Changing of degree | Change the degree of comparison

 changing of degree

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Changing of degree | Change the degree of comparison

Rules of Transformation:-

To transform a sentence means to change it without changing its meaning.

Examples.
1. It is not difficult.
2. It is easy.
3. He was the wisest man in the village.
4. He was wiser than any other man in the village.
5. No other man in the village was as wise as he.

Change the degree of comparison

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
Sharp	Sharper	Sharpest
Simple	Simpler	Simplest
Wise	Wiser	Wisest
Useful	More useful	Most useful
Difficult	More difficult	Most difficult
Intelligent	More intelligent	Most intelligent

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NOTE:- If the adjective (in the positive degrees) contains three or more vowel letters, its comparative & superlative degrees are formed by using ‘more’ & ‘most’ respectively.

Exception:-
Clever      cleverer            cleverest
Clever    more clever      most clever
Good        Better                 Best
Bad          Worse                Worst

Change the degree of comparison examples

I. Superlative Deg. → comparative Deg.
Superlative Deg. → Positive Deg.
- Asia is the largest continent. (Superlative degree)
- Asia is larger than any other continent. (Comp. degree)
- No other continent is large as Asia. (Positive degree)

the + superlative degree

comparative degree + than

No other + noun + verb + as + positive deg. + as

 

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Examples.
1. Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world.

2. Mt. Everest is higher than any other peak in the world.
3. No other peak in the world is as high as Mt. Everest.
4. Mr. Jain is the richest man in the town.
5. Mr. Jain is richer than any other man in the town.
6. No other man in the town is as rich as Mr. Jain.
7. Iron is the most useful metal. (Superlative)
8. Iron is more useful than any other metal. (Comparative)
9. Iron is more useful than any metal. (Incorrect)
10. No other metal is as useful as in on. (Positive)
11. John is the most intelligent of our class.
12. John is more intelligent than any other student of our class.
13. No other student of our class is as intelligent as John.
14. Mumbai is one of the biggest cities of India.
15. Mumbai is bigger than most other cities of India.
16. Very few cities of India are as big as Mumbai.
17. Gold is one of the costliest metals.
18. Gold is costlier than most other metals.
19. Very few metals are as costly as gold.

Sentence with superlative degree	Sentence with comp. degree	sentence with positive degree
One of + sup. deg. + plural noun	comp deg. + than + most other+ plural noun	Very few + plural noun+ verb + as + positive deg. + as

Examples.

1. He is one of the best players of our team.
2. He is better than most other players of our team.
3. Very few players of our team are as good as he.

II. Comp. deg. → Positive deg.
1. Ramesh is taller than Suresh.
2. Suresh is not so tall as Ramesh.

Sentence with comparative degree	sentence with positive degree
Comp. deg. + than	not + so + positive deg. +

Examples.
1. This is better than that. (Comparative degree)
2. That is not so good as this. (Positive degree)
3. He is wiser than you. (Comparative degree)
4.  You are not so wise as he (is). (Positive degree)
5. That was easier than this.
6. This is not so easy as that.
7. Gold is costlier than silver.
8. Silver is not so costly as gold.
9. This is worse than that.
10. That was not so bad as this.