REET Level 1 study notes
Degrees of Comparison
Degrees of comparison are the positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Positive describes without comparison, comparative compares mainly two persons or things, and superlative selects one from a group. For REET Level 1 Language II English, the topic should be prepared through short classroom sentences, picture comparison, error correction, and remedial teaching. Key traps are using superlative for two items, using more with an er form, using most with an est form, and missing irregular forms such as good, better, best.
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- Positive degree describes a quality without comparing it with another person or thing.
- Comparative degree normally compares two items and often uses than.
- Superlative degree selects one item from a group and often uses the before the adjective.
- Short adjectives often take er and est; many longer adjectives use more and most.
- Do not use double comparison forms such as more taller or most tallest.
- Irregular sets such as good, better, best and bad, worse, worst need separate practice.
- For Class 1 to 5, teach the idea with objects, pictures, oral sentences and kind correction.
- REET MCQs usually test group size, signal words, adjective form and common error patterns.
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Degrees of comparison are the positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Positive describes without comparison, comparative compares mainly two persons or things, and superlative selects one from a group. For REET Level 1 Language II English, the topic should be prepared through short classroom sentences, picture comparison, error correction, and remedial teaching. Key traps are using superlative for two...