regions.
• About 30 percent of the world is forested today,
  the lowest percentage ever.