Transformation of Sentence: Comparative to Positive & Vice-Versa
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.
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.
A. Change the following Comparative to Positive
01.His father is wiser than his uncle.
02.The pacific is deeper than any other ocean.
03.You are not wiser than King Solomon.
04.Iron is more useful than any other metal.
05. Imran Khan is greater than most other cricketers.
06. Prevention is better than cure.
07. A lion is not braver than he.
08. Tomatoes are cheaper than oranges.
09.He is more intelligent than any other boy.
10. Bhutan is smaller than most other countries in the world.
B. Change the following Positive to Comparative.
01. No other food on the menu was so cheap as beef.
02. Very few metals are so precious as gold.
03. A bird can not fly so fast as a train.
04. Cure is not so good as prevention.
05. Very few boys are so good as Hasan.
06.No other books is as popular as Arabian Nights.
07. No other city in bangladesh is so big as Dhaka.
08. No other man in the village was so old as he.
09. You are not so tall as he he.
10. They were not so strong as we.
C. Change the following Comparative to Positive.
01.The Padma is larger than any other river in Bangladesh.
02. A lion is not braver than he.
03. Jim and Della were not less than the Magi.
04. You are older than I.
05. Dhaka is bigger than Chittagong.
06. A train runs faster than a bus.
07. Gold is more valuable than most other metals.
08. He is wiser than any other person.
09. Her face not less radiant than the full moon.
10. He is faster than all other boys.
D. Change the following Positive to Comparative
01. Very few metals are as precious as gold.
02. A bird cannot fly as fast as a plane.
03. No other virtue is as great as honesty.
04. She is not as ugly as you said.
05. No sooner he had seen the police he ran away
06.The lady was not so young as the write.
07. Eagle’s eyes were not so bright as hers.
08. No other boy in the orphanage is as good as Jerry.
09. You have done as much as a man.
10. Orange is not as cheap as Tomato.