Rules of Transformation of Degree
Superlative
Subject+am/is/are/was/
were/
verb+the+superlative
form +object/extension.
1
Examples:
A) Rubi is the best girl in the
class.
B) He was the wisest man in
the village.
C) Rana is the most intelligent
boy I have ever seen.
Subject+am/is/are/was/
were/ verb + the +
superlative form + of any
+ object.
2 Example: It burns the
prettiest of any wood.
Subject+am/is/are/was/
were/ verb + the +
superlative form + of all
3 +object (plural noun).
Examples:
A)Rubi is the tallest of all girls
in the class.
B)He was the most brilliant of
all boys in the village.
Subject +
am/is/are/was/were/ verb
+ one of the +superlative
4 form + object/extension
(plural noun).
Example:
A)Dhaka is one of the biggest
cities in Bangladesh.
B)Mr. Rana was one of the
most interesting persons.
C)Shakespeare is one of the
greatest dramatists.
5 Example: Hasan is wiser than
Comparative
Subject + am/is/are/ was /
were / verb + comparative
form + than any other +
object / extension.
Examples:
A) Rubi is better than any other
girl in the class.
B) He was wiser than any other
man in the village.
C) Rana is more intelligent than
any other boy I have ever seen.
Subject+am/is/are/was/were/
verb + comparative form +
than any other + object.
Example: It burns prettier than
any other wood.
Subject+am/is/are/was/were/
verb+comparative
form+than all
other+object(plural noun).
Examples:
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 +
comparative form + than
most other + object /
extension (plural noun).
Example:
A)Dhaka is bigger than most other
cities in Bangladesh.
B)Mr. Rana was more interesting
than most other persons.
C)Shakespeare is greater than
most other dramatists.
Subject + verb + Comparative
form + than + object.
Rana.
Positive
No other + object /
extension*+ is/was/verb + so /
as + positive form + as +
subject.
Examples:
A) No other girl in the class is as
good as Rubi.
B) No other man in the village was
as wise as he.
C) No other boy I have ever seen is
as intelligent as Rana.
No other + object/extension*
+ is/was/verb + so / as +
positive form + as + subject.
Example: No other wood burns as
pretty as it.
No other + object/extension*
(singular noun)+ is /was/verb+
so/as+positive form +as
+subject.
Examples:
A)No other girl in the class is as tall
as Rubi.
B) No other boy in the village was
as brilliant as he.
Very few + object / extension
(plural noun) * +
are/were/verb + so/as +
positive form + as + subject.
Example:
A)Very few cities in Bangladesh are
as big as Dhaka.
B)Very few persons were as
interesting as Mr. Rana.
C)Very few dramatists are as great
as Shakespeare.
Object * + verb + not + so/as +
positive form + as + Subject.
Example: Rana is not so wise as
Hena.