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Transformation by Changing Degree of Adjective
or
Comparison of Adjective
‘Degree’
Adjective Comparison of Adjective
Degree
Degree of Comparison
1. Positive Degree
2. Comparative Degree
3. Superlative Degree.
* Positive Degree Adjective
* Comparative Degree Adjective
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* Superlative Degree Adjective
By the by
Superlative Degree sentence Positive Comparative Degree
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# Positive Comparative Degree sentence Interchange
# wKš‘ GUv g‡b ivLv cÖ‡qvRb †h Positive Comparative Degree
sentence Superlative Degree sentence-G Superlative
as ------ as, so ------ as Positive Degree
more/ less, than, or linking verb ( be, seem, get, become, look
Adjective comparative form Comparative Degree
the, most Superlative Degree
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Formation of Comparative and Superlative Degree
1. Syllable Positive Degree adjective ‘er/ r’ Comparative
‘est/ st’ Superlative Degree
Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree
tall tall + er = taller tall + est = tallest
safe safe + r = safer safe+st = safest
sweet sweet + er = sweeter sweet+est = sweetest
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bitter- bitterer- bitterest.
healthy- healthier- healthiest.
narrow- narrower- narrowest etc.
2. Syllable Adjective more less
Comparative Degree most / least Superlative Degree
Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree
Active more/ less active most/ least active
difficult more/ less difficult most/ least difficult
generous more/ less generous most/ least generous
good – better – best
bad, evil – worse – worst
much/ many – more – most
old – older/ elder - oldest/ eldest
late – later/ latter-latest.
Positive Degree, Comparative Degree & Sentence
Superlative Degree sentence (i) one of (ii) one of
one of Superlative Degree Positive Degree Very
few plural verb
Structure: Very few + Superlative Plural verb + as/ so + Superlative
Degree- Positive form + as + subject.
Comparative Superlative Degree Comparative
form most other +
Example:
Superlative : Bangladesh is one of the smallest countries in the world.
Positive : Very few countries in the world are as small as Bangladesh.
Comparative : Bangladesh is smaller than most other countries in the world.
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One of Superlative sentence Positive No other +
Superlative- + verb + as/ so + Superlative Positive form +
as + Superlative.
Comparative Superlative Comparative form than
any other
Note : of all/ of any than all other than any other
Example :
Comp : Nasima is the best girl in the class.
Possi : No other girl in the class is as good as Nasima.
Comp : Nasima is better than any other girl in the class.
Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree
No other (Sentence than any other (Degree The (Degree
Very few (Sentence than most other (Degree one of the (Degree
-: Exercise :-
1. Bangla is the sweetest language. (Comparative)
2. Bangladesh is one of the smallest countries in the world. (Positive)
3. Air is one of the most useful elements. (Positive)
4. Very few tools are as useful as the hammers. (Comparative)
5. Few flowers are as beautiful as the rose. (Superlative)
6. Gold is the most valuable metal of any. (Comparative)
7. Computer is one of the most useful tools. (Comparative)
8. He is the most intelligent boy in the class. (Positive)
9. Nazrul is the greatest poet in Bangladesh. (Comparative)
10. Mobile phone is the most useful tool. (Comparative)
11. She was one of the most faithful girls. (Comparative)
12. An apple is not as cheap as an orange. (Comparative)
13. He was better than Rahim. (Positive)
14. She was the best girl. (Comparative)
15. They are older than he. (Positive)
16. A train runs faster than a bus. (Positive)
17. He is brighter than all other boys. (Superlative)
18. He is the strongest of all boys. (Positive)
19. Wordsworth is the most favourite of all poets to me. (Positive)
20. The rose is the finest of all flowers. (Comparative)
21. Momin was the wisest of all men who gave the present. (Positive)
22. The man is the noblest person I have ever found. (Comparative)
23. Salma is the prettiest girl in the class. (Comparative)
24. Shakespeare is the greatest of all dramatists in the world. (Positive)
25. Few poets are as great as Tagore. (Comparative)
