GRAMMATHON DEGREE OF COMPARISON BY- SUMAN SHARMA
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GRAMMATHON DEGREE OF COMPARISON
BY- SUMAN SHARMA
DEGREE OF COMPARISON
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WHAT IS DEGREE OF ADJECTIVES?
Degrees of adjectives or levels of adjectives or degrees of comparison are of three types namely: Positive Comparative Superlative.
POSITIVE DEGREE
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Positive degree of adjectives are used when we talk about the single person, place, or thing. He is a smart boy. It is a nice pen.
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
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Comparative degree of adjectives are used when we compare two persons, places, or things. We can add “er” to the simple word to transform it to the comparative form or we can use the word “more” after the adjective. This swimming pool is smaller than the last one. You are more intelligent than your brother.
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
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Superlative degree of adjectives are used when we compare more than two things. The word “the” is added before the adjective. A common word is transformed to its superlative form by adding a suffix “est” or the word “most.” I wear the clothes from biggest store. This is the most important moment of my life.
FORMATION OF DEGREES
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There are two ways of forming the comparative and the superlative: 1) By adding er, est to the positive: Small smaller smallest tall taller tallest
2) By means of more and most: Difficult more difficult most difficult
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By adding er, est to the positive
1. When an adjective of one syllable ends in two consonants or in a single consonant preceded by two vowels, er and est are added:
2. When an adjective of one syllable ends in a single consonant preceded by a short vowel, the consonant is doubled before er, and est:
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3. When an adjective of one syllable ends in e, only r and st are added: 4. When an adjective of one syllable ends in y preceded by a
consonant, we change the ‘y’ into i before adding er, est:
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5. But if the final Y is preceded by a vowel, we simply add er, est:
6. Adjectives of two syllables ending in e / le generally form their comparative and superlative in the same way as the adjectives of one syllable:
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By means of more and most:
1. Adjectives of more than two syllables, and many adjectives of two syllables, form the comparative and superlative by means of more and most.
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RULE 1 : POSITIVE DEGREE No other + object + is/was/verb + so / as + positive form + as + subject. No other girl in the class is as good as Rubi. No other man in the village was as / so wise as he. COMPARATIVE DEGREE Subject + am/is/are/ was / were / verb + comparative form + than any other + object . Rubi is better than any other girl in the class. He was wiser than any other man in the village. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE Subject + am/is/are/was/were/ verb + the + superlative form + object .
RULES FOR TRANSFORMATION OF DEGREES
RULE 1 :
RULES FOR TRANSFORMATION OF DEGREES
POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
No other + object / +
is/was + so / as + positive
form + as + subject.
Example :
a) No other girl in the class
is as good as Rubi.
b) No other man in the
village was as / so wise
as he.
Subject + am/is/are/ was /
were + comparative form
+ than any other + object .
Example:
a) Rubi is better than any
other girl in the class.
b) He was wiser than any
other man in the village.
Subject +
am/is/are/was/were + the +
superlative form + object .
Example :
a) Rubi is the best girl in
the class.
b) He was the wisest man
in the village.
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RULE 2 :
POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
No other + object + verb +
so / as + positive form +
as + subject.
Example :
a) No other wood burns
so / as pretty as it.
Subject + verb +
comparative form + than
any other + object
Example:
a) It burns prettier than
any other wood.
Subject + verb + the +
superlative form + of any
+ object.
Example :
a) It burns the prettiest of
any wood.
RULE 3 :
POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Object + verb + not +
so/as + positive form + as
+ Subject.
Example :
a) Rana is not so wise as
Hasan.
Subject + verb +
Comparative form + than
+ object.
Example:
a) Hasan is wiser than
Rana.
X
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RULE 4 :
POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
No other + object/
(singular noun) + is / was
/ verb + so / as + positive
form + as + subject.
Example :
a) No other girl in the
class is as tall as Rubi.
b) No other boy in the
village was as / so
brilliant as he.
Subject +
am/is/are/was/were/ verb
+ comparative form +
than all other + object
(plural noun).
Example:
a) Rubi is taller than all
other girls in the class.
b) He was more brilliant
than all other boys in
the village.
Subject +
am/is/are/was/were/ verb
+ the + superlative form +
of all +object (plural
noun).
Example :
a) Rubi is the tallest of all
girls in the class.
b) He was the most
brilliant of all boys in
the village.
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POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Very few + object / (plural
noun) + are/were/verb +
so/as + positive form + as
+ subject.
Example :
a) Very few cities in
Bangladesh are as big
as Dhaka.
Subject +
am/is/are/was/were / verb
+ comparative form +
than most other + object /
(plural noun).
Example:
a) Dhaka is bigger than
most other cities in
Bangladesh.
Subject +
am/is/are/was/were/ verb
+ one of the +superlative
form + object/ (plural
noun).
Example :
a) Dhaka is one of the
biggest cities in
Bangladesh.
RULE 5 :
“ “I always say that practice gets you to the top, most of the time” – David Beckham
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