Rules of Changing Degree

5 Rules of Changing Degree (Positive-Comparative-Superlative)

Today, we are going to discuss the rules of changing degree in English grammar following easier steps and methods. The comparison of adjective words or adverb words is known as Comparison of Degree in English grammar. It is a significant chapter of Transformation of sentences. Here, we are to change a sentence from Positive to Comparative or Superlative according to the rules of changing the adjective or adverb words.

I am going to discuss 5 rules on changing degree from one form to another form.

Adjective āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž Adverb āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ Comparison of Degree āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰāύ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ Transformation of Sentences āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϕ⧇ Positive āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ Comparative āĻŦāĻž Superlative āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ adjective āĻŦāĻž adverb āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ Changing Degree āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ ā§Ģ āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤

The question item on Changing degree is familiar in various academic and admission exams such as J.S.C, S.S.C, H.S.C, University Admission, Job exams, and BCS exam. So, a language learner must master this lesson in order to answer all the questions on this item successfully. Here, I will show you the easiest ways of changing degrees.

I hope you will get this lesson different from the traditional methods published in various grammatical and text books. You will certainly not face any trouble in learning changing degrees after reading this lesson. So, let’s start our discussion now.

āĻāχ Changing Degree āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ āĻœā§‡.āĻāϏ.āϏāĻŋ,āĻāϏ.āĻāϏ.āϏāĻŋ,āĻāχāϚ.āĻāϏ.āϏāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟ āĻ­āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āϚāĻžāϕ⧁āϰ⧀āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋ.āϏāĻŋ.āĻāϏ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϰ⧂āĻĒāĨ¤ āϏ⧁āϤ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ‚, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ⧟ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§ŸāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧜āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ Changing degree āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻ—āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ Changing degree āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻšāϜ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻŦā§‹āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Changing degree āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ-āĻ•āĻžāύ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāχ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§ŸāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧜āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ Changing degree āĻāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒ⧜āĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ• āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĨ¤

Firstly, I would like to introduce the forms of degrees for your better understanding. There are 3 kinds of degrees in adjectives and adverbs. They are:

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ degrees āĻāϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟ āĻ•āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ adjectives āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ adverbs āĻāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āϟ ā§Š āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ degrees āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āσ

  • Positive Degree– (no comparison -āϕ⧋āύ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻž)
  • Comparative Degree– (comparison between two persons or objects-āĻĻ⧁āχāϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇)
  • Superlative Degree– (comparison among several persons or objects-āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇)
changing degree

Example:
In this class, this student is intelligent.
Positive Degree- (no comparison)

In this class, this student is more intelligent than Max.
Comparative Degree- (comparison between two persons or objects)

In this class, this student is the most intelligent.
Superlative Degree- (comparison among several persons or objects)

The adjective or adverb word forms of these 3 degrees are:
Adjectives āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Adverbs āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ ā§Š āϟāĻŋ degrees āĻāϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻžāσ

Positive DegreeComparative DegreeSuperlative Degree
StrongStrongerStrongest
GreatGreaterGreatest
OldOlder/elderOldest/eldest
SmallSmallerSmallest
FewFewerFewest
WeakWeakerWeakest
HotHotterHottest
BigBiggerBiggest
LargeLargerLargest
WiseWiserWisest
EasyEasierEasiest
BeautifulMore beautifulMost beautiful
IntelligentMore IntelligentMost Intelligent
Good/wellBetterBest
Bad/badly/evil/illWorseWorst
Many/muchMoreMost
ForeFormerForemost/first
LittleLessLeast
LateLater/latterLatest/last
FarFartherFarthest
ForeFurtherFurthest
OutOuter/utterOutmost/outermost
UpUpperUppermost

There are so many words of degrees. Here, I have given some of those words to give you an idea of those words. Degrees āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāĻžāϰāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤

The points you must remember:


āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ āϝāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āσ

There are some points which should be remembered during changing the degrees. Here are those:

Degrees āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ⧇ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞāσ

Point-01:
  • The sign of Positive Degree is “asâ€Ļ..as/soâ€Ļ..as”.
  • (Positive Degree āĻāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻšāϞ “asâ€Ļ..as/soâ€Ļ..as”)
Point-02:
  • The sign of Comparative Degree is “than”
  • (Comparative Degree āĻāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻšāϞ “than”)
Point-03:
  • The sign of Superlative Degree is “the”.
  • (Superlative Degree āĻāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻšāϞ “the”)
Point-04:
  • The form of adjective or adverb word will be changed following the form of degrees such as: (Positive- Strong)/ (Comparative- Stronger) / (Superlative-Strongest).
  • (Adjective āĻŦāĻž Adverb āϝ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž Degree āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ (Positive- Strong)/ (Comparative- Stronger) / (Superlative-Strongest) āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
Point-05:
  • During transformation, the original meaning of the sentence should not be changed.
  • (Degree āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĻž)
Point-06:
  • During transformation, in order to keep the meaning same, you have to change the position of subject and object.
  • (Degree āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ object āĻāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, Positive Degree āϤ⧇ object āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ Comparative Degree / Superlative Degree āϤ⧇ subject āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇)

Now follow these 5 rules of changing degrees from positive to comparative and superlative.

āĻāĻ–āύ, Degree āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāχ ā§Ģ āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāύ āĻ•āϰāσ

5 Rules of Changing Degree
Degree āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ģ āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāσ

NoPositive DegreeComparative DegreeSuperlative Degree
01No otherâ€Ļ
There is noâ€Ļ.
Nothingâ€Ļ
(in case of Singular)
(āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁)
than any otherâ€Ļ
than anythingâ€Ļ
theâ€Ļ
of anyâ€Ļ
02Very fewâ€Ļ
Fewâ€Ļ
(in case of Plural)
(āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁)
than most otherâ€Ļ
than all otherâ€Ļ
one of theâ€Ļ
of allâ€Ļ
03Asâ€Ļ.as/soâ€Ļ.as
(Affirmative-Negative)
(single sentence)
(āĻšāĻžāρ-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ•=āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ•)
notâ€Ļ.than(Not applicable)
(āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻž)
04Asâ€Ļas(Affirmative)
Asâ€Ļas  (Negative)
(before a sentence)
(No change of Subject Object)
not lessâ€Ļthan 
(Affirmative)
lessâ€Ļthan 
(Negative)
(Not applicable)
(āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻž)
05As soon asâ€Ļ..No sooner hadâ€Ļthan(Not applicable)
(āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻž)

āĻāĻ–āύ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϗ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰ⧁āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Now see the examples and explanations of these rules below. The changing parts of all sentences are in bold form. I have explained all the facts of each rule both in English and Bengali language.

āĻāĻ–āύ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āωāϭ⧟ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϤ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Example of Rule: 01

Positive: No other boy in the class is as good as John.
Comparative: John is better than any other boy in the class.
Superlative: John is the best boy in the class.

Explanation:

  • Here, the adjective word ‘good’ is changed into ‘better’ in comparative and ‘best’ in superlative. Besides, the object word ‘John’ in positive has become subject word in comparative and superlative. Finally, you see that the form of verb is singular in this rule.
  • (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ adjective āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ â€˜good’ āϕ⧇ ‘better’ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘best’ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ superlative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ, positive āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ object word-‘John’ āϕ⧇ comparative āĻŦāĻž superlative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ subject word āĻ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ verb āĻāϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύāĨ¤)

Example of Rule: 02

Positive: Very few cities are as developed as New York in the world.
Comparative: New York is more developed than most other/than all other cities in the world.
Superlative: New York is one of the most developed cities in the world.

Explanation:

  • Here, the adjective word ‘developed’ is changed into ‘more developed’ in comparative and ‘most developed’ in superlative. Besides, the object word ‘New York’ in positive has become subject word in comparative and superlative. Finally, you see that the form of verb is plural in this rule.
  • (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ adjective āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ â€˜developed’ āϕ⧇ ‘more developed’ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘most developed’ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ superlative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ, positive āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ object word-‘New York’ āϕ⧇ comparative āĻŦāĻž superlative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ subject word āĻ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ verb āĻāϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύāĨ¤)

Example of Rule: 03

Positive: The boy is as strong as the girl.
Comparative: The girl is not stronger than the boy.
Positive: You believe him as much as I.
Comparative: I do not believe him more than you.
Positive: Your bag is as fine as mine.
Comparative: My bag is not finer than yours.

Explanation:

  • In this rule, you will get a single word after “asâ€Ļas”. Here, the adjective word ‘strong’ is changed into ‘stronger’ in comparative. Besides, the object word ‘The girl’ in positive has become subject word in comparative form. Finally, you will make the comparative negative if the positive form is in affirmative. But, if the positive form is in negative, you will make the comparative form affirmative. This is must to keep the meaning same.
  • (āĻāχ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽā§‡, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ “asâ€Ļas” āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ adjective āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ â€˜strong’ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ ‘stronger’ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ, positive āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ object word- ‘The girl’ āϕ⧇ comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ subject word āĻ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ positive āϰ⧂āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāρ-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŦ⧇ comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒ āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āφāϰ āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρ-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤)

Example of Rule: 04

Positive: The girl is as ugly as you said
Comparative: The girl is no less ugly than you said.
Positive: The student is not as fool as I think.
Comparative: The student is less fool than I think

Explanation:

  • In this rule, you will get a sentence after “asâ€Ļas”. Here, you need not change the adjective form in comparative and the position of subject and object will also be not changed. You will make the comparative negative if the positive form is in affirmative. But, if the positive form is in negative, you will make the comparative form affirmative. This is must to keep the meaning same.
  • (āĻāχ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽā§‡, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ “asâ€Ļas” āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ adjective āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ subject āĻŦāĻž object āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ positive āϰ⧂āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāρ-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŦ⧇ comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒ āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āφāϰ āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρ-āĻŦā§‹āϧāϕ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤)

Example of Rule: 05

Positive: As soon as the man came, I left the room.
Comparative: No sooner had the man come than I left the room.

Explanation:

  • Here, you will just transform the phrase “as soon as” into “No sooner had” and the part “(,)” comma” into “than” in comparative form. Besides, you need not change the adjective word form in comparative and the position of subject and object will also be not changed.
  • (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ “as soon as” āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ “No sooner had” āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ “(,)” āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ “than” āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ positive āĻšāϤ⧇ comparative āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ adjective āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ subject āĻŦāĻž object āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāĨ¤)

āĻāχ āĻšāϞ degree āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ā§Ģ āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻšāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§ŸāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āύ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϕ⧇ positive āĻšāϤ⧇ comparative āĻŦāĻž superlative āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ “5 Rules of Changing Degrees” āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ⧟ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āφāĻ›āĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤

These are the complete 5 rules on changing degrees with examples and explanations. Note that this lesson is one of the basic parts of essential grammatical lessons. I hope you have better understood this lesson now. You can transform any sentence from positive to comparative or superlative and superlative to comparative and positive.

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