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.

LEARNING DEGREES OF CHANGE

Degrees of conversion

Positive to Superlative

Read the following sentence:-

Positive:-      No other boy in the class is so wise as he.

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

Positive:-      No other player in the team was so tall as Ram.

Superlative:- Ram was the tallest player in the team.

Positive:-       No other king in India was so  famous as Akbar.

Superlative:- Akbar was the most famous king India

structure:-

Positive:-     no other+noun+ext.+verb+so+positive degree+as+noun/pronoun.

Superlative:-subject(last noun/pronoun)+verb+the+superlative degree+noun+ext(after no other).

noun after no other  will be singular .so the verb after no other will be singular.

Read the following sentence:-

Positive:-       Very few boys in the class are so tall as he.

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

Positive:-      Very few girls in the group were so beautiful as Rina.

Superlative:- Rina was one of  the most beautiful girls in the group.

Positive:-     Very few men in the village are so tall as you.

Superlative:-You are one of the tallest men in the village. 

structure:-

Positive:-       very few +noun+ext+verb+so+positive degree+as+noun/pronoun.

Superlative:-  subject(noun/pronoun)+verb+one of the +superlative degree+noun+ext.

the noun after very few/one of the+superlative degree will be plural number.The verb after very few +noun will be plural.

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.