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EXERCISE 48
Change the degree of comparison of the following in as
many ways as possible without changing the sense-
1. Ram is the most intelligent boy of my school.
2. Lead is the heaviest of all metals.
3. ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam’ is the best drama in Sanskrit.
4. Mumbai is the best city in India.
5. The Times of India is the most powerful newspaper in India.
6. Iron is the most useful of all metals.
7. He is the strongest man in my family.
8. Greenland is the largest island in the world.
9. Mount Everest is the highest peak of the Himalayas.
10. This is the most beautiful picture.
11. Akbar was one of the greatest kings.
Answers
answer:1.Ram is the most intelligent boy in my school.(s.D)
Ram is the more intelligent than any other boy in my school(C.D)
no other boy in my school is as intelligent as ram(p.D)
2.Lead is the heaviest of all metals.(s.d)
no other metals is as heavy as lead. (p.d)
lead is heavier than any other metals(c.d)
3.Abhigyan Shakuntalam is the best drama in Sanskrit.(s.d)
no other drama in sanskriti is as good as Abhigyan Shakuntalam(p.d)
Abhigyan Shakuntalam is better than any other drama in sanskriti (c.d)
4.Mumbai is the best city in India.(s.d)
no other city in India is as good as Mumbai (p.d)
mumbai is the better than any other city in India. (c.d)
5.The Times of India is the most powerful newspaper in India.(s.d)
the times of India is the more powerful than any other newspaper in India. (c.d)
no other newspaper in India is as good as the times of India. (p.d)
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7.He is the strongest man in my family.(s.d)
he is the stronger than any other man in family(c.d)
no other man in my family is as strong as him. (p.d)
8.Greenland is the largest island in the world.(s.d)
Greenland is the larger than any other island in the world. (c.d)
no other island in the world is as large as Greenland. (p.d)
9.Mount Everest is the highest peak of the Himalayas.(s.d)
mount Everest is the higher than any other peak of the himalayas. (c.d)
no other peak of the himalayas is as high as mount Everest. (p.d)
10.This is the most beautiful picture.(s.d)
this is the more beautiful than any other picture. (c.d)
11. akbar was greater than most other kings. (comparative degree).
few other kings was as great as Akbar. ( positive degree).
Explanation:
simple tricks:
1.x is adj+ er(more+ adj) than y. (c.d)
y is not as or so adj as x. (p.d)
2.x is one of the adj+est( most+adj)............(s.d)
X is adj+er( more+ adj) than most other..........(c.d)
few other.......... is as adj as X(p.d)
3.X is the adj+est(most+adj).............(s.d)
X is adj+ er( most+adj) than any other.........(c.d)
no other.........is as adj as X. ( p. d)
Explanation:
ram is the most intelligent boy of my school