WW Activity 6. Comparative or positive degree. Use the appropriate degree of adjectives in brackets in each of
the following:
1. As computers have become
(advanced), their parts have become smaller and smaller
2. A supercomputer is one of the
(powerful) computers used for very complicated
tasks.
3. The
(fast) supercomputers can carry out trillions of calculations per second.
4. Unfortunately, as computer use becomes
(widespread) day by day, so do the
opportunities for misuse.
5. We think that computers will be
(fast) and
(cheap) in the future

1. More advanced.

2. Most powerful.

3. Fastest.

4. More widespread.

5. Faster; cheaper.

Explanation:

An adjective is one of the parts of speech in English language and it can be defined as a word that qualifies or describes a noun in a sentence. Some examples of an adjective are big, small, happy, tall, short, fat, rambunctious, etc.

In English language, there are three (3) forms of adjectives and these includes;

I. Positive adjectives: it is the simplest form of an adjective that expresses the quality of a physical object, person, place, etc., without comparison.

II. Comparative adjectives: it is used for comparing two things, person or place. Signal word such as more is used for comparison or the suffix "er" is added to the adjective.

III. Superlative adjectives: it is used to show that a person or thing has a greater degree of quality than two or more other persons or things. Thus, it is used for comparing three or more people, things, place, etc.

The proper use of comparative and superlative adjectives for this exercise are shown below;

1. As computers have become MORE ADVANCED, their parts have become smaller and smaller.

2. A supercomputer is one of the MOST POWERFUL computers used for very complicated tasks.

3. The FASTEST supercomputers can carry out trillions of calculations per second.

4. Unfortunately, as computer use becomes MORE WIDESPREAD day by day, so do the opportunities for misuse.

5. We think that computers will be FASTER and CHEAPER in the future.

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