Degree Change

 

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Degree

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

• Positive Degree

• Comparative Degree

• Superlative Degree

Positive Degree:

কোন sentence এ Noun বা pronoun এর দোষ, গুণ, অবস্থা ইত্যাদি বুঝাতে adjective এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Positive Degree বলে।
যেমন- Mr. Roni is a good man.

 

Comparative Degree:

সাধারনত দুটি Noun /pronoun এর দোষ, গুন, অবস্থা ইত্যাদির তুলনা বুঝাতে adjective এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Comparative Degree বলে।
যেমন – Rahim is wiser than Karim.

Superlative Degree:

সাধারণত অনেকের মধ্যে তুলনা 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

Superlative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

Rule 1: 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: all other, most other, many other, few other, 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 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 3: 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 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 পরিবর্তন 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.

Rule 5: No sooner had ….than যুক্ত Comparative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ

No sooner had এর পরিবর্তে as soon as + subject + verb এর পরিবর্তে past form + than এর পূর্বের অংশ + than এর পরিবর্তে কমা বসে + বাকী অংশ।

Comparative     : No sooner had he seen me than he ran away.
Positive            : As soon as he saw me, he ran away.

 

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 bigger than of all 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 man in the society is as good as him.
Superlative        : He is the best man in the society.

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.

 

Sentence change of Degree at a glance

Sentence Type	Structure
Superlative	1	S + V + the + super. Degree + singular noun + adverbial বসে.
	2	S + V + one of the + super. Degree + plural noun + adverbial বসে.
Comparative	1	S + V + comp. degree + than + any other + singular noun + adverbial বসে.
	2	S + V + comp. degree + than + most other + plural noun + adverbial বসে.
Positive	1	No other + singular noun + adverbial + verb + so/as + positive degree + as + S বসে.
	2	Very few + plural noun + adverbial + verb (plural) + so/as + positive degree + as + S বসে.