Transformation Practice - POSITIVE TO COMPARATIVE / Transforming Positive to Comparative Rules and Exercises

✅ How to Change Positive Degree into Comparative Degree

🔹 Rule 1: When the Sentence Begins with “No other”

Structure:Subject (from the end of positive sentence) + verb + comparative form of the adjective + than any other + noun group (from the beginning of the positive sentence)

Explanation:Use this when the positive sentence starts with “No other”, meaning the subject is the best or top compared to all others.

✅ Examples:

1. Positive: No other boy in the class is as good as he.

   Comparative: He is better than any other boy in the class.

2. Positive: No other city in Bangladesh is as big as Dhaka.

   Comparative: Dhaka is bigger than any other city in Bangladesh.

3. Positive: No other girl in the school is as pretty as Samia.

   Comparative: Samia is prettier than any other girl in the school.

4. Positive: No other student in the group is as intelligent as Rafi.

   Comparative: Rafi is more intelligent than any other student in the group.

🔹 Rule 2: When the Sentence Begins with “Very Few”

Structure:Subject + verb + comparative form of the adjective +than most other / than many other / than few other + plural noun

Explanation:Use this when the positive sentence starts with “Very few”, meaning the subject is among the top, but not the single best.

✅ Examples:

1. Positive: Very few metals are as costly as gold.

   Comparative: Gold is costlier than most other metals.

2. Positive: Very few boys in the class are as active as Arif.

   Comparative: Arif is more active than most other boys in the class.

3. Positive: Very few countries are as beautiful as Switzerland.

   Comparative: Switzerland is more beautiful than most other countries.

4. Positive: Very few mountains are as high as Everest.

   Comparative: Everest is higher than most other mountains.

🔹 Rule 3: When the Sentence Has “as...as” Without “No Other” or “Very Few”

Structure:Use “not taller than”, “no less intelligent than”, etc., depending on the context.

Positive: A is as [adjective] as BComparative: B is not [comparative form] than A

✅ Examples:

1. Positive: He is as tall as his brother.

   Comparative: His brother is not taller than he.

2. Positive: This book is as interesting as that one.

   Comparative: That book is not more interesting than this one.

3. Positive: Sara is as hardworking as her colleague.

   Comparative: Her colleague is not more hardworking than Sara.

4. Positive: This problem is as difficult as the previous one.

   Comparative: The previous problem is not more difficult than this one.

POSITIVE TO COMPARATIVE 

Turn the following Sentences into comparative.

1. Dishonour is not as preferable as death.

2. No other person is as wealthy as he.

 3. No other person is as fit as he to do this job.

4. I have not seen any person as cruel as he.

5. Her handwriting is not as clumsy as yours.

 6. Your face was not as bright as his.

7. No other student is as keen as he.

8. Rina's knowledge in English is not as sound as Nasrin.

 9. Meena needed as much food as Raju.

10. In the society women work as much as men.

11. Very few insects are as busy as the bee.

12. Very few herbs are as useful as this.

13. Iron is not as light as cotton.

14. I do not feel as free as you.

15. Nipa is not as dull as Seema.

16. I do not know any person as humble as he.

Answer

POSITIVE INTO COMPARATIVE 

Turn the following Sentences into comparative.

1. Dishonour is not so preferable as death.

Death is more preferable than dishonor.

2. No other person is so wealthy as he.

He is wealthier than any other person.

 3. No other person is so fit as he to do this job.

He is fitter than any other person to do this job.

4. I have not seen any person as cruel as he.

He is crueler than any other person I have seen.

5. Her handwriting is not as clumsy as yours.

Your handwriting is clumsier than hers.

 6. Your face was not as bright as his.

His face was brighter than yours.

7. No other student is as keen as he.

He is keener than any other student.

8. Rina's knowledge in English is not as sound as Nasrin.

Nasrin’s knowledge is sounder than Rina’s.

 9. Meena needed as much food as Raju.

Raju did not need more food than Meena.

10. In the society women work as much as men.

In the society men do not work more than women.

11. Very few insects are as busy as the bee.

The bee is busier than  most other insects .

12. Very few herbs are as useful as this.

This is more useful than most other herbs.

13. Iron is not as light as cotton.

Cotton is lighter than iron.

14. I do not feel as free as you.

You feel freer than I.

15. Nipa is not so dull as Seema.

Seema is duller than Nipa.

16. I do not know any person as humble as he.

He is more humble than any other person I know.

17. Very few persons are as sad as he.

He is sadder than most other persons.

18. I did not see anything as black as this.

This is blacker than any other thing I saw.