LEARNING DEGREES OF CHANGE

Degrees of Comparison

Superlative to Comparative

Read the following sentence:-

superlative:- He was the oldest  man in the village.

He was older than any other man in the village.

superlative:-Chittagong is the biggest port in Bangladesh.

Chittagong is bigger than any other port in Bangladesh.

superlative:-Mara dona is the best footballer we have ever seen.

Mara dona is better than any other footballer we have ever seen.

structure:

superlative:-subject+verb+the+superlative degree+noun+ext.

subject+verb+comparative degree+than any other +man+noun+ext.

Read the following sentence:-

superlative:-   He is the noblest  of all men.

comparative:-He is nobler than all other men.

superlative:-  Akbar was the greatest of all the kings in India.

comparative:-Akbar was  greater than all other kings  in India.

structure:-

superlative:-    subject+verb+the+superlative degree+of all+noun+ext..

comparative:-  subject+verb+comparative degree+than all other +noun+ext.

the noun after than any other will be singular and the noun after than all other will be plural.

Read the following sentence:-

superlative:-   He is one of the tallest boys in the class.

comparative:-He is taller than most other boys in the class.

superlative:-   Saudi Arabia is one of the hottest countries in the world.

comparative:-Saudi Arabia is hotter than most other countries in the world.

superlative:-   Iron is one of the most useful metals.

comparative:-Iron is more useful than most other metals.

structure:-

superlative:-   subject+verb+one of the+superlative degree+noun+ext.

comparative:-subject+verb+comparative degree+than most other+noun+ext.

the noun after one of the/than most other will be plural number.