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Degree of Adjectives

Complete guide – Positive, Comparative & Superlative with rules, formulas and clear examples.

Degree কী?

Comparison of adjectives বা Degree বলতে adjective-এর বিভিন্ন রূপকে বোঝায় যা কোনো noun বা pronoun-এর গুণ, দোষ, অবস্থা প্রভৃতি তুলনা করতে ব্যবহৃত হয়।

ইংরেজি: Comparison of adjectives or Degree refers to different forms of the adjective.

Degree-এর প্রকারভেদ
১. Positive Degree
সংজ্ঞা: একটি sentence-এ noun বা pronoun-এর গুণ, দোষ, অবস্থা প্রভৃতি বোঝাতে adjective-এর যে রূপ ব্যবহৃত হয় তাকে Positive Degree বলে।
ইংরেজি: The form of an adjective which depicts a noun or pronoun's quality, flaw or state is called Positive degree.
উদাহরণ:
  • He is a talented writer.
  • The flower is beautiful.
  • Rina is intelligent.
২. Comparative Degree
সংজ্ঞা: দুটি noun বা pronoun-এর গুণ, দোষ, অবস্থা প্রভৃতির তুলনা করতে adjective-এর যে রূপ ব্যবহৃত হয় তাকে Comparative Degree বলে।
ইংরেজি: The form of adjective which compares two nouns' or pronouns' quality, flaw or state is called Comparative degree.
উদাহরণ:
  • Arisha is taller than Trina.
  • Rahim is more intelligent than Karim.
  • This book is better than that one.
৩. Superlative Degree
সংজ্ঞা: Adjective-এর যে রূপটি অনেকের মধ্যে তুলনা করতে ব্যবহৃত হয় তাকে Superlative Degree বলে।
ইংরেজি: The form of an adjective which is used to compare among many is called Superlative Degree.
উদাহরণ:
  • Shahab is the best player on the cricket team.
  • She is the most beautiful girl in the class.
  • Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
Degree-এর রূপান্তর (Change of Degrees)
A. Superlative → Positive
Rule 1: সাধারণ Superlative (একক শ্রেষ্ঠ)
No other + Adjective এর পরের অংশ + verb + so/as + Adjective এর positive form + as + subject
  • Superlative: Saira is the tallest girl in the class.
  • Positive: No other girl in the class is as tall as Saira.
  • Superlative: Shakib is the best player.
  • Positive: No other player is as good as Shakib.
Rule 2: 'One of the' যুক্ত Superlative
Very few + Adjective এর পরের অংশ + verb এর plural form + so/as + adjective এর positive form + as + subject
  • Superlative: Sohana is one of the best students in her class.
  • Positive: Very few students in Sohana's class are as good as her.
  • Superlative: Adil is one of the best players on the team.
  • Positive: Very few players on the team are as good as Adil.
B. Comparative → Positive
Rule 1: 'Than any other/all other' যুক্ত Comparative
No other + than any other এর পরের অংশ + verb + so/as + adjective এর positive form + as + subject
  • Comparative: Ahan is better than any other debater in the debate club.
  • Positive: No other debater in the debate club is as good as Ahan.
  • Comparative: Aruba is sweeter than all other singers in the program.
  • Positive: No other singer in the program is as sweet as Aruba.
Rule 2: সাধারণ 'Than' যুক্ত Comparative
than এর পরের অংশ + verb + not + so/as + positive form + as + subject
  • Comparative: Ahan is stronger than Rihan.
  • Positive: Rihan is not as strong as Ahan.
  • Comparative: Lisa is taller than Raisa.
  • Positive: Raisa is not as tall as Lisa.
Rule 3: 'Than most other/than few other' যুক্ত Comparative
Very few + than most/few other এর পরের অংশ + plural form of verb + so/as + positive form + as + subject
  • Comparative: Adil is more intelligent than most other students in the academy.
  • Positive: Very few students in the academy are as intelligent as Adil.
Rule 4: 'No less/not less' যুক্ত Comparative
No less/not less → as, than → as
  • Comparative: Karim is no less active than Rahim.
  • Positive: Karim is as active as Rahim.
  • Comparative: Ria is not less intelligent than Dia.
  • Positive: Ria is as intelligent as Dia.
Rule 5: 'No sooner had... than' যুক্ত Comparative
As soon as + subject + past form of verb + verb এর পরের than পর্যন্ত অংশ + than এর পরিবর্তে comma (,) + বাকি অংশ
  • Comparative: No sooner had he listened to it than he started laughing.
  • Positive: As soon as he listened to it, he started laughing.
C. Superlative → Comparative
Rule 1: সাধারণ Superlative
Subject + verb + comparative form of adjective + than any other + rest
  • Superlative: She is the most active member of the group.
  • Comparative: She is more active than any other member of the group.

বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্য যদি of all থাকে, তাহলে than all other বসে।

  • Superlative: He is the most honest of all men.
  • Comparative: He is more honest than all other men.
Rule 2: 'One of the' যুক্ত Superlative
Subject + verb + comparative form + than most other + rest
  • Superlative: Sohana is one of the most brilliant students in the class.
  • Comparative: Sohana is more brilliant than most other students in the class.
D. Positive → Comparative
Rule 1: 'No other' যুক্ত Positive
subject (Object থেকে আসবে) + verb + comparative form + than any other + No other এর পর থেকে verb এর আগের অংশ
  • Positive: No other student in the class is as brilliant as him.
  • Comparative: He is more brilliant than any other student in the class.
Rule 2: 'Very few' যুক্ত Positive
Object এর subjective form + verb + comparative form + than most other + very few এর পর থেকে verb এর আগ পর্যন্ত
  • Positive: Very few men are as honest as Mr. Abu Taleb.
  • Comparative: Mr. Abu Taleb is more honest than most other men.
Rule 3: 'As...as' যুক্ত Positive
object টা subject এ আসবে + verb + not + comparative form + than + first Subject টা Object এ আসবে
  • Positive: She is as honest as her sister.
  • Comparative: Her sister is not more honest than her.
E. Comparative → Superlative
Rule 1: 'Than any other' যুক্ত Comparative
Subject + verb + the + superlative form + than any other এর পরের অংশ
  • Comparative: He is more brilliant than any other student in the class.
  • Superlative: He is the most brilliant student in the class.

বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্য any other-এর পরিবর্তে of all থাকলে Superlative-এর পরে of all বসে।

  • Comparative: He is more brilliant than of all students.
  • Superlative: He is the most brilliant of all students.
Rule 2: 'Than most other/than few other' যুক্ত Comparative
Subject + verb + one of the + superlative form + than most/few other এর পরের অংশ
  • Comparative: Arif is stronger than most other boys on the team.
  • Superlative: Arif is one of the strongest boys on the team.
F. Positive → Superlative
Rule 1: 'No other' যুক্ত Positive
object টা subject এ চলে আসবে + verb + the + superlative form + No other এর পরে থেকে verb এর আগের অংশ
  • Positive: No other student in the class is as brilliant as Adil.
  • Superlative: Adil is the most brilliant student in the class.
Rule 2: 'Very few' যুক্ত Positive
object টা subject এ আসবে + verb + one of the + superlative form + very few এর পর থেকে verb এর আগের অংশ
  • Positive: Very few students in the class are as brilliant as Sohana.
  • Superlative: Sohana is one of the most brilliant students in the class.
একনজরে সব Rules
PositiveSuperlativeComparative
No other + [noun phrase] + verb + so/as + positive + as + subject Subject + verb + the + superlative + [noun phrase] Subject + verb + comparative + than any other + [noun phrase]
Very few + [noun phrase] + plural verb + so/as + positive + as + subject Subject + verb + one of the + superlative + [noun phrase] Subject + verb + comparative + than most other + [noun phrase]
Object + verb + not + comparative + than + subject Subject + verb + not + comparative + than + object
Subject + verb + as + positive + as + object Subject + verb + no less/not less + positive + than + object
As soon as + subject + past verb + [clause], [rest] No sooner had + subject + past participle + [clause] + than + [rest]
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মনে রাখার টিপস
  • Positive Degree → সাধারণ গুণ (as...as, so...as)
  • Comparative Degree → দুই জনের তুলনা (than)
  • Superlative Degree → অনেকের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠত্ব (the + most/est)

রূপান্তরের সময় লক্ষ্য রাখতে হবে:

'No other' → একক শ্রেষ্ঠ 'Very few' → দলগত শ্রেষ্ঠ 'one of the' → দলগত শ্রেষ্ঠ 'than any other' → একক তুলনায় 'than most other' → দলগত তুলনায়
দ্রুত রূপান্তর সারণি
ক্রমPositiveComparativeSuperlative
No other is as good as himHe is better than any otherHe is the best
Very few are as good as himHe is better than most otherHe is one of the best
Rina is not as tall as MinaMina is taller than Rina(Mina is the tallest)
No other girl is as beautiful as sheShe is more beautiful than any other girlShe is the most beautiful girl
Very few students are as intelligent as RahimRahim is more intelligent than most other studentsRahim is one of the most intelligent students