Rules of Degree at a glance





                                          Rules of Degree at a glance

                                Positive
                        Comparative
Superlative
Subject+ verb+ a/an +adjective+ noun/ pronoun+
                     He is a good boy
Subject+ verb +adj(comp)+ than any other/(than all other +noun plural)/than every other + noun(singular)+……………..
     He is better than any other boy.
Subject+ verb+ the +adj(superlative)+ noun+ other word.
He is the best boy
No other+ subject-------am/is/are/was/were +so/as +adverb/adjective (positive form)+as +Subject.
Example: No other girl is as good as her.
Subject +verb +Comparative form+ than+ any other/all other+………………………
 Example; She is better than any other girl in the class.
Subject +am/is/are/was/were+the +Superlative form+of (if present) +…………
She is the best girl in  the class.
Sub+ verb+ not +so/as +adverb/adjective(positive form)+as+…….
Example; Rina is not so wise as Dina.
Noun/pronoun +verb+ Comparative form +than+…..
             Example: Dina is wiser than Rina.
  X
Sub+ verb +as +positive form +as+……..
          Example; A plane flies as fast as a rocket.
Noun/Pronoun+ do not/does not/did not+ verb+ comparative+ than+ Subject.
        Example: A Rocket does not fly faster than a plane.
X
Subject +verb ,at least, +as +positive +as +subject.

Example: A plane flies,at least,as fast as a bird.

Subject +do not/does not/did not +comparative +than +subject.
Example: A bird does not fly faster than a plane.
X
Noun/pronoun +verb+, +at least, +as +adj +as +subject…..
Example; Karim is, at least, as cautious as he
Subject +was/were/is/are +not less +adjective +than+ subject
Example: Karim is not less cautious than he.
X
 Subject+ verb,+ at least+,+ as much as +adjective+…..
  I have got,at lest,as much as five hundred taka.
Subject+ verb+ no less than+…….
Example: I have got, no less than five hundred taka.
x
A few/few/very few+ noun(plural)+are/were +so/as+positive form+ as+…
Example: Very few boys in the class are as good as he.
Noun/pronoun+am/is/are+was/were+comparative form+than most other/than the majority of/than few other +….. noun(Plural)+
Example: He is better than most other boys.
Subject+is/are/was/were+one of the +superlative form+… noun(plural)+ other word.
He is one of the best boys in the class.
Few other+ Noun (Plural)+are/were +as +positive +as +subject.
Few other dramatists are as great as Shakespear.
x
Subject(noun/pronoun)+is/was+not only+the+superlative form+……..
Example:Shakespear is not only the greatest dramatists.
As soon as +subject +Verb (past form)+extension +past indefinite tense.
Example: As soon as he reached the station the train left.
No sooner had +subject +verb (past participle)+ extension + than+ past indefinite tense.
Example: No sooner had we reached the station than the train left.
x
Subject+ verb+ as many as +……noun/pronoun+……….
Example: There are as many as fifty boys
Subject+ are/were+ no fewer than/not fewer than+………
Example; There are no fewer than fifty boys.
x
No other +noun+ verb+ so/as+ adj +as +other word.
No other boy is as good as he
Subject+ verb +adj (comp)+ than any other/than all other + noun+ other word
He is better than any boy

Subject+ verb+ the +adj (superlative)+ noun+ other word.
He is the best of all the boys.

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