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 āĻšāĻ˛ Adjective-āĻ° āĻāĻāĻি form āĻ¯া āĻāĻāĻ āĻুāĻŖেāĻ° āĻোāĻ¨ো āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ুāĻে āĻ āĻ¨্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়। Degrees of comparison -āĻ° āĻ¤িāĻ¨āĻি āĻĄিāĻ্āĻ°ী āĻ°āĻ¯়েāĻে: positive, comparative, and superlative.
Positive Degree āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻāĻ āĻুāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ°্āĻŖāĻ¨া āĻāĻ°ে (āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨, "strong").
eg. Ram is a strong boy.
or, Ram is as strong as any other boy.
Comparative Degree āĻĻুāĻি āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ুāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻāĻ°ে (āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨, "stronger"),
eg. Ram is stronger than Rahim.
Superlative Degree āĻ¤িāĻ¨āĻি āĻŦা āĻ¤āĻ¤োāĻ§িāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ুāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦা āĻ¸āĻŦাāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻāĻ°ে (āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨, "strongest")
eg. Ram is the strongest.
Ram is as strong as any other boy.
Degrees of Comparison āĻীāĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¸োāĻা। āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻāĻ¤ে āĻšā§ āĻļুāĻ§ু sentence structure āĻāĻ° āĻোāĻ¨ āĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে āĻী āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻšā§।
- Positive Degree āĻ¤ে Adjective āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻāĻ° āĻŽাāĻāĻাāĻ¨ে āĻĨাāĻে।
- Comparative Degree āĻ¤ে Adjective āĻāĻ° Comparative form āĻšā§ āĻāĻ° āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻĒাāĻļে āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āĻ¯āĻ "than" āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻāĻ˛্āĻ˛েāĻ্āĻ¯ : "than" āĻāĻ° "then" āĻāĻ˛াāĻĻা āĻিāĻ¨িāĻ¸। Comparative-āĻ "than" āĻšā§, āĻ¯াāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛ "āĻĨেāĻে", āĻ¯েāĻাāĻ¨ে "then" āĻŽাāĻ¨ে "āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨"। āĻুāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻāĻ˛āĻŦে āĻ¨া!
- Superlative Degree āĻ¤ে Adjective āĻāĻ° Superlative form āĻšā§ āĻāĻ° āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻāĻে "the" āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āĻ¯āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦে।
Adjective (āĻŦিāĻļেāĻˇāĻŖ) āĻ¯েāĻšেāĻ¤ু noun (āĻŦিāĻļেāĻˇ্āĻ¯) āĻāĻŦং pronoun(āĻ¸āĻ°্āĻŦāĻ¨াāĻŽ)āĻে āĻ¯োāĻ্āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ে, āĻ¤াāĻ noun āĻŽূāĻ˛āĻ¤ Adjective-āĻ° āĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻāĻা āĻŦোāĻাāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻিāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°াāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻাāĻ° āĻ¨েāĻ।
āĻāĻ sentence structure āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻŦোāĻা āĻ¯াā§ āĻোāĻ¨āĻা āĻোāĻ¨ sentence। Sentence āĻ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻāĻে? āĻāĻš, āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে positive, "than" āĻāĻে ? āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে comparative । "most" āĻāĻে ? āĻŦা adjective āĻāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে "-est" āĻāĻে āĻļেāĻˇে ? āĻ¨িঃāĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻĻেāĻšে superlative । āĻāĻāĻাāĻŦে ~ easy right?
Adjective āĻুāĻ˛ি positive, comparative, and superlative-āĻ āĻেāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻšā§ āĻ¤াāĻ° List āĻ¯ে āĻোāĻ¨ো grammar āĻŦāĻā§ে āĻĒাāĻā§া āĻ¯াāĻŦে।
āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¨িā§āĻŽ āĻšāĻ˛ :
Positive + er = comparative
Positive + est = superlative
āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨,
tall + er = taller
tall + est = tallest
wise + er = wiser
wise + est = wisest
āĻিāĻু āĻ āĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻ¨িā§āĻŽ āĻāĻে, āĻ¯েāĻা easy āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু easier āĻ¨ā§, simple āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু simpler āĻ¨ā§।
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
āĻāĻ° āĻ¯āĻĻি adjective āĻি āĻāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি syllable āĻāĻ° āĻšā§, āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে comparative-āĻ more āĻāĻ° superlative-āĻ most āĻŦāĻ¸ে adjective-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻে।
Syllable āĻšāĻ˛: a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.
āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ āĻāĻāĻি word āĻŦা word-āĻāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻুāĻু āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ°ে āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°া āĻ¯াā§, āĻ¤াāĻে āĻŦāĻ˛ে syllable. āĻāĻāĻি syllable-āĻ āĻāĻāĻিāĻ vowel sound āĻĨাāĻে, āĻাāĻ°āĻŖ vowel āĻাā§া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°া āĻ¯াā§ āĻ¨া। āĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻāĻ¤ো āĻোāĻ āĻŦেāĻ˛াā§ āĻĒā§াāĻ¨ āĻšā§, āĻ¯ে āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻĨাāĻে āĻ¨া।
āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে, āĻĻাঁā§াāĻ˛ো āĻāĻ āĻ¯ে, āĻ¯ে adjective āĻুāĻ˛ো ā§§-syllable āĻāĻ°, āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ tall, strong, big, large, nice, long. āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে comparative-āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ "er" āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ : taller, stronger, bigger, larger, nicer, longer.
āĻāĻ°, superlative-āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ "est" āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ : tallest, strongest, biggest, largest, nicest, longest.
āĻ¯ে adjective āĻুāĻ˛ো ā§§-āĻāĻ° āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি syllable-āĻāĻ°, āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ beautiful, wonderful, useful āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে adjective-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻে "more" āĻāĻ° "less" āĻŦāĻ¸ে।
more beautiful - āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ¸ুāĻ¨্āĻĻāĻ°
less beautiful - āĻāĻŽ āĻ¸ুāĻ¨্āĻĻāĻ°
āĻāĻ°, superlative degree-āĻ° āĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে, adjective-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻে "most" āĻŦা "least" āĻŦāĻ¸ে।
most beautiful - āĻ¸āĻŦāĻĨেāĻে āĻ¸ুāĻ¨্āĻĻāĻ°
least beautiful - āĻ¸āĻŦāĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻŽ āĻ¸ুāĻ¨্āĻĻāĻ°
āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āĻ¯āĻ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻিāĻুāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ¤িāĻ্āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻে। āĻ¤াāĻ āĻিāĻু āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻ āĻĻেāĻা āĻ¯াā§,
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?
āĻāĻŦাāĻ° āĻĻেāĻা āĻ¯াāĻ Sentence -āĻ āĻী āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨ 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.
Did You Notice? ⭐
āĻ˛āĻ্āĻˇāĻŖীā§ āĻŦিāĻˇā§ : (check the images)
1. Superlative-āĻ "the" āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦেāĻ, āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻ āĻ¨্āĻ¯ form āĻুāĻ˛োāĻ¤ে "the" āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¨া, āĻ¤াāĻ positive āĻŦা comparative āĻ "the" āĻāĻ ে āĻ¯াā§। āĻ¨িā§āĻŽ āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী comparative āĻ "than" āĻāĻ° positive-āĻ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻেāĻ˛।
2. Superlative degree āĻŦা Comparative degree āĻ¤ে Subject āĻŦা āĻ¯ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ু āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻে āĻŦāĻ˛া āĻšāĻ্āĻে āĻ¸ে āĻāĻে āĻŦāĻ¸ে, Positive degree-āĻ¤ে āĻ¸েāĻা āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽ āĻļেāĻˇে।
3. āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ Superlative Degree āĻ¤ে adjective āĻāĻে āĻļুāĻ§ু "the" āĻĨাāĻে, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ comparative "any other" āĻŦāĻ¸ে, āĻāĻ° positive āĻļুāĻ°ু āĻšā§ "No Other" āĻĻিā§ে।
āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ Superlative Degree āĻ¤ে adjective āĻāĻে "one of the" āĻĨাāĻে, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ comparative "most other" āĻŦāĻ¸ে, āĻāĻ° positive āĻļুāĻ°ু āĻšā§ "Very few" āĻĻিā§ে।
āĻাāĻ°āĻŖ the largest āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦৃāĻšā§, āĻ¸েāĻাāĻ¨ে one of the largest āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻ āĻ¨েāĻ āĻুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻāĻাāĻ āĻŦৃāĻšā§। āĻāĻ° āĻ¸েāĻ āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻ one of the āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে āĻ¸āĻŦ Superlative, comparative, positive āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻাā§āĻাāĻ¤েāĻ plural āĻšā§।
āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻো type-āĻ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻিāĻু। āĻāĻুāĻু āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻāĻ˛ে Degree of Comparison āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻুāĻ˛ āĻšāĻŦে āĻ¨া।
āĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻা special āĻেāĻ¸ āĻāĻে, āĻ¯েāĻাāĻ° superlative form-āĻ āĻšā§ āĻ¨া। āĻ¸েāĻা āĻŦāĻ˛ি:
The fox is cleverer than the dog.
āĻāĻা comparative degree-āĻ¤ে āĻāĻে। āĻেāĻ¨ ? āĻাāĻ°āĻŖ, "cleverer" āĻāĻে, "than" āĻāĻে, āĻĻুāĻো animal-āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻāĻে।
āĻāĻ° āĻ¯েāĻšেāĻ¤ু āĻāĻাāĻ¨ে āĻĻুāĻো āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻিāĻˇ্āĻ animal-āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻāĻে, āĻ¤াāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ° superlative form āĻšāĻŦে āĻ¨া। Superlative āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻিāĻ¨িāĻ¸েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻŦোāĻাā§।
āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে, The fox is cleverer than the dog. āĻāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛ fox āĻŦা āĻļিā§াāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ dog āĻŦা āĻুāĻুāĻ°েāĻ° āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি āĻাāĻ˛াāĻ।
positive-āĻ "as" āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛ো "āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ¨ āĻŦা āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻŽāĻ¤ো" । āĻ¤ো, āĻāĻŽāĻ°া āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻ˛িāĻি, The dog is as clever as the fox. - āĻāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻĻাঁā§াā§ āĻুāĻুāĻ° āĻļিā§াāĻ˛েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤োāĻ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āĻ§িāĻŽাāĻ¨, āĻ¯েāĻা āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ে āĻĢেāĻ˛ে। āĻ¤াāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে "not"
The dog is not as clever as the fox.
āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻ¸, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¯াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§াāĻ¨ ।
positive āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻĻুāĻো "as" āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛, "clever" adjective āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ˛ো, sentence-āĻāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¨া।
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.