Enhance Your Learning with Degrees of Comparison Flash Cards for quick learning
The basic form of an adjective or adverb, without any comparison. Example: tall, fast.
Used to compare two things or people. Example: taller, faster.
Used to compare three or more things or people. Example: tallest, fastest.
Most adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms by adding -er and -est respectively. Example: big, bigger, biggest.
Most adverbs form their comparative and superlative forms by adding -er and -est respectively. Example: quickly, more quickly, most quickly.
Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms. Example: good, better, best.
Some adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms. Example: well, better, best.
Using both -er and more to form the comparative degree. Example: more cleverer.
Using both -est and most to form the superlative degree. Example: most tallest.
Used to show that one thing or person is better than another. Example: This book is more interesting than that one.
Used to show that one thing or person is worse than another. Example: This car is less expensive than that one.
Used to show that two things or people are equal. Example: This movie is as good as that one.
Used to show that one thing or person is the best. Example: This is the most beautiful painting in the gallery.
Used to show that one thing or person is the worst. Example: This is the least interesting book I've ever read.
Used to show that three or more things or people are equal. Example: They are all equally talented.
Used to compare two things or people. Example: She is taller than her sister.
Used to compare three or more things or people. Example: He is the tallest person in the room.
Used to compare two actions or qualities. Example: He runs faster than his friend.
Used to compare three or more actions or qualities. Example: She sings the loudest in the choir.
Used to show that two things or people are equal. Example: This car is as fast as that one.
Used to show that one thing or person is the best. Example: He is the smartest of all his classmates.
Used to show that two actions or qualities are equal. Example: She sings as beautifully as her sister.
Used to show that one action or quality is the best. Example: He dances the most gracefully of all the dancers.
Used to compare two things or people. Example: This book is more interesting than that one.
Used to compare three or more things or people. Example: She is the most talented singer in the competition.
Used to compare two actions or qualities. Example: He runs more quickly than his friend.
Used to compare three or more actions or qualities. Example: She speaks the most fluently in the group.
Used to compare two things or people. Example: This car is less expensive than that one.
Used to compare three or more things or people. Example: He is the least qualified candidate for the job.
Used to compare two actions or qualities. Example: She sings less loudly than her sister.
Used to compare three or more actions or qualities. Example: He speaks the least clearly in the class.