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G Adjectives of number tell us how many persons or things are there.

three ten eight twenty

Read the following examples:

1. I have two pencils in my geometry box.

2. We are five members in our family.

Degree of Comparison

Adjectives have three degrees of comparison.

G We use the single adjective when no comparison is made in positive degree .

G We use adjective + er or more + adjective when a comparison is made
between two persons or things in comparative degree .

G We use adjective + est or most +adjective when a comparison is made
between more than two persons or things in the superlative degree .

Read the following examples:

1. Ruhaani is an intelligent girl.
2. Priyanka is more intelligent than Ruhaani.

3. Rashmi is the most intelligent girl in the class.

Some degrees of comparison are given in the following table.

Positive Comparative Superlative

powerful more powerful most powerful

wise wiser wisest

bad worse worst
young younger youngest

big bigger biggest

heavy heavier heaviest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful

much more most

high higher highest
tall taller tallest

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