DEGREES

There are three kinds of degree.

(i) Positive Degree
(ii) Comparative Degree
(iii) Superlative Degree

From SUPERLATIVE DEGREE to POSITIVE DEGREE

R-1 : No other + superlative degree Gi c‡ii Ask + singular verb + as/so + superlative
degree Gi positive form + as + subject.
R-2 : No other, of any, any other Gi Noun/Pronoun Gi singular form e‡m|
R-3 : All other, most other, many other, few other, very few, one of the Gi ci
Noun/Pronoun Gi plural form e‡m|
R-4 : Superlative degree Gi ci of all/of any _vK‡j Zv D‡V hvq|

Exercise: Labonna is the best girl in the class. (Positive)

No other girl in the class in as good as Labonna.

The Padma is the largest of all rivers in Bangladesh. (Positive)

No other river in Bangladesh is as large as the Padma.

Jemi is the most intelligent of all girls. (Positive)

No other girl in as intelligent as Jemi.

Positive Comparative Superlative

Very few than most other one of the

R-5 : One of the hy³ superlative degree ‡K comparative Kivi wbqg t

Structure: very few + superlative degree Gi c‡ii Ask + verb Gi plural form + as/so +
superlative degree Gi positive form + as + subject.

Exercise: Nazrul is one of the greatest poets of Bangladesh.

Very few poets of Bangladesh are as greatest as Nazrul.

Iron is one of the most useful metals.

Very few metals are as useful as Iron.

From SUPERLATIVE to COMPARATIVE

R-1 : Subject + verb + superlative degree Gi comparative form + than any other +
sentence Gi evKx Ask|
R-2 : of all Gi cwie‡Z© than all other G of any Gi cwie‡Z© than any other e‡m|
R-3 : one of the _vK‡j than most other e‡m|
Structure: subject + verb + superlative degree Gi comparative form + than most other +
sentence Gi evKx Ask|

Exercise: Tania is the wisest girl in the class.

Tania is wiser than any other girl in the class.

Rima is the tallest of all the girls in the class.

Rima is taller than all other girls in the class.

Khan is the oldest man in the village.

Khan is older than any other man in the village.

Japan is one of the most developed countries in the world.

Japan is more developed than most other countries in the world.

Form COMPARATIVE to POSITIVE

R-1 : No other + than any other/than all other Gi c‡ii Ask + verb + as/so + comparative
degree Gi positive form + as + subject.
R-2 : than most other _vK‡j very few e‡m|
Structure: Very few + than most other/few other Gi c‡ii Ask + verb plural form +
as/so comparative Gi positive form + as + subject.

R-3 : than hy&³ comparative degree ‡K positive Ki‡Z n‡j t

Structure: than Gi c‡ii Ask + verb + not + as/so + comparative positive form + as
+ subject.
R-4 : no less/not less Gi RvqMvq as Ges than Gi RvqMvq as e‡m|

Exercise:
Dhaka is bigger than all other cities in Bangladesh.
---No other city in Bangladesh is as big as Dhaka.
Gold is more precious than most other metals.
---Very few metals are as precious as Gold.
Mina is wiser than Rina.
---Rina is not as wise as Mina.
Shimu is not less clever than Eva.
---Shimu is as clever as Eva.
A hare runs faster than a tortoise.
---A tortoise does not run as fast as a hare.

From COMPARATIVE to SUPERLATIVE

R-1 : Subject + verb + comparative Gi superlative form + other Gi c‡ii Ask|
R-2 : other Gi c‡i plural noun _vK‡j superlative Gi ci of all e‡m|
R-3 : than most other/than few other hy³ comparative degree ‡K superlative degree ‡Z
iƒcvš—i Kivi wbqg t
 Structure: subject + verb + one of the + comparative degree Gi superlative form +
most other/few other Gi c‡ii Ask|
Exercise: Runa is better than any other girl in the class.
---Runa is the best girl in the class.
Rafi is taller than all other boys.
---Rafi is the tallest of all boys.
Dhaka is bigger than most other cities in Bangladesh.
---Dhaka is the biggest cities in Bangladesh.

From POSITIVE to COMPARATIVE

R-1 : The last subject of the sentence + verb positive degree Gi comparative degree + than
any other + no other Gi ci †_‡K verb c~e© ch©š—|
R-2 : very few _vK‡j than most other e‡m|
Structure: last subject of the sentence + verb + positive degree Gi comparative form +
than most other + very few Gi ci †_‡K verb c~e© ch©š—|
R-3 : As …. As hy³ positive degree ‡K comparative degree ‡Z iƒcvš—i Kivi wbqg t
Structure: last subject + verb+ not + positive degree Gi comparative form + than +
cÖ`Ë sentence Gi cÖ_g subject.

Exercise: No other boy in the class is as tall as he.

---He is taller than any other boy in the class.
Very few metals are as costly as gold.
---Gold is costlier than most other metals.
Rafi is as tall as his brother.
---His brother is not taller than Rafi.

From POSITIVE to SUPERLATIVE

R-1 : The last subject of the sentence + verb + the superlative form + no other Gi ci †_‡K
verb Gi gv‡Si Ask|
R-2 : very few _vK‡j one of the e‡m|
Structure: the last subject of the sentence + verb + one of the + superlative form + very
few Gi ci †_‡K verb c~e© ch©š—|

Exercise: No other city in Bangladesh is as large as Dhaka.

----Dhaka is the largest city in Bangladesh.
No other girl in the class is as intelligent as Rina.
----Rina is the most intelligent girl in the class.
Very few girls in the village are as clever as Rina.
----Rina is one of the cleverest girls in the village.

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