Positive Degree:
A positive degree does not have any comparison. It only
tells us the presence of quality.
Examples:
A. She is a good girl.
B. He is an intelligent boy.
C. He drives slowly.
C. He walks slowly.
D. He did the job beautifully.
Comparative Degree:
A Comparative degree is used to compare two things to show
which one has a lesser or greater degree of quality.
Examples:
A. Ishan is taller than Zaheer.
B. Fariya is more intelligent than Nasima.
C. He walks more slowly.
D. He did the job more beautifully.
Superlative degree
Comparing more than two things, a superlative degree
deals with the least or the highest quality.
Examples:
A. Ishan is the tallest player on the Indian Cricket team.
B. Shakib-Al-Hasan is one of the best all-rounders in
world cricket.
C. He has done the work most beautifully.
D. I want to play the next match most seriously.
The transformation from superlative to positive
Rule one: If you come across
the phrase 'one of the' in superlative, you should follow the following
structure to transform the superlative into a positive degree:
Very few + total part from the superlative + verb + as
+ positive form of the degree + as + subject
Examples:
Superlative: Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the world.
Positive: Very few batsmen in
the world are as good as Virat Kohli.
Superlative: She is one of the
most beautiful girls in her class.
Positive: Very few girls in her
class are as beautiful as she.
Rule two: If you don't see the
phrase 'one of the' in a superlative degree, you should follow the following
structure:
No other + total part from the superlative + verb
+ as + positive form of the degree + as + subject
Examples:
Superlative: He is the best boy in
the class.
Positive: No other boy in the
class is as good as he is.
Superlative: She is the most
beautiful girl.
Positive: No other girl is as
beautiful as she
Rule three: If you find the
phrase 'of all, you should follow the structure given below:
No other + total part from the all + verb + as +
positive form of the degree + as + subject
Superlative: He is the tallest of all
boys.
Positive: No other boy is as
tall as he.
The transformation from comparative to superlative:
Note: We should keep in mind that all types of
comparative degrees cannot be transformed into a superlative degrees. For example,
when a comparative degree draws a comparison between two objects, you cannot
transform it into superlative.
John is more intelligent than Nick.
Rule one: If you come
across the following structure of the comparative degree:
Subject + be verb + comparative form + than any other
+ object, you should follow the superlative structure
shown below:
Subject + be verb + the + superlative form + of any +
object.
Comparative: Dhaka is bigger than
any other city in Bangladesh.
Superlative: Dhaka is the biggest
city in Bangladesh.
Rule two: If you come
across the following structure of the comparative degree:
Subject + be verb + comparative form + than all other
+ object, you should follow the following structure of
superlative degree given below:
Subject + be verb + the + superlative form + of all+
object.
Comparative: John is wiser than all other students in
the class.
Superlative:
Rule three: If you find the
following structure of comparative degree: Subject + be verb +
comparative form + than most other + object, the structure of
superlative degree will be the following one:
Subject + verb + one of the + superlative form +
object.
Comparative: Rohit is better than
most other players.
Superlative: Rohit is one of the
best players.
The transformation from Positive to Comparative
To transform a positive degree into a comparative degree,
follow the rules given below:
Firstly, convert the object of
a positive degree into a subject of comparative degree and a subject of a positive
degree becomes the object of a comparative degree.
If a pronoun is used,
transform the pronoun into its nominative case (I, we, he, she, they) and use
it in a comparative degree as an object.
To preserve meaning, a positive degree that
is in its affirmative form should be converted into a negative comparative
degree.
Secondly, use a verb after the
subject.
Thirdly, Replace
as....as/so....as by the comparative degree of the adjective and add 'not
Fourthly, use 'than'
Finally, use the subject of
the positive degree as an object of the comparative degree.
If you come across 'no/any other' and 'very few'
phrase, replace them by 'than any other' and 'than many/most other'
respectively.
Examples:
Positive: He is as good as I.
Comparative: I am not better than
him.
Positive: No other student is
as good as I.
Comparative: I am better than any other
student.
Positive: Very few students are
as good as I.
Comparative: I am better than many
other students.
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