LEARNING DEGREES OF CHANGE

Degrees of Conversion

Comparative to Superlative

Read the following sentence:-

Comparative:-  He is better than any other boy in the class.

Superlative:- He is the best boy in the class.

Comparative:-She was more beautiful than any other girl in the group.

Superlative:- She was the most beautiful girl in the group.

Comparative:-John was older than any other man in the village.

Superlative:- John was the oldest man in the village.

structure:-

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

Superlative:- subject+verb+the+superlative degree+noun(after than any other)+ext.

Read the following sentence:-

Comparative:-He is better than all other boys in the class.

Superlative:- He is the best of all boys in the class.

Comparative:-She was  older than all other women in the village.

Superlative:- She was the oldest of all women in the village.

structure:-

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

Superlative:- subject+verb+the+superlative degree+of all +noun(after than all other)+ext.

Read the following sentence:-

Comparative:-Dhaka is bigger than most other cities in Bangladesh.

Superlative:- Dhaka is one of the biggest cities in Bangladesh.

Comparative:-You are taller than most other girls in the class.

Superlative:- You are one of the tallest girls in the class.

structure:-

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

Superlative:- subject+verb+one of the+superlative degree+noun(after than most other)+ext.