Comparative degree:

Adjective āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻ–āύ adjective āĻāϰ āϝ⧇ form āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧂āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Comparative degree āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

Comparative degree āĻāϰ structure:

Subject + verb + adjective a comparative form + than + noun

For example:

Rana is smarter than Rabbi.

She is taller than her sister.

He is more outstanding than she.

Comparative Degree - āĻšā§‡āύāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ: āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ Adjective/Adverb-āĻāϰ Comparative form (āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ -er āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ more/less) āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ than āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ Rules:

Rule 1: Latin Comparatives (āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ than āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ to āĻŦāϏ⧇) āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ 'than' āύāĻž āĻŦāϏ⧇ 'to' āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤

  • āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋: Senior, Junior, Superior, Inferior, Prior, Posterior, Prefer.

  • Example: He is senior to me. (He is senior than me āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž)

  • Example: I prefer milk to tea.

Rule 2: Double Comparative (āϝāϤ... āϤāϤ... āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇) āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āφāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžā§œāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāϞ⧇, āωāϭ⧟āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇āχ The + Comparative form āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

  • āĻ—āĻ āύ: The + Comparative ... the + Comparative.

  • Example: The more you read, the more you learn.

  • Example: The sooner, the better.

Rule 3: Superlative āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ Comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ

  • āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ A (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ Superlative): āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ The + Superlative āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, Comparative āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ than any other āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

    • Question: Dhaka is the biggest city in Bangladesh.

    • Answer: Dhaka is bigger than any other city in Bangladesh. (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ city āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŦ⧇)

  • āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ B (One of the āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Superlative): āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ One of the āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, Comparative āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ than most other āĻŦāĻž than many other āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

    • Question: Iron is one of the most useful metals.

    • Answer: Iron is more useful than most other metals. (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ metals āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āϰāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻŦ⧇)

Rule 4: Positive āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ Comparative āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ

  • āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ A (No other āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ): Positive sentence 'No other' āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇ Comparative āĻ than any other āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

    • Question: No other boy in the class is as tall as Hasan.

    • Answer: Hasan is taller than any other boy in the class.

  • āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ B (Very few āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ): Positive sentence 'Very few' āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇ Comparative āĻ than most other āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

    • Question: Very few countries are as rich as America.

    • Answer: America is richer than most other countries.

Rule 5: Gradually āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§œāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāϛ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ Comparative and Comparative āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

  • Example: The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

  • Example: She is becoming more and more beautiful.

Rule 6: Elder vs Older

  • Elder: āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ (āĻ­āĻžāχ/āĻŦā§‹āύ) āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧜ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ elder āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ than āĻŦāϏ⧇ āύāĻž, to āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ (āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: He is my elder brother.)

  • Older: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ older āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ than āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ (āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: Rahim is older than Karim.)

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āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
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