Transformation of Sentences

(Second Part)
Degree
Degree

Degree হল Adjective এর রূপভেদ। এটি ৩টি ভাগে বিভক্ত। যথা-

 Positive Degree
 Comparative Degree
 Superlative Degree

Positive Degree:

কোন sentence এ Noun বা pronoun এর দোষ, গুন, অবস্থা ইত্যাদি বুঝাতে adjective এর
যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Positive Degree বলে।

যেমন – Mr. Roni is a good man.

Comparative Degree:

সাধারণত দুটি Noun বা pronoun এর দোষ, গুন, অবস্থা ইত্যাদির তু লনা বুঝাতে adjective
এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Comparative Degree বলে।

যেমন – Rahim is wiser than Karim.

Superlative Degree:

সাধারণত অনেকের মধ্যে তু লনা বুঝাতে adjective এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Superlative
Degree বলে।

যেমন – Rony is the best player in the team.

Change of degrees:
#Superlative Degree into Positive Degree

Rule 1:

the যুক্ত Superlative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

No other + প্রদত্ত Superlative এর পরের অংশ + verb + so/as + Superlative Degree এর

Positive form + as + মূল sentence এর subject.

Superlative: Rony is the smallest player in the team.

Positive: No other player in the team is as small as Rony.

Superlative: Sima is the best housewife.

Positive: No other housewife is as good as Sima.

Rule 2:

one of the যুক্ত Superlative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

প্রথমে very few + Superlative এর পরের অংশ + verb এর plural form + so/as +
Superlative Degree এর Positive form + as + মূল sentence এর subject.

Superlative: He is one of the best players in the team.

Positive: Very few players in the team are as good as he.

Superlative: Iron is one of the most useful metals.

Positive: Very few metals are as useful as Iron.

#Comparative into positive

Rule 1:

Than any other/all other যুক্ত Comparative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর
করার নিয়মঃ

No other + any other/all other এর পরের অংশ + verb + so/as + Comparative

Degree এর Positive form + as + প্রদত্ত sentence এর subject.

Comparative: kibria is greater than any other boy in the class.

Positive: No other boy in the class is as great as Kibria.
Comparative: Dhaka is larger than all other cities in Bangladesh.
Positive: No other cities in Bangladesh is as large as Dhaka.

Rule 2:

Than most other / than few other যুক্ত Comparative Degree কে Positive Degree তে
রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

Very few + most other/few other এর পরের অংশ + verb এর plural form + so/as +
Comparative এর Positive form + as + প্রদত্ত sentence এর subject.

Comparative: The gold is most useful than most other metals.

Positive: very few metals are as/so useful as gold.
Comparative: A. K. Fazlul Haque was greater than most other politicians in
Bangladesh.
Positive: very few politicians in Bangladesh were as/so great as A. K. Fazlul Haque.
Rule 3:

Than যুক্ত Comparative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

Than এর পরের অংশ + verb + not + so/as + Comparative এর Positive form + as +

প্রদত্ত sentence এর subject.

Comparative: Rony is bigger than Bony.

Positive: Bony is not as big as Rony.
Comparative: He is stronger than I.
Positive: I am not as strong as he.

Rule 4:

No less/not less ……..than যুক্ত Comparative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর

করার নিয়মঃ

No less/not less এর পরিবর্তে উক্ত যায়গায় as বসে এবং than এর পরিবর্তে উক্ত
যায়গায় as বসে। আর কোন পরিবর্ত ন হয় না।

Comparative: He is no less intelligent than you.

Positive: He is as intelligent as you.
Comparative: Kripa is not less clever than shipa.
Positive: Kripa is as clever as shipa.
Superlative into comparative

Rule 1:

Subject + verb + Superlative এর comparative form + than any other + প্রদত্ত

sentence বাকী অংশ।

Superlative: He is the best player in the team.

Comparative: He is better than any other player in the team.

***Note: All of থাকলে All of এর পরিবর্তে than all other বসে।

Superlative: He is the best of all men.

Comparative: He is better than all other man.

Rule 2:

One of the যুক্ত Superlative Degree কে Comparative Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

Subject + verb + Superlative এর comparative form + than most other + প্রদত্ত

sentence বাকী অংশ।

Superlative: Kibria is one of the best players in the team.

Comparative: Kibria is better than most other players in the team.
Superlative: Canada is one of the coldest countries in the world.
Comparative: Canada is colder than most other countries in the world.

#Positive into comparative

Rule 1:

No other যুক্ত positive Degree কে Comparative Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

প্রদত্ত sentence এর শেষের subject + verb + positive degree এর comparative form

+ than any other + no other এর পর থেকে verb এর পূর্ব পর্যন্ত।

Positive: No other player in the team is as good as him.

Comparative: He is better than any other player in the team.
Positive: No other country in the world is so/as cold as Canada.
Comparative: Canada is colder than any other country in the world.

Rule 2:

Very few যুক্ত positive Degree কে Comparative Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

প্রদত্ত sentence এর শেষের subject + verb + positive degree এর comparative form

+ than most other + no other এর পর থেকে verb এর পূর্ব পর্যন্ত।

Positive: Very few students are so good as Lablu.

Comparative: Lablu is better than most other students.
Positive: Very few metals are so costly as gold.
Comparative: Gold is costlier than most other metals.

Rule 3:

As……as যুক্ত positive Degree কে Comparative Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

প্রদত্ত sentence এর শেষের subject + verb + not + positive degree এর comparative

form + than + প্রদত্ত sentence এর প্রথম subject।

Positive: He is as good as his brother

Comparative: His brother is not better than him.

#Comparative into superlative

Rule 1:

Subject + verb + the + Comparative এর superlative form + other এর পরের অংশ।

Comparative: He is better than any other player in the team.

Superlative: He is the best player in the team.

Note – other এর পর plural noun থাকলে superlative এর পরে of all বসে।

Comparative: He is taller than all other boys.
Superlative: He is the tallest of all boys.

Rule 2:

Than most other/than few other যুক্ত Comparative কে Superlative এ রুপান্তর করার
নিয়ম:

Subject + verb + one of the + Comparative degree এর superlative form + most

other/few other এর পরের অংশ।

Comparative: Vatican City is smaller than most other countries in the world.
Superlative: Vatican City is one of the smallest countries in the world.
Comparative: Dhaka is bigger than most other cities in Bangladesh.
Superlative: Dhaka is one of the biggest cities in Bangladesh.

#Positive into superlative:

Rule 1:
No other যুক্ত positive degree কে superlative degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

প্রদত্ত sentence এর শেষের Subject + verb + the + positive এর superlative form +

no other এর পর থেকে verb এর মাঝের অংশ।

Positive: No other player in the team is as good as Raju.

Superlative: Raju is the best player in the team.
Positive: No other man in the society is as good as him.
Superlative: He is the best man in the society.

No other metal is as useful as iron.

Iron is the most useful metal.

Rule 2:

Very few যুক্ত positive degree কে superlative degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

প্রদত্ত sentence এর শেষের Subject + verb + one of the + positive এর superlative

form + very few এর পর থেকে verb এর মাঝের অংশ।

Positive: Very few men in the village are as tall as Kabir.

Superlative: Kabir is one of the tallest men in the village.
Positive: Very few people in the country are as good as Rakib
Superlative: Rakib is one of the best people in the country.
 Degree Transformation in a nutshell

Types Positive comparative Superlative

Type 1 No other… than any other… the…
(in case of Singular)

No other boy in the John is better than John is the best

class is as good as any other boy in the boy in the class.
John. class.

Type 2 Very few… than most other… one of the…

(in case of Plural)

Very few cities are as New York is more New York is one of
developed as New developed than most the most developed
York in the world. other cities in the cities in the world.
world.
Type 3 As…as(Affirmative) not less…than
(Affirmative)
(Not applicable)
As…as (Negative) less…than
(Negative)

The boy is as strong as The girl is not less No Superlative form

the girl. stronger than the boy. in case of
comparison
between two