Class 4 English Grammar Chapter 10 Adjective

• Positive Degree
• Comparative Degree
• Superlative Degree

1. Radha’s voice is sweet.
2. Sneha’s voice is sweeter than Radha’s.
3. Rekha’s voice is the sweetest of all the girls.
In sentence 1, sweet is the adjective in its simple form. Hence it is said to be in the Positive Degree. In sentence 2, sweeter is the adjective denoting a higher degree of the quality than the positive. Hence, it is said to be in the Comparative Degree.
In sentence 3, sweetest is the adjective denoting the highest degree of the quality. Hence it is said to be in the Superlative Degree.

1. Most adjectives form the Comparative by adding ‘er’ and the Superlative by adding ‘est’ to the Positive, as:

2. When the positive ends in ‘e’, only ‘r’ is added to the Comparative and ‘st’ to the Superlative:

3. When the positive ends in a single consonant preceded by a short vowel, this consonant is doubled before adding ‘er’ to the Comparative and ‘est’ to the Superlative.

4. When the positive ends in ‘y’, preceded by a consonant, the ‘y’ is changed into ‘I’ before ‘er’ to the Comparative and ‘est’ to the Superlative:

5. Some Adjectives form the Comparative by using ‘more’ with the comparative and the Superlative by using ‘est’ with the Positive.

6. Some Adjectives are compared irregularly i.e., their Comparatives and Superlatives are not formed from the Positives.

1. Mount Everest is the ____________ (high/higher/highest) mountain peak in the world.
2. Hippopotamus is ___________. (big/bigger/biggest) than tiger.
3. Chetna is a ______________ (clever/cleverer/cleverest) girl.
4. Rajesh is the ____________ (strong/stronger/strongest) boy in the class.
5. The Ganga is ____________ (long/longer/longest) than Yamuna.

6. Concord is ____________ (fast/faster/fastest) than a Jet.
7. Australia is now the ____________ (good/better/best) cricket team in the world.
8. Einstein is a ____________ (great/greater/greatest) scientist.
9. My brother’s health condition is ________ (bad/worse/worst) than before.
10. A dolphin looks very __________ (pretty/prettier/prettiest).

1. UAE is the ………….country in the world. (hot)
2. Usha is one of the ____________ teachers in the school. (good)
3. Plastic is ____________ than wood. (light)
4. He is the ____________man in the world. (happy)
5. Raman is the ____________ boy in the group. (tall)
6. My friend is the ____________ boy in the class. (young)

(i) How many degrees of comparison are_______
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Five
(d) Four

(ii) Tick (right) the superlative of ‘big’ word
(a) Bigger
(b) big
(c) bier
(d) biggest