Changing Sentence

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Superlative to Comparative:

Structure: Subject + Verb + Comparative adjective + than + any other/ most other + rest all other part.

  • Salma is the best of all the singers.
    = Salma is better than any other singers.
  • Rina is the tallest of all the girls.
    = Rina is taller than all other girls.
 [NB: ‘all’ থাকলে পরিবরতিত হয় না।] 

  • Seema is not the most intelligent girl.
    = Seema is less intelligent than any other girl.
    [Note: Negative ‘Not’ থাকলে ¨ ‘less’ হয়]
Superlative to positive

 Structure: No other/ Very few + next part of adjective + Verb + as + Positive + as
                    + Subject (+ next part).

        Sentence এ  

        One of the  থাকলে   Very few  হয় ।
        Others case এর ক্ষেত্রে   No other  হয়।
  • Nazrul was the best poet.
= No other poet was as good as Nazrul.
  • Shakespeare was one of the best dramatists in English Literature.
= Very few dramatists were as good as Shakespeare in English Literature.
  • The rose is one of the most beautiful flowers.
= Very few flowers are as beautiful as the rose.
  • English is the easiest language in the world.
= No other language is as easy as English Language in the world.

Comparative to positive:

Structure: Next part of adjective + Verb + Negative + as + Positive + as + Subject.

  • Iron is more useful than all other metals.
    = All other metals are not as useful as Iron.
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  • India is not less important than Russia.
    = Russia is as important as India.
Positive to Comparative:

Structure: Next part of adjective + Verb + Negative + Comparative + than + Subject.

  • Karim is as strong as Rahim.
    = Rahim is not stronger than Karim.
  • My pen is not as expensive as Alam’s.
    = Alam’s pen is more expensive than mine.
[If  যুক্ত মূল sentence না বোধক হয়,তবে তা অপরিবর্তিত অংশ affirmative হয়|]

  • Very few metals are as valuable as diamond.
    = Diamond is more valuable than most other metals.
[If যুক্ত মূল sentence  ‘very few’ দ্বারা শুরু হলে তবে   comparative এ  most other/ some other হয় এবং কোন  negative হয় না। ] 

  • No other fruit is as sweet as mango.
    = Mango is sweeter than any other fruit.
[If the sentence begins with ‘no other’ no negative is remained and sits ‘any other’.]




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