Degree of Comparison: Explanation and Examples
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Welcome to this exciting blog where I’ll unravel the simplest rules to understand the Degrees of Comparison in adjectives! Whether you're confused about when to use "taller," "most intelligent," or "as smart as," this guide will make everything crystal clear. With step-by-step explanations and fun transformation exercises, you'll learn to handle these grammar challenges like a pro.
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What is Degree of Comparison? Understand Degree of Comparison - Positive, Comparative And Superlative Degree:
Degree of Comparison āĻšāϞ Adjective-āϰ āĻāĻāĻি form āϝা āĻāĻāĻ āĻুāĻŖেāϰ āĻোāύো āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻে āĻ āύ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়। Degrees of comparison -āϰ āϤিāύāĻি āĻĄিāĻ্āϰী āϰāϝ়েāĻে: positive, comparative, and superlative.
Positive Degree āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻāĻ āĻুāĻŖ āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰে (āϝেāĻŽāύ, "strong").
eg. Ram is a strong boy.
or, Ram is as strong as any other boy.
Comparative Degree āĻĻুāĻি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰে (āϝেāĻŽāύ, "stronger"),
eg. Ram is stronger than Rahim.
Superlative Degree āϤিāύāĻি āĻŦা āϤāϤোāϧিāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦা āϏāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰে (āϝেāĻŽāύ, "strongest")
eg. Ram is the strongest.
Ram is as strong as any other boy.
Degrees of Comparison āĻীāώāĻŖ āϏোāĻা। āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻāϤে āĻšā§ āĻļুāϧু sentence structure āĻāϰ āĻোāύ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻী āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§।
- Positive Degree āϤে Adjective āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻāϰ āĻŽাāĻāĻাāύে āĻĨাāĻে।
- Comparative Degree āϤে Adjective āĻāϰ Comparative form āĻšā§ āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāĻ "than" āĻŦāϏে। āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ্āϝ : "than" āĻāϰ "then" āĻāϞাāĻĻা āĻিāύিāϏ। Comparative-āĻ "than" āĻšā§, āϝাāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϞ "āĻĨেāĻে", āϝেāĻাāύে "then" āĻŽাāύে "āϤāĻāύ"। āĻুāϞ āĻāϰāϞে āĻāϞāĻŦে āύা!
- Superlative Degree āϤে Adjective āĻāϰ Superlative form āĻšā§ āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻāĻে "the" āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāĻ āĻŦāϏāĻŦে।
Adjective (āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ) āϝেāĻšেāϤু noun (āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ) āĻāĻŦং pronoun(āϏāϰ্āĻŦāύাāĻŽ)āĻে āϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻāϰে, āϤাāĻ noun āĻŽূāϞāϤ Adjective-āϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϏে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻা āĻŦোāĻাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻাāϰ āύেāĻ।
āĻāĻ sentence structure āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻŦোāĻা āϝাā§ āĻোāύāĻা āĻোāύ sentence। Sentence āĻ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻāĻে? āĻāĻš, āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāύে positive, "than" āĻāĻে ? āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāύে comparative । "most" āĻāĻে ? āĻŦা adjective āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে "-est" āĻāĻে āĻļেāώে ? āύিঃāϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻšে superlative । āĻāĻāĻাāĻŦে ~ easy right?
Adjective āĻুāϞি positive, comparative, and superlative-āĻ āĻেāĻŽāύ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§ āϤাāϰ List āϝে āĻোāύো grammar āĻŦāĻā§ে āĻĒাāĻā§া āϝাāĻŦে।
āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āύিā§āĻŽ āĻšāϞ :
Positive + er = comparative
Positive + est = superlative
āϝেāĻŽāύ,
tall + er = taller
tall + est = tallest
wise + er = wiser
wise + est = wisest
āĻিāĻু āĻ āύ্āϝāϰāĻāĻŽ āύিā§āĻŽ āĻāĻে, āϝেāĻা easy āĻিāύ্āϤু easier āύā§, simple āĻিāύ্āϤু simpler āύā§।
Notice the differences ?
Type 1: (consonant becomes double then "er" or "est" get added)
big → bigger → biggest
hot → hotter → hottest
red → redder → reddest
Type 2: ("y" becomes → "i" then "er" or "est" get added)
happy → happier → happiest
easy → easier → easiest
lazy → lazier → laziest
busy → busier → busiest
Type 3: (add "r" and "st" only)
large → larger → largest
simple → simpler → simplest
fine → finer → finest
āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻি adjective āĻি āĻāĻ āĻāϰ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি syllable āĻāϰ āĻšā§, āϤাāĻšāϞে comparative-āĻ more āĻāϰ superlative-āĻ most āĻŦāϏে adjective-āĻāϰ āĻāĻে।
Syllable āĻšāϞ: a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.
āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ āĻāĻāĻি word āĻŦা word-āĻāϰ āϝāϤāĻুāĻু āĻāĻ āĻŦাāϰে āĻāĻ্āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰা āϝাā§, āϤাāĻে āĻŦāϞে syllable. āĻāĻāĻি syllable-āĻ āĻāĻāĻিāĻ vowel sound āĻĨাāĻে, āĻাāϰāĻŖ vowel āĻাā§া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻ্āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰা āϝাā§ āύা। āĻāĻুāϞো āĻāϤো āĻোāĻ āĻŦেāϞাā§ āĻĒā§াāύ āĻšā§, āϝে āĻŽāύে āĻĨাāĻে āύা।
āϤাāĻšāϞে, āĻĻাঁā§াāϞো āĻāĻ āϝে, āϝে adjective āĻুāϞো ā§§-syllable āĻāϰ, āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ tall, strong, big, large, nice, long. āϤাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে comparative-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ "er" āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻšā§। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ : taller, stronger, bigger, larger, nicer, longer.
āĻāϰ, superlative-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ "est" āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻšā§। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ : tallest, strongest, biggest, largest, nicest, longest.
āϝে adjective āĻুāϞো ā§§-āĻāϰ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি syllable-āĻāϰ, āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ beautiful, wonderful, useful āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে adjective-āĻāϰ āĻāĻে "more" āĻāϰ "less" āĻŦāϏে।
more beautiful - āĻŦেāĻļি āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ
less beautiful - āĻāĻŽ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ
āĻāϰ, superlative degree-āϰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে, adjective-āĻāϰ āĻāĻে "most" āĻŦা "least" āĻŦāϏে।
most beautiful - āϏāĻŦāĻĨেāĻে āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ
least beautiful - āϏāĻŦāĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻŽ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ
āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāĻ āϏāĻŦ āĻিāĻুāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ্āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻ āĻিāĻু āĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻ āĻĻেāĻা āϝাā§,
good → better → best
bad → worse → worst
Well → Better → Best.
Far → Farther/Further → Farthest/Furthest.
Much/Many → More → Most
Little → Less → Least
Degree of Comparison Rules - How to Change from Positive to Comparative to Superlative?
āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāĻ Sentence -āĻ āĻী āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§ :
NUMBER 1:
Superlative Degree :
Iron is the most useful metal.
Comparative Degree:
Iron is more useful than any other metal.
Positive Degree:
No other metal is as useful as Iron.
NUMBER 2 :
Superlative Degree :
Kolkata is one of the largest cities in India,
Comparative Degree :
Kolkata is larger than most other cities in India.
Positive Degree:
Very Few cities in India are as large as Kolkata.
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āϞāĻ্āώāĻŖীā§ āĻŦিāώ⧠: (check the images)
1. Superlative-āĻ "the" āĻŦāϏāĻŦেāĻ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻ āύ্āϝ form āĻুāϞোāϤে "the" āĻŦāϏে āύা, āϤাāĻ positive āĻŦা comparative āĻ "the" āĻāĻ ে āϝাā§। āύিā§āĻŽ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী comparative āĻ "than" āĻāϰ positive-āĻ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻŦāϏে āĻেāϞ।
2. Superlative degree āĻŦা Comparative degree āϤে Subject āĻŦা āϝে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে āĻŦāϞা āĻšāĻ্āĻে āϏে āĻāĻে āĻŦāϏে, Positive degree-āϤে āϏেāĻা āĻŦāϏে āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽ āĻļেāώে।
3. āϝāĻāύ Superlative Degree āϤে adjective āĻāĻে āĻļুāϧু "the" āĻĨাāĻে, āϤāĻāύ comparative "any other" āĻŦāϏে, āĻāϰ positive āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§ "No Other" āĻĻিā§ে।
āϝāĻāύ Superlative Degree āϤে adjective āĻāĻে "one of the" āĻĨাāĻে, āϤāĻāύ comparative "most other" āĻŦāϏে, āĻāϰ positive āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§ "Very few" āĻĻিā§ে।
āĻাāϰāĻŖ the largest āĻŽাāύে āϏāĻŦ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦৃāĻšā§, āϏেāĻাāύে one of the largest āĻŽাāύে āĻ āύেāĻ āĻুāϞোāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻāĻাāĻ āĻŦৃāĻšā§। āĻāϰ āϏেāĻ āĻāύ্āϝāĻ one of the āĻĨাāĻāϞে āϏāĻŦ Superlative, comparative, positive āϏāĻŦ āĻাā§āĻাāϤেāĻ plural āĻšā§।
āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻো type-āĻ āϏāĻŦ āĻিāĻু। āĻāĻুāĻু āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻāϞে Degree of Comparison āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻুāϞ āĻšāĻŦে āύা।
āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻা special āĻেāϏ āĻāĻে, āϝেāĻাāϰ superlative form-āĻ āĻšā§ āύা। āϏেāĻা āĻŦāϞি:
The fox is cleverer than the dog.
āĻāĻা comparative degree-āϤে āĻāĻে। āĻেāύ ? āĻাāϰāĻŖ, "cleverer" āĻāĻে, "than" āĻāĻে, āĻĻুāĻো animal-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāĻে।
āĻāϰ āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻāĻাāύে āĻĻুāĻো āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ animal-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāĻে, āϤাāĻ āĻāĻাāϰ superlative form āĻšāĻŦে āύা। Superlative āĻāϰāĻ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻিāύিāϏেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻŦোāĻাā§।
āϤাāĻšāϞে, The fox is cleverer than the dog. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϞ fox āĻŦা āĻļিā§াāϞ āĻšāϞ dog āĻŦা āĻুāĻুāϰেāϰ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি āĻাāϞাāĻ।
positive-āĻ "as" āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϞো "āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻāϰāĻ āĻŽāϤো" । āϤো, āĻāĻŽāϰা āϝāĻĻি āϞিāĻি, The dog is as clever as the fox. - āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻĻাঁā§াā§ āĻুāĻুāϰ āĻļিā§াāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϤোāĻ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ, āϝেāĻা āĻŽাāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāϰে āĻĢেāϞে। āϤাāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύāϤে āĻšāĻŦে "not"
The dog is not as clever as the fox.
āĻŦ্āϝাāϏ, āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ ।
positive āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻĨাāĻāϞ, "clever" adjective āĻŦāϏāϞো, sentence-āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻ āĻšāϞ āύা।
Degree of Comparison EXAMPLES:
1 Mr Bose is as rich as Mr Dutta. (Positive)
- Mr Dutta is not richer than Mr Bose. (Comparative)
2. The cake is not as healthy as bread. (Positive)
- The cake is healthier than the bread. (Comparative)
3. He is the best striker in the world. (Superlative)
- He is better than any other striker in the world. (Comparative)
- No other striker in the world is so good as Robinho. (Positive)
4. Netaji is one of the greatest leaders of India. (Superlative)
- Netaji is greater than most other leaders of India. (Comparative)
- Very few leaders of India is as great as Netaji. (Positive)
5. Some singers are as great as Manna Dey. (Positive)
- Manna Dey is not greater than some other singers. (Comparative)
- Manna Dey is not the greatest of all singers. (Superlative)
6. The Victoria Memorial Hall is less magnificent than the Taj Mahal. (Comparative)
- The Victoria Memorial Hall is not as magnificent as the Taj Mahal. (Positive)
Hey Check This:
This is the most difficult math problem I've ever seen. (Superlative)
- This is more difficult than any other math problem I've ever seen. (comparative)
- I have never seen any other math problem more difficult than this. (comparative)
and again,
- No other math problem that I've ever seen is as difficult as this. (Positive)
- I've never seen any math problem as difficult as this. (Positive)
Grammar is rule of language. But Language came first. Grammar helps people to speak the same language the same way. Grammar is not absolute in language as Formulas in math. So, many times, we can form lines that is more meaningful than following a boring rule of grammar. Cause, Language is beautiful. It helps us to speak with others, understand others, express ourselves. So, we can form sentences that is meaningful enough as sounds good in ear, not particularly followed grammar in a boring way but correct way.