VIII. Degree of comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Sweet Small Tall Bold Clever Kind Young Brave Fine Happy Great Easy Wealthy Hot Thin Sad Fat Beautiful Eminent Industrious Ferocious Difficult Good Well Bad Little Much Many In Up Old Old | Sweeter Smaller Taller Bolder Cleverer Kinder Younger Braver Finer Happier Greater Easier Wealthier Hotter Thinner Sadder Fatter More beautiful More eminent More industrious More ferocious More difficult Better Better Worse Lesser More More Inner Upper Elder Older | Sweetest Smallest Tallest Boldest Cleverest Kindest Youngest Bravest Finest Happiest Greatest Easiest Wealthiest Hottest Thinnest Saddest Fattest Most beautiful Most eminent Most industrious Most ferocious Most difficult Best Best Worst Least Most Most Innermost Uppermost Eldest oldest |
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| No other | than any other | the happiest |
| Few other/ very few | than many / most other | one of the tallest |
1. Raji is the richest woman in Mumbai.
Ans. Raji is richer than any other woman in Mumbai.
No other woman in Mumbai is as rich as Raji.
2. Swami Raja was one of the most eminent disciple of ustad Amjat Ali Khan.
Ans. Very few disciples of ustad Amjat Ali Khan were as eminent as swami Raja.
Swami Raja was more eminent than many other disciples of ustad Amjat Ali Khan.
3. Reading
Ans. Reading is better than any other form of recreation.
No other form of recreation is as good as reading.
4. Australia Island .
Ans. Australia Islands .
No other Island is as large as Australia
5. Australia Islands .
Ans. Australia Islands .
Very few Islands are as large as Australia
6. Books are the best source of knowledge.
Ans. Books are better than any other source of knowledge.
No other source of knowledge is as good as books.
7. Iron is stronger than many other metals.
Ans. Iron is one of the strongest metals.
Very few metals are as strong as Iron.
8. No one is as lazy as Raja.
Ans. Raja is lazier than any other.
Raja is the laziest of all.
Note: - Whenever the comparison is made between two persons or things there does not exist with superlative degree.
1. Raja is sweeter than Raji.
Ans. Raji is not as sweet as Raja.
2. Mumbai is not leaner than Chennai.
Ans. Chennai is as clean as Mumbai.
3. March is not as hot as June.
Ans. June is hotter than March.
4. The rose smells as sweet as the lily.
Ans. The lily does not smell sweeter than the rose.
5. The rose smelled as sweet as the lily.
Ans. The lily did not smell sweeter than the rose.
6. The roses smell as sweet as the lilies.
The lilies do not smell sweeter than the rose.