Adjective

We can compare adjectives by degrees. Adjectives come in a three-degree hierarchy: positive, comparative, and superlative. It is an ordinary form of adjectives. We use the positive degree when referencing a single person, thing, or place. A positive adjective is used to describe something without making any sort of comparison to anything else. For example, as seen in the sentence “I am kind.” or “This is a great movie.”

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  The boy is smart.
  
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  The small girl likes cake.
  
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  Loki knows that he’s tall.
  

A comparative adjective is used in order to compare two things, it is quite often followed by the word than, you can see this in the following examples. “I am nicer than him.” or “This movie is better than the first one.” When we describe two items or two individuals we use the comparative degree. Usually, we add the suffix -er to an adjective to produce this form. By adding -er to the word tall we get the comparative taller. If an adjective ends in y we must replace it with i before adding the suffix -er. In addition, more placed in front of a descriptive word creates the comparative form.

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  Fred’s party was more fun than Suzi’s.
  
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  She is smarter than she thinks.
  
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  Balto is taller than Merida.
  

Indicates that the quality or quantity is at its highest or is most intense. A superlative adjective is used as a way of comparing more than two things and as a way to say that the thing you are talking about is the ‘most’, you might notice this in the following examples. “I am the nicest of all the students.” or “This is the best movie out of the entire series.” We use the superlative degree when comparing three or more things. Adjectives in this form have the -est ending added to them. If an adjective ends in the letter y, it changes to i before adding the suffix. Like with the comparative degree, we can create the superlative degree by adding the word most.

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  She is the smartest girl in the school.
  
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  Robbi is the tallest when compared to his friends.
  
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  She is more fun than the whole team combined.