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Degrees of Comparison

Usage elementary medium

Positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs — with the correct than / the usage.

Usage — Common choices, confusions and preposition errors.

Rules

1. Positive: one thing (tall, big). 2. Comparative: two things — adjective + -er … than, or more + adjective … than (taller than, more beautiful than). 3. Superlative: three or more — the + adjective + -est, or the most + adjective (the tallest, the most beautiful). 4. One-syllable adjectives take -er/-est (tall → taller → tallest). 5. Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y take -ier/-iest (happy → happier → happiest). 6. Longer adjectives take more/most (careful → more careful → most careful). 7. Never double it: use "taller", not "more taller". 8. Irregular: good → better → best; bad → worse → worst; far → farther/further → farthest/furthest; little → less → least; many/much → more → most.

Explanation

Comparison shows how two or more things differ. The two classic errors are doubling the comparison ("more better") and comparing things that are not parallel. Use "than" with the comparative and "the" with the superlative.

हिंदी में

विशेषण की तीन अवस्थाएँ होती हैं — सामान्य (positive), तुलनात्मक (comparative) और उत्तमता (superlative)। दो की तुलना में -er … than और तीन या अधिक में the … -est आता है।

Examples

Ram is taller than Shyam. — राम श्याम से लंबा है।
She is the most intelligent girl in the class. — वह कक्षा की सबसे बुद्धिमान लड़की है।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"He is more taller than me.","correction":"He is taller than me.","note":"Never use \"more\" with an -er form (double comparative)."}
{"mistake":"She is the most tallest.","correction":"She is the tallest.","note":"Never use \"most\" with an -est form (double superlative)."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Correct the sentence: "The climate of Delhi is hotter than Shimla."

Answer: The climate of Delhi is hotter than that of Shimla.

💡 Compare climate with climate using "that of".

Q2. "good — better — best" is an irregular comparison.

True
False

Answer: True

💡 Good/better/best, bad/worse/worst and little/less/least are irregular.

Q3. Find the error: "Today is more worse than yesterday."

Answer: more worse

💡 "worse" is already comparative — say "worse than".

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Singular / Plural	beginner	Making nouns singular and plural correctly.
Countable / Uncountable Nouns	elementary	Nouns you can count vs nouns you cannot.
Much / Many	elementary	Much for uncountable, many for countable.
Few / Little	intermediate	Few for countable, little for uncountable — with or without "a".
Some / Any	elementary	Some in positives and offers; any in negatives and questions.
Each / Every	intermediate	Each singles out; every groups all together.