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Comparisons

ICSE · Class 8 · English Language: Grammar and Composition

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Card 1Comparative Forms

What are comparatives used for?

Answer

Comparatives are used to compare two things. They show how one person, place, or thing is different from another. Example: taller, more intelligent.

Card 2Superlative Forms

What are superlatives used for?

Answer

Superlatives are used to compare more than two things. They show the highest or lowest degree among a group. Example: hottest, most intelligent.

Card 3Formation of Comparatives

How are comparative forms usually made?

Answer

Comparative formation: adjective + -er (short words) OR more + adjective (long words). Example: tall → taller, intelligent → more intelligent.

Card 4Formation of Superlatives

How are superlative forms usually made?

Answer

Superlative formation: adjective + -est (short words) OR most + adjective (long words). Example: tall → tallest, intelligent → most intelligent.

Card 5Formation of Comparatives

When do we use -er and when do we use more?

Answer

With short words, we use -er. With comparatively long words, we use more. Example: bigger, more comfortable, better.

Card 6Irregular Comparatives

What is the comparative form of big, good, bad, much/many, and far?

Answer

These are remembered forms: big → bigger, good → better, bad → worse, much/many → more, far → farther.

Card 7Irregular and Standard Superlatives

What is the superlative form of tall, comfortable, bad, dark, good, and far?

Answer

These are the required forms: tall → tallest, comfortable → most comfortable, bad → worst, dark → darkest, good → best, far → farthest.

Card 8Comparative Formation

Why is comfortable changed to more comfortable and not comfortabler?

Answer

Comfortable is treated as a long word, so its comparative form is more comfortable. Example: This chair is more comfortable than that one.

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