Degrees of Comparison

1. There are three
Degrees of
Comparison in
English

2. 1. Positive degree.
2. Comparative degree.
3. Superlative degree.

3. Positive Degree
We use the Positive
degree when we
speak about only one
person or thing.

4. Example:
Sam is tall.
The house is big.
This flower is
beautiful.

5. Comparative Degree
We use the Comparative
degree when we compare
two persons or two things
with each other.

6. Example:
Sam is taller than
John.
This house is bigger
than that one.
She is nicer than him.

7. Superlative Degree
•We use the Superlative
degree when we
compare more than two
persons or things with
one another.
•It is the highest degree

8. Peter is the smartest
boy in class.
Alice is the sweetest
girl in the
neighborhood.
The blue whale is the
largest of all animals.

10. Degree of Comparison
1.Adjectives of one syllable
Adjectives of one syllable
add -er and -est.
Adjectives ending on 'e' just
add -r and -st.
Some adjectives double the
final consonant.

11. adjective comparative superlative
small smaller smallest
warm warmer warmest
old older oldest
nice nicer nicest

12. adjective comparative superlative
dark darker darkest
near nearer nearest
big bigger biggest
nice nicer nicest

13. 2.Adjectives of two
syllables
Some adjectives of two
syllables add -er and
-est.
For adjectives ending in
'y‘ – cut y then add -ier
and -iest.

14. adjective comparative superlative
lovely lovelier loveliest
dirty dirtier dirtiest
happy happier happiest
easy easier easiest

15. Adjectives ending in
-ful, -less, -ing, -ed
use more and most.
Some other adjectives
of two syllables use
more and most
(modern, famous,
normal, correct, ...).

16. adjective comparative superlative
pleasant more
pleasant
most
pleasant
boring more
boring
most
boring
useful more
useful
most
useful

18. •small
•light
•unhappy
•Small
•die
•big
•dark
•happy
•large
•live
x
x
x
x
x

19. •short
•far
•close
•stop
•thin
•long
•near
•open
•start
•thick
x
x
x
x
x

20. •disappear
•uncomman
•unhappy
•Small
•die
•appear
•comman
•happy
•large
•live
x
x
x
x
x

21. The elephant’s eyes
are small but its body
is __

22. The animals were
happy in the
beginning. After the
jackal entered the
forest, they became
___

23. The giraffe’s neck is
very long but its tail
is___

24. Mangoes are sweet
but lemons are
……

25. The coconut is a
tall tree but the
guava is a ……
tree.

26. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Hari 11 4.9 27
Seshagiri 12 5.1 30
Akhita 12 4.8 28
Bhaskar Raju 10 4.5 24
Siddu 13 5.3 35

27. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Rajesh 11 5.1 28
Raghava 12 4.9 28
Vamsi 13 4.5 27
Manoj 12 5.1 30
Gopi 10 4.5 25

28. RaghavaHarini
4.9ft 4.9ft
27kgs 28kgs

29. Who is as tall as
Raghava?
Harini is as tall as
Raghava.

30. RaghavaHarini
4.9ft 4.9ft
27kgs 28kgs

31. Harini is not so heavy as
Raghava

32. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Hari 11 4.9 27
Seshagiri 12 5.1 30
Akhita 12 4.8 28
Bhaskar Raju 10 4.5 24
Siddu 13 5.3 35

33. Name of the
Student
Age in
years
Height
in Ft.
Weight
in Kgs.
Rajesh 11 5.1 28
Raghava 12 4.9 28
Vamsi 13 4.5 27
Manoj 12 5.1 30
Gopi 10 4.5 25

34. Harini is older than
Gopi
11years 10years

35. Who is as tall as
Raghava?
Hari is as tall as
Raghava.

36. Siddu is the heaviest
boy in the group.

37. Siddu is the tallest
boy in the group

38. Siddu and Vamsi are the
oldest boys in the group
13years13years

39. Bhaskara Raju and Gopi
are the youngest boys in
the group
10y 10y

40. Seshagiri is younger
than Vamsi
13y12y

41. Harini is not so old as
Akhila
11y 12y

42. Manoj older than Rajesh
12y 11y

43. Seshagiri is not as tall
as Siddu
5.1ft 5.3ft

44. Rajesh is taller than
Akhila
5.1ft 4.8ft

45. Vamsi is one of the
shortest boys in the group

46. Akhila is not so
heavy as Manoj

47. Siddu is heavier than
any other pupil in the
group

48. No other member in
the group is so heavy
as Siddu.

49. Rajesh is as heavy
as Raghava.

50. Manoj is heavier
than Gopi.

51. Vamsi is as heavy
as Harini

52. Siddu is taller than any
other pupil in the group.

53. No other pupil in the
group is as tall as
Siddu.

54. Rajesh is taller than
Raghava

55. Akhila is shorter
than Harini

56. Vamsi is not as
tall as Manoj.

57. army= a large group of
soldiers

58. group =a number
of persons or things
that are together

59. herd = a group of animals
living or grazing at one
place.

60. pile = a number of things
placed on top of one
another.
,

61. bunch = a number of
things growing /tied
together.

62. Unit.
NO
Lesson Page
No
Unit 1 Dolphins 1
Unit 2 Olympic Games
The Swing (Poem)
9
Unit 3 Hover crafts 19
Unit 4 Vikram Sarabai
Trees (poem)
24

63. Unit 5 Fossils page
No.
Unit 6 Crocodiles.
Four chairs (poem)
38
Unit 7 Kites 47
Unit 8 Habits Mosquito(poem) 52
Unit 9 Finger prints 62
Unit
10
An act of Bravery.
I wounder (poem)
68

64. “Fossils” is
found on page
32

65. If you want to know about
crocodiles you must turn to page
38

66. “Mosquito” is found in Unit
8

67. The Unit 7 : “Kites” is found
from page ---
47 to 51

68. Unit 4 talks about ---
Vikram Sarabhai and Trees

69. 1.Prevention is better than
cure

70. 2.Charaka presented the
concept of digestion ….. and
immunity .

71. 3.Charaka ___ the anatomy
of human body.

72. 4. Charaka gave the numbers of
____ present in the human body.

73. 5. Charaka samhita is a great
contribution in the field of ___

74. 6.Charaka said that the heart
is the controlling_____

75. 7. The two ancient physicians
who guided Charaka were____
and ____

76. 1. A physician should have
•impatience
•sense
•arrogance
•patience

77. 2. The first person to find out the
cause of human sickness was
• Susruta
• Dharmapada
• Charaka
• Charakasamhita

78. 3. Charaka was a greart …
• Surgeon
• physician
• philosopher
• translator

79. Charakasamhita was written
• nearly twenty years ago.
• nearly twenty centuries ago.
• nearly twenty decades ago.
• nearly twenty five years ago.

80. S.
No
Adjective Suffe
x
Noun
1 unfair ness unfairness
2 lonely ness loneliness
3 narrow ness narrowness

81. 4 ready ness readines
5 stout ness stoutness
6 thick ness thickness
7 great ness greatness

82. S.
.N
o
Adverbs of
Manner(adj +ly)
the verbs
they talk
about
1 serious( adj+ly)
= seriously
is
preparing
2 comfortable
(adj+ly) =
comfortably
were
seated

83. S.
.N
o
Adverbs of
Manner(adj +ly)
the verbs
they talk
about
3 wonderful(adj+ly
)= wounderfully
danced
4 enthusiastic(adj+ly)
= enthustastically
watched

84. S.
.N
o
Adverbs of
Manner(adj +ly)
the verbs
they talk
about
5 excellent
(adj+ly)
excellently
performed
6 unfortunate(adj+ly
)unfortunatelly
missed

85. 7 voluntary(adj+ly)
voluntarily
donated
8 loud(adj+ly)
loudly
applauded
9 real (adj+ly) really generous

86. Fill in the blanks in the
following conversation
between Rohit and his
father. Change the
words in brackets into
adverbs.

87. •Father : Your exams are
approaching. Are you
studying ___( serious)
•Rohit: Yes dad. I am
reading all the
subjects___( careful)

88. •Father: Last time you
failed in mathes.Are you
working …. (thorough) on
the exercises?
•Rohit: I’ve revised them
several times. Now I can
do them …..(confident)

89. •Father: I hope you
‘ll write the exam…
(excellent)
•Rohit: Sure,dad

90. Girls Perce
ntage
Boys perce
ntage
Swathi 86 Abhilash 85.6
Swetha 82 Farooq 85
Naga
Rani
78 Sai
Krishna
79.6

91. Hemalat
ha
69 Prasad 67.6
Mamath
a
68 Uday 76
Geeta 68 Vinod 76.8
Manjula 67.6 Masann
a
71

92. 1.Name the school topper?
• Swathi

93. 2.Which two students scored queal
percentage?
• Manjula and Bhanu Prasad. & Mamatha
and Sruthi Geetha?

94. 3.Who got the lowest percentage?
• Manjula and Bhanu Prasad

95. 4.How many have scored eighty
percent and above?
• Four

96. 5. Comment on the overall
performance of students.
• The performance of students are very
good.

97. 6.Who performed well, boys or
girls? ? Support your answer.
• It may be boys. Except one boy,all scored
above 70%.As to girls of the seven,four
scored less than 70%.

98. S.
No
.
Words spelt
wrongly
Words with
correct spelling
1 balansed balanced
2 nutrents nutrients
3 vitamns vitamins

99. 4 protins Proteins
5 diferent different
6 maat meat
7 sourses sources

100. Find the odd one
and circle out

101. •hospital
•nurse
•patient
•passenger

102. •Shop,
•customer,
•cost,
•temple

103. •dollars
•things
•rupees
•cents

104. • treatment
•operation
•surgeon
•blackboard

105. •play
•question
•answer
•chocolate

106. ready ness readines
5 stout ness stoutness
6 thick ness thickness
7 great ness greatness

107. SI.N
o.
Name of
the Student
Marks scored
in english
1 Rani 65
2 Lata 60
3 Kamala 73

108. 4 Lakshmi 80
5 Krishna 64
6 Bharathi 75
7 Ganesh 82
8 Meghana 63

109. 9 Meenakshi 67
10 Nithya 73
11 Sindu 80
12 Chandu 71
13 Mani 85

110. 14 Chinni 67
15 Ravi 62
16 Bhanu 67
17 Ramya 73
18 Saleem 80

111. 19 Sai 80
20 Ruchira 71
21 Nandu 85
22 Mary 62
23 Usha 64

112. 24 Sarada 75
25 Bujji 82
26 Sandhya 67
27 Sridhar 71
28 Jyothi 73

113. SI.No
.
Name of
the Student
Marks
scored in
english
29 Kumar 80
30 Swarna 71

114. Answer the
following questions
using ‘no’ ‘none’
‘any’ ‘a few’ and
‘many’

115. 1. How many students have
scored more than 70 marks.
17 students have scored more
than 70 marks.

116. 2.Are there any students who
have scored 90 marks?
No, none has scored 90 marks.

117. 3.How many students have
failed in English?
None has failed in english.

118. 4. How ma?ny students have
scored below 60 marks
None has scored below 60.

119. 5.How many students have
scored between 64 and 75?
Many students have scored
between 64 and 75.

120. Match the group nouns in A with
what they refer to column B

121. •mob
•board
•some people
gathered for
destructive
purpose
•a number of
directors of a
company

122. •troupe
•army
•a numbers of
artists, dancers,
acrobats
•a number
soldiers

123. •bench
•crowd
•People collected
without any
specific purpose
•a number of
judges

125. •spect
ators •a number of
people watching
a match or
something

126. •audie
nce
•team
•a number of
people listening
to a concert or
lecture
•a number of
players