Friday, December 13, 2024

2 Simple Rules to Understand Adjective Degree of Comparison with EXERCISES - In Bengali

easy ways to understand adjective degrees of comparison in Bengali
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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.

Perfect for school students, this blog focuses on easy tips and practical examples to help you nail your exams and write flawless sentences. So, let’s dive in and make grammar as fun and easy as pie! Keep reading, and don’t forget to try the practice exercises at the end.

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What is Degree of Comparison? Understand Degree of Comparison - Positive, Comparative And Superlative Degree: 

Degree of Comparison āĻšāϞ Adjective-āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি form āϝা āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ—ুāĻŖেāϰ āĻ•োāύো āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻ•ে āĻ…āύ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤুāϞāύা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়। Degrees of comparison -āϰ āϤিāύāϟি āĻĄিāĻ—্āϰী āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে: positive, comparative, and superlative. 

Positive Degree āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻ•āϰে (āϝেāĻŽāύ, "strong").  

eg. Ram is a strong boy. 

or, Ram is as strong as any other boy.

Comparative Degree āĻĻুāϟি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻ•āϰে (āϝেāĻŽāύ, "stronger"), 

eg. Ram is stronger than Rahim.

Superlative Degree āϤিāύāϟি āĻŦা āϤāϤোāϧিāĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦা āϏāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻ•āϰে (āϝেāĻŽāύ, "strongest")

eg. Ram is the strongest.

Ram is as strong as any other boy.

Degrees of Comparison āĻ­ীāώāĻŖ āϏোāϜা। āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻ–āϤে āĻšā§Ÿ āĻļুāϧু sentence structure āφāϰ āĻ•োāύ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻ•ী āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Positive Degree āϤে Adjective āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻুāϟো "as" āĻāϰ āĻŽাāĻāĻ–াāύে āĻĨাāĻ•ে।
e.g. Sunny is as tall as his brother.

sentence structure: Subject + Verb + as + Adjective Positive Form + as + extra/rest of the part.
  • Comparative Degree āϤে Adjective āĻāϰ Comparative form āĻšā§Ÿ āφāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ "than" āĻŦāϏে। āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–্āϝ : "than" āφāϰ "then" āφāϞাāĻĻা āϜিāύিāϏ। Comparative-āĻ "than" āĻšā§Ÿ, āϝাāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϞ "āĻĨেāĻ•ে", āϝেāĻ–াāύে "then" āĻŽাāύে "āϤāĻ–āύ"। āĻ­ুāϞ āĻ•āϰāϞে āϚāϞāĻŦে āύা!
e.g. Apple is tastier than jackfruit. (Taste → Tastier)

sentence structure: Subject + Verb + Adjective Comparative Form + than + extra/rest of the part.
  • Superlative Degree āϤে Adjective āĻāϰ Superlative form āĻšā§Ÿ āφāϰ āϤাāϰ āφāĻ—ে "the" āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ āĻŦāϏāĻŦে। 

e.g. Ranji is the best player of the team. (Good → Better → Best)

sentence structure: Subject + Verb + the+ Adjective Superlative Form + extra/rest of the part.

Adjective (āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ) āϝেāĻšেāϤু noun (āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ) āĻāĻŦং pronoun(āϏāϰ্āĻŦāύাāĻŽ)āĻ•ে āϝোāĻ—্āϝ āĻ•āϰে, āϤাāχ noun āĻŽূāϞāϤ Adjective-āϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϏে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāϟা āĻŦোāĻাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϜāϟিāϞ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ āύেāχ। 

āĻāχ sentence structure āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āĻŦোāĻা āϝা⧟ āĻ•োāύāϟা āĻ•োāύ sentence। Sentence āĻ āĻĻুāϟো "as" āφāĻ›ে? āĻ“āĻš, āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāύে positive, "than" āφāĻ›ে ? āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāύে comparative । "most" āφāĻ›ে ? āĻŦা adjective āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে "-est" āφāĻ›ে āĻļেāώে ? āύিঃāϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻšে superlative । āĻāχāĻ­াāĻŦে ~ easy right?

Adjective āĻ—ুāϞি positive, comparative, and superlative-āĻ āĻ•েāĻŽāύ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাāϰ List āϝে āĻ•োāύো grammar āĻŦāĻ‡ā§Ÿে āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝাāĻŦে। 

āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āύি⧟āĻŽ āĻšāϞ : 

Positive + er = comparative 

Positive + est = superlative 

āϝেāĻŽāύ,

tall + er = taller

tall + est = tallest

wise + er = wiser 

wise + est = wisest 


āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ…āύ্āϝāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āύি⧟āĻŽ āφāĻ›ে, āϝেāϟা easy āĻ•িāύ্āϤু easier āύ⧟, simple āĻ•িāύ্āϤু simpler āύ⧟। 

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  → large → largest 

simple  → simpler  → simplest

fine → fine→ finest


āφāϰ āϝāĻĻি adjective āϟি āĻāĻ• āĻāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻļি syllable āĻāϰ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϤাāĻšāϞে comparative-āĻ more āφāϰ superlative-āĻ most āĻŦāϏে adjective-āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে। 

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§Ž āĻāĻ•āϟি word āĻŦা word-āĻāϰ āϝāϤāϟুāĻ•ু āĻāĻ• āĻŦাāϰে āωāϚ্āϚাāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা āϝা⧟, āϤাāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞে syllable. āĻāĻ•āϟি syllable-āĻ āĻāĻ•āϟিāχ vowel sound āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ vowel āĻ›া⧜া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āωāϚ্āϚাāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা āϝা⧟ āύা। āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āĻāϤো āĻ›োāϟ āĻŦেāϞা⧟ āĻĒ⧜াāύ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϝে āĻŽāύে āĻĨাāĻ•ে āύা। 


āϤাāĻšāϞে, āĻĻাঁ⧜াāϞো āĻāχ āϝে, āϝে adjective āĻ—ুāϞো ā§§-syllable āĻāϰ, āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž tall, strong, big, large, nice, long. āϤাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে comparative-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ "er" āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž : taller, stronger, bigger, larger, nicer, longer. 


āφāϰ, superlative-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ "est" āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž : tallest, strongest, biggest, largest, nicest, longest. 


āϝে adjective āĻ—ুāϞো ā§§-āĻāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻļি syllable-āĻāϰ, āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž beautiful, wonderful, useful āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে adjective-āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে "more" āφāϰ "less" āĻŦāϏে। 

more beautiful - āĻŦেāĻļি āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ 

less beautiful - āĻ•āĻŽ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ 


āφāϰ, superlative degree-āϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে,  adjective-āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে "most" āĻŦা "least" āĻŦāϏে। 

most beautiful - āϏāĻŦāĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ 

least beautiful - āϏāĻŦāĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻŽ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ 

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āφāĻ›ে। āϤাāχ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻ“ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝা⧟,

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?

āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝাāĻ• Sentence -āĻ āĻ•ী āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿ :

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? ⭐


āϞāĻ•্āώāĻŖী⧟ āĻŦিāώ⧟ : (check the images)

1. Superlative-āĻ "the" āĻŦāϏāĻŦেāχ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ…āύ্āϝ form āĻ—ুāϞোāϤে "the" āĻŦāϏে āύা, āϤাāχ positive āĻŦা comparative āĻ  "the" āωāĻ ে āϝা⧟। āύি⧟āĻŽ āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী comparative āĻ "than" āφāϰ positive-āĻ āĻĻুāϟো "as" āĻŦāϏে āĻ—েāϞ। 

2. Superlative degree āĻŦা Comparative degree āϤে Subject āĻŦা āϝে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦা āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āϏে āφāĻ—ে āĻŦāϏে, Positive degree-āϤে āϏেāϟা āĻŦāϏে āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻļেāώে। 

3. āϝāĻ–āύ Superlative Degree āϤে adjective āφāĻ—ে āĻļুāϧু "the" āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āϤāĻ–āύ comparative "any other" āĻŦāϏে, āφāϰ positive āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§Ÿ "No Other" āĻĻি⧟ে। 

āϝāĻ–āύ Superlative Degree āϤে adjective āφāĻ—ে "one of the" āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āϤāĻ–āύ comparative "most other" āĻŦāϏে, āφāϰ positive āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§Ÿ "Very few" āĻĻি⧟ে। 

āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ the largest āĻŽাāύে āϏāĻŦ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž, āϏেāĻ–াāύে one of the largest āĻŽাāύে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻāϟাāĻ“ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž। āφāϰ āϏেāχ āϜāύ্āϝāχ one of the āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে āϏāĻŦ Superlative, comparative, positive āϏāĻŦ āϜা⧟āĻ—াāϤেāχ plural āĻšā§Ÿ। 


āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟো type-āĻ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ু। āĻāϟুāĻ•ু āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻ–āϞে Degree of Comparison āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ­ুāϞ āĻšāĻŦে āύা। 

āφāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা special āĻ•েāϏ āφāĻ›ে, āϝেāϟাāϰ superlative form-āĻ āĻšā§Ÿ āύা। āϏেāϟা āĻŦāϞি:

The fox is cleverer than the dog. 

āĻāϟা comparative degree-āϤে āφāĻ›ে। āĻ•েāύ ? āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ, "cleverer" āφāĻ›ে, "than" āφāĻ›ে, āĻĻুāϟো animal-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āφāĻ›ে। 

āφāϰ āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻĻুāϟো āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ animal-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āφāĻ›ে, āϤাāχ āĻāϟাāϰ superlative form āĻšāĻŦে āύা। Superlative āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļি āϜিāύিāϏেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা āĻŦোāĻা⧟। 


āϤাāĻšāϞে, The fox is cleverer than the dog. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϞ fox āĻŦা āĻļি⧟াāϞ āĻšāϞ dog āĻŦা āĻ•ুāĻ•ুāϰেāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻļি āϚাāϞাāĻ•। 

positive-āĻ "as" āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϞো "āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻāϰāχ āĻŽāϤো" । āϤো, āφāĻŽāϰা āϝāĻĻি āϞিāĻ–ি, The dog is as clever as the fox. - āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻĻাঁ⧜া⧟ āĻ•ুāĻ•ুāϰ āĻļি⧟াāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϤোāχ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ, āϝেāϟা āĻŽাāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻĢেāϞে। āϤাāχ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āφāύāϤে āĻšāĻŦে "not"

The dog is not as clever as the fox. 

āĻŦ্āϝাāϏ, āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ ।

positive āĻāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĻুāϟো "as" āĻĨাāĻ•āϞ, "clever" adjective āĻŦāϏāϞো, sentence-āĻāϰ 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.

{Grammar āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻšāϞ āĻ­াāώাāϰ āύিāϝ়āĻŽ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ­াāώা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāϏেāĻ›িāϞ। Grammar āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ­াāώাāϝ় āĻāĻ•āχāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে। āĻ—āĻŖিāϤেāϰ āϏূāϤ্āϰ-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤো Grammar āχ āĻ­াāώাāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ু āύ⧟। āϏুāϤāϰাং, āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝ়, āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻŦিāϰāĻ•্āϤিāĻ•āϰ āύিāϝ়āĻŽ āĻ…āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϚেāϝ়ে āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϞাāχāύ āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ, āĻ­াāώা āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ। āĻāϟি āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞāϤে, āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻ•ে āĻŦুāĻāϤে, āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে। āϏুāϤāϰাং, āφāĻŽāϰা āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি āϝেāĻ—ুāϞি āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻāĻŦং āĻ•াāύে āĻ­াāϞ āĻļোāύাāϝ়, āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦিāϰāĻ•্āϤিāĻ•āϰ āωāĻĒাāϝ়ে āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ…āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āύা āĻ•āϰে।}

MACBETH MCQ Question-Answer Class 11 Semester 1 WBBHSE with Simple Summary

MACBETH  Play by William Shakespeare MCQ TIPS : MCQ āϤে āφāϰ grammar-āĻ āĻ­াāϞো āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāϞে, āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ text āϟা āĻ­াāϞো āĻ•āϰে āĻŦোāĻা, āϏেāχ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦা āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟা āĻŽāύে...