✍️Positive Degree
This degree of comparison simply describes a quality without comparing.
Positive degree
For comparing two things we use the ____________ degree.
Comparative
He is fast person in the class
(Rewrite the correct statement in Superlative form)
He is the fastest person in the class.
Frame a sentence in positive degree.
He is a tall boy.
Reframe=Is/He/Shorter/Ram/than
He is shorter than Ram
Is/India/The/most/country/populated/in/the/world.
India is the most populated country in the world
Reframe the sentence.
Is/He/Intelligent/An/Boy
a.Messi is better than Ronaldo
b.Messi is the best
c.Messi is a good player
(Identify the comparative degree form)
a.Messi is better than Ronaldo
Revise this: “Of the three, Rohan is tall.”
(FIX THE SENTENCE)
Of the three, Rohan is the tallest.
True or False: You can use the positive degree to show equality.
True.
Which is correct: “more fun” or “funner”?
More fun (although “funner” is informally used, it’s not standard)
Fix the mistake: “She is the most fastest runner.”
She is the fastest runner.
True or False: The positive degree can be used in similes.
True
Why do we say “more beautiful” instead of “beautifuller”?
Because “beautiful” is a long adjective (3+ syllables), we use “more” instead of adding “-er”.
Correct this: “This book is more good than that one.”
This book is better than that one.