CBSE Book Class 10 English Comparison

A. Introduction
A.1 When we compare we estimate, measure or note the similarity or dissimilarity between two or more people, places, things or ideas. And we often compare them in terms of size, shape, weight, colour, quality, manner, number, quantity, grade, actions, intensity, age, looks, feelings etc.

Do you know what term is used for the class of words we use for comparison?

In this unit you will learn the various ways of comparing in English. You will also get some practice in using them.

Some basic facts about comparatives:

• Comparatives are gradable expressions we use to compare.

• Comparatives often say how things are different in quality or quantity or how something changes and becomes different over time:

Your house may be bigger but mine is more environment-friendly.

This poem is not as good as the one you wrote yesterday.

There are more girls than boys in this class.

The climate is getting hotter and hotter every year.

• Comparatives show how two things are or are not of the same quality and quantity:

She is as beautiful as her mother.

She is not as beautiful as her mother.

'There are as many stars in the sky as there are grains of sands on this beach.'

• Comparatives single out one thing as having a unique quality or define a specific member in a set or group:

Please refer to the link below - CBSE Class 10 English Comparison