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A one-page CAPS Grade 7 English poster on degrees of comparison (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.

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English · Grade 7 · Grammar
Degrees of comparison

1Three degrees

Positive describes one thing. Comparative compares two things and uses than. Superlative compares three or more things and uses the.

Example

A hare is fast.
A cheetah is faster than a hare.
A cheetah is the fastest of the three.

2Short adjectives: -er and -est

  • Most: add er, est (cold, colder, coldest)
  • Ends in e: add r, st (nice, nicer, nicest)
  • Short vowel + one consonant: double it (big, bigger, biggest)
  • Consonant + y: change y to i (happy, happier, happiest)

3Long adjectives: more and most

Use more and most with adjectives of three or more syllables, and with many of two syllables (careful, famous).

Example

interesting, more interesting, most interesting

4Irregular adjectives

These change completely. Learn them.

  • good, better, best
  • bad, worse, worst
  • many or much, more, most
  • little, less, least
  • far, further, furthest

5Adverbs compare too

Short adverbs add er and est. Adverbs that end in ly use more and most.

Example

fast, faster, fastest
sweetly, more sweetly, most sweetly
Lindiwe sings more sweetly than Naledi.

6Equal things and common errors

  • Use as + adjective + as for equal things: as tall as.
  • Never use more with er or most with est.
  • Not: more taller, most tallest. Say: taller, tallest.

Key words

positive
describes one thing
comparative
compares two things
superlative
compares three or more things
degree
the strength of an adjective: positive, comparative or superlative
irregular
changes completely, like good, better, best
syllable
a beat in a word
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