Senin, 13 April 2015

Definition Adverb, Adjective, and Degree of Comparison

Definition Adverb 

An adver ia a word or set of words that modifies verbs, adjetives, or other adverbs.
  • he speaks slowly (modifies the verb speaks)
  • he is especially clever (modifies the adjective clever)
  • he speaks all too slowly (modifies the adverb slowly)
An adverb answer how, when, where, or to what extent-how often or how much.
  • he speks slowly (answer the question how)
  • he speaks very slowly (answers the question how slowly)
Definition Adjective

An adjective is a word or set of words that modifies a noun or pronoun. Adjectives may come before the word they modify.
  • that is a cute puppy
  • she likes a high school senior
Adjectives may also follow the word they modify:
  • that puppy looks cute
  • the technology is state-of-the-art
Definition Degree of Comparison

Degree of Comparison are used when we compare one person or one thing with another.
There are three Degree of Comparison in English:
  1. Positive degree : when we speak about only one person or thing, we use the positive degree
  2. Comparative degree : when we compare two persons or two things with each other, we use both the positive degree and comparative degree.
  3. Superlative degree : when we compare more than two persons or things with one another, we use all the three positive, comparative and superlative degree

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/adjAdv.asp
http://www.english-for-students.com/Degrees-of-Comparison.html


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