2.  POSITIVE POSITIVE  COMPARATIVE COMPARATIVE  SUPERLATIVE SUPERLATIVE

3.  Positive Adjectives Positive Adjectives  Positive adjectives stand alone. They are the sole modifier of a noun or pronoun. They do not compare the noun/pronoun with any other. Even though they are called "positive" adjectives they can describe something negative. Positive adjectives For example:  Her blue hat was brilliant. (Blue is the positive adjective modifying the noun, hat.)  She was a smart woman. (Smart is the positive adjective modifying the noun, woman.)

4.  Comparative Adjectives Comparative Adjectives  Comparative adjectives are used when describing the differences between ONLY two items. For example:  take the two words: orangutan and rhinoceros Rhinoceros is a longer word than orangutan; or Orangutan is a shorter word than rhinoceros.  Comparative adjectives, used to describe only two items, can be used to describe groups of items as long as there are only two groups. For example: Their swim team was faster than our swim team.

5.  Superlative Adjectives Superlative Adjectives Superlative adjectives are used when describing three items or more. Superlative adjectives are never used with two items. They are used to express the highest degree of the item you are expressing in comparison to the other items. They are the most extreme in the group of items. For example: take the three words: orangutan, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus Hippopotamus is the longest word; or Orangutan is the shortest word.