Degrees of comparison - English-see.blogspot.com

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As we know that adjectives are used to describe or qualify a noun, and degrees of comparison is used to compare place or person to another place or person.

Adjectives of Quality have three degrees of comparison, they are  positive degree, comparative degree and superlative degree.

Adjectives in the base form is known as positive degree. It is used when there is no comparison at all. It is used to shown only the existence of quality of what we speak about.
Example:  Good, bad, heavy, light etc...
As: Hari is a good boy.

Comparative degree is used when a comparison is made between two objects.
Example: better, worse, heavier, lighter etc...
As: Shyam is better than Hari.
Note: 'than' is placed just after the comparative degree.

Superlative degree: Superlative degree is used when three or more place/persons are compared.
Example: best, worst, heaviest, lightest etc... 
As: Ram is the best boy among than.
Note: 'the' is place before superlative degree.
Most adjectives form comparative and superlative by taking -er and -est as suffix to the positive degree.
 Positive Comparative Superlative
 Small smaller smallest
 Strong stronger strongest
 Bold bolder boldest
 Great  greater greatest
 Young  younger youngest
 Smart smarter smartest
 Bright brighter brightest

When a positive degree ends with e, comparative and superlative degrees are formed by adding -r and -st as suffix to the positive degree.
 Positive Comparative Superlative
 Brave braver bravest
 Noble Nobler Noblest
 Wide wider  widest
 Wise wiser wisest
 Pale paler palest
 White whiter whitest
 Lame lamer lamest

Some positive degree ends with y, comparative and superlative degrees are formed by changing y into i, and adding -er and -est as suffix to the positive degree respectively.
 Positive Comparative Superlative
 Happy happier happiest
 Easy easier easiest
 Merry  merrier merriest
 Wealthy wealthier wealthiest
 Healthy healthier healthiest

Some mono syllabic positive degree adjectives end in a single consonant with a short vowel before, comparative and superlative degrees are formed by doubling the consonant and adding -er or -est as suffix to the positive degree.
 Positive Comparative Superlative
 Sadsadder saddest
 Red redder reddest
 Thin thinner thinnest
 Fat fatter fattest
 Big bigger biggest
 Drab drabber drabbest

Bi-syllabic or poly-syllabic positive degree adjectives are formed comparative and superlative by supplying the words more and most respectively to the positive degree. 
 Positive Comparative Superlative
 Beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
 Delicious more delicious most delicious
 Courageous more courageous most courageous
 Wonderful more wonderful most wonderful
 Difficult more difficult most difficult

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