Understanding Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs

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This content explains the concept of positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs in English grammar. It provides rules and examples for transforming positive into superlative, positive into comparative, comparative into positive, comparative into superlative, and more.

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Degree Degree Adjective/Adverb - 1.Positive Degree 2.Comparative Degree 3.Superlative Degree Adjective/Adverb Degree Sentence Positive_Degree: sentence Noun pronoun , , adjective/Adverb Positive Degree Mr. Roni is a good man. Positive Sentence Comparative Sentence Superlative Sentence Comparative_Degree: Noun pronoun , , adjective/Adverb Comparative Degree Rahim is wiser than Karim. N.B. Following clues can be used to identify ...... Superlative... One of the/the Superlative_Degree: adjective/Adverb Superlative Degree Rony is the best player in the team. Comparative.... Than any/most/few other/Than Positive... No Other/Very few , as/so....as

Positive into superlative: Rule 1: No other positive degree superlative degree sentence Subject + verb + the + positive superlative form + no other verb Positive: No other player in the team is as good as Raju. Superlative: Raju is the best player in the team. Rule 2: Very few positive degree superlative degree sentence Subject + verb + one of the + positive superlative form + very few verb Positive: Very few men in the village are as tall as Kabir. Superlative: Kabir is one of the tallest men in the village.

Positive into comparative Rule 1: No other positive Degree Comparative Degree sentence as subject + verb + positive degree comparative form + than any/all other + no other verb Positive: No other player in the team is as good as him. Comparative: He is better than any other player in the team. Rule 2: Very few positive Degree Comparative Degree sentence as subject + verb + positive degree comparative form + than most other + Very few verb Positive: Very few students are so good as Lablu. Comparative: Lablu is better than most other students. . Rule 3: As/So as positive Degree Comparative Degree As/So....no less As...than Positive: He is as good as his brother Comparative: His brother is not better than him.

Comparative into positive Rule 1: Than any other/all other Comparative Degree Positive Degree No other + any other/all other + verb + so/as + Comparative Degree Positive form + as + sentence subject. Comparative: kibria is greater than any other boy in the class. Positive: No other boy in the class is as great as Kibria. Rule 2: Than Comparative Degree Positive Degree Than + verb (negative/affirmative)+ so/as + Comparative Positive form + as + sentence subject. Comparative: Rony is bigger than Bony. Positive: Bony is not as big as Rony. Rule 3: Than most /few other Comparative Degree Positive Degree Very few + other + verb(plural ) + so/as + Comparative Positive form + as + sentence subject. Comparative: The gold is most useful than most other metals. Positive: very few metals are as/so useful as gold. Rule 4: No less/not less ..than Comparative Degree Positive Degree No less/not less as than as Comparative: He is no less intelligent than you. Positive: He is as intelligent as you. No sooner had .than Comparative Degree Positive Degree No sooner had as soon as + subject + verb past form + than + than + Comparative: No sooner had he seen me than he ran away. Positive: As soon as he saw me, he ran away.

Comparative into superlative Rule 1: Than any/all other Comparative Superlative : Subject + verb + the + Comparative superlative form + other Comparative: He is better than any other player in the team. Superlative: He is the best player in the team. Note other plural noun superlative of all Comparative: He is bigger than of all boys. Superlative: He is the tallest of all boys. Rule 2: Than most/few other Comparative Superlative : Subject + verb + one of the + Comparative degree superlative form + most other/few other Comparative: Vatican City is smaller than most other countries in the world. Superlative: Vatican City is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Superlative Positive Superlative Degree Positive Degree Rule 1: No Other + Superlative degree + singular verb + as/so+ adjective/Adverb positive + as + sentence subject Superlative:Heis the best boy in the class. Positive: No other boy in the class is as good as he. Rule 2: Very few + Superlative degree + plural verb + as/so+ adjective/Adberb positive + as + sentence subject N.B. Sentence of all/any Example: Superlative: He is one of the best players in the team. Positive: Very few players in the team are as good as he.

Superlative Comparative Superlative Degree Comparative Degree Subject + verb + adjective/Adverb Comparative degree + than any/all/most/few other + very few / No other but Verb Superlative: He is the best boy in the class Comparative : He is better than any other boy in the class. Superlative : He was one of the wisest boys in the village. Comparative : He was wiser than most other boys in the village.