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. |