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 Shakespeare.	x	Subject(noun/pronoun)+is/was+not only+the+superlative form+…….. Example: Shakespeare 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.