O’zbekiston respublikasi oliy va o’rta maxsus ta’lim vazirligi guliston davlat universiteti hamdamov U. E ingliz tili fanidan o’quv-uslubiy majmua Guliston -2017 Annotation

Degrees of Comparison
Adjectives have got three forms: positive, comparative and superlative.
Adjectives of one or two syllables form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est e.g. fast - faster - fastest.
Adjectives of more than two syllables form the comparative with more
and the superlative with most. e.g. beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful. Some adjectives such as clever, stupid, narrow, gentle, friendly, etc form the comparative and superlative either with -er/- est or with more/most.
e.g. clever - cleverer - cleverest OR clever - more clever - most clever

We use the comparative form + than to compare two people or things,

e.g. Tom is taller than Richard.
Russia is larger than Australia.
♦ We use the + superlative form + of/in to com pare three or more people or things, e.g. Chris is the tallest of all. We use In when we talk about places, e.g. Russia is the largest country in the world.
N O T- of the world

Adverbs form the comparative and superlative in the same way as adjectives. Adverbs of one or two syllables take -er in the comparative and -est in the

superlative, e.g. hard - harder - hardest, early – earlier - earliest.
The adverbs which are formed by adding -ly to the adjective (adverbs of manner), take more In the comparative and most in the superlative.
e.g. carefully - more carefully - most carefully.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
good/well bad/badly much/many/ a lot of little far	better worse more less further/farther	best worst most least furthest/farthest

When we want to say that two people or things are the same, we use as...as.

e.g. Helen is as tail as Kate.
In negations we use not as ... as. e.g. Mary is not as clever as Julie.


Activity 1
Fill in the gaps using the words from the box.
contend, stumble, undoubtedly, commonalities, conception, route

1. Additional readings and alternative sources undoubtedly create a richer understanding.

2. Scientists ____________ that working with a primary source is more effective then with a secondary source.
3. When working with a single source you may ___________________ upon unclear information.
4. Learners should discern the ________________ between materials.
5. When surfing through different sources, relating materials to the objective, helps to form a clear _______________________ of idea.
6. Secondary source materials are more indirect _______________ to the same information than a primary source.