This article will help you understand and explore the Comparative Degrees of Bad, Good, Beautiful, Little, and Pretty with examples.
The Comparative Degree, also known as the comparative form, is used to compare two things or persons, indicating that one has a higher or lower degree than the other.
Read the following sentences: –
- Ravi is a fat boy.
- Mohan is fatter than Ravi.
- Mayank is the fattest of the three.
If you look at the above picture and read the sentences, you will know that we are discussing the weight of these three boys, namely Ravi, Mohan, and Mayank.
We are using adjectives to compare these three boys. The adjectives are fat, fatter, and fattest.
- The adjective fat is the Positive Degree. We use it when we are not making any comparison.
- The adjective fatter is the Comparative Degree. We use it when we compare two people or things.
- The adjective fattest is the Superlative Degree. It is used when we compare two persons or things.
A. What is the Comparative Degree of bad?
The comparative form of the adjective “bad” is “worse”.
Examples:
- This park is bad, but the other parks are even worse.
- My headache got worse after I watched TV for two hours.
- The weather today is worse than yesterday.
The superlative form is the worst.
B. What is the Comparative Degree of Good?
The Comparative degree of the adjective “good” is “better”.
Examples:
- Sita is a better teacher than Sue. (Compares two people)
- Oranges are better for health than chocolates. (Comparing two things)
- His dance performance was better this year than last year. (Comparing two time periods)
- Ravi feels better today than yesterday. (Comparing two states of health)
The Superlative form is the best.
C. What is the Comparative Degree of beautiful?
The comparative degree of the adjective “beautiful” is “more beautiful”.
Examples:
- The sunrise on the horizon is more beautiful than the one in the city.
- Diane is more beautiful than Fiona.
- Winter makes the garden more beautiful than summer.
The superlative degree is the most beautiful.
D. What is the Comparative Degree of little?
The comparative degree of little is “less” when we use it for quantity (uncountable nouns).
Example:
- He has less sugar in his coffee than I do.
The comparative degree of little is littler and is replaced with smaller.
Example:
- The pup is littler(smaller) than the dog.
The superlative forms are least, which is used for quantity, and littlest, which is used for size.
E. What is the Comparative Degree of Pretty?
The comparative degree of “pretty” is “prettier”.
Examples:
- This frock is prettier than the one I wore yesterday.
- This painting is prettier than yours.
- The sunrise looks prettier than the sunset.
The superlative form is the prettiest.
F. What is the Comparative Degree of far?
The comparative degree of far is “farthest” when we use it for physical distance and “further” when we use it for abstract distance.
Examples:
- The bank is farther from my house than the hospital.
- The sportsman threw the javelin further than I expected.
- The student needs to talk about the matter further before the class starts.
- The man’s words only confused his friends further.
The superlative forms are “farthest” for physical distance and “furthest” for abstract distance.
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