1. Degree of Comparison

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3. 3 Degrees of Comparison The positive degree is used when at least one thing is being described. Ex. Those murals are colorful. This suitcase is heavy.

4. The comparative degree is used when two things or groups of things are being compared. Ex. Those murals are more colorful than these. My suitcase is heavier than yours.

5. The superlative degree is used when three or more things are being compared. Ex. Those murals are the most colorful that I’ve seen. Silvia’s suitcase is the heaviest of all.

6. Regular Comparison Most one-syllable words only require adding –er for the comparative degree and –est for the superlative degree.

7. One-syllable Words PositiveComparativeSuperlative Close Slow Soon straight Closer Slower Sooner straighter Closest Slowest Soonest Straightest

8. Regular Comparison Two-syllable words only require adding –er or by using more for the comparative degree. They form the superlative degree by adding –est or by using most.

9. Two-syllable Words PositiveComparativeSuperlative Simple Easy Jealous Swiftly Simpler Easier More jealous More swiftly Simplest Easiest Most jealous Most swiftly

10. Regular Comparison Words that have three or more syllables form the comparative degree by using more and the superlative degree by most.

11. Three-Syllable Words PositiveComparativeSuperlative Powerful Illegible Joyfully Attractively More powerful More illegible More joyfully More attractively Most powerful Most illegible Most joyfully Most attractively

12. Decreasing Comparison To show decreasing comparisons, words form the comparative degree by using less and the superlative degree by using least. PositiveComparativeSuperlative Sharp Costly Often Less sharp Less costly Less often Least sharp Least costly Lest often

13. Irregular Comparison PositiveComparativeSuperlative Bad Far Good Well Many Much Worse Farther or further Better More Worst Farthest or furthest Best Most

14. big 1. The Corn Palace is ______________ than I thought it would be.

15. bigger

16. pretty 2. People in Mitchell try to make each year’s Corn Palace decorations _______ than the ones before.

17. Prettier or more pretty

18. fresh 3.The building looks the __________ in September after new corn and grasses are put on it.

19. freshest

20. easy 4. Some workers find it ___________ to saw and nail the corn to panels, while others prefer to hang the finished panels on the building.

21. Easier (or more easy)

22. well 5. I could not decide which of the many corn murals on the Corn Palace I liked _______________.

23. better

24. mysterious 6. The mural of the dancing figure was the __________ one to me.

25. Most mysterious

26. famous 7. Until his death in 1983, Mitchell’s ____________artist, Oscar Howe, helped to design and paint these murals.

27. Most famous

28. interesting 8. The life of this Sioux artist is the _______________ story I’ve ever heard.

29. Most interesting

30. slowly 9. My parents walked ________ around the Corn Palace than I did and studied every design.

31. More slowly

32. far 10. I met a family from Mexico who had traveled ________ than we had to see the Corn Palace.

33. farther