Correct Answer: ক) This is the most difficult question.
• Degrees of Comparison তিন প্রকার:
১) Positive Degree
২) Comparative Degree
৩) Superlative Degree
১. Superlative Degree
বৈশিষ্ট্য: কোনো কিছুকে সবচেয়ে বেশি বা সর্বোচ্চ মাত্রায় প্রকাশ করা হয়।
ব্যবহৃত শব্দ: the most / the best / the least / the highest / the tallest ইত্যাদি।
Structure:
- সাধারণত the + most/adjective-est + noun.
উদাহরণ:
- This is the most difficult question.
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- He is the best student in the school.
২. Positive Degree
বৈশিষ্ট্য: দুটি বা তার বেশি জিনিসের মধ্যে সমান মাত্রা প্রকাশ করা হয়।
ব্যবহৃত শব্দ: as...as / so...as.
Structure:
- Very few + plural noun + as/so + adjective + as.
- No other + noun + as/so + adjective + as.
উদাহরণ:
- No other question is as difficult as this.
- Very few students are as brilliant as Rahim.
- Rahim is as tall as Karim.
৩. Comparative Degree
বৈশিষ্ট্য: দুটি জিনিসের মধ্যে একটিকে অপরটির চেয়ে বেশি বা কম দেখানো হয়।
ব্যবহৃত শব্দ: more...than / -er...than.
Structure:
- adjective + er + than
- more + adjective + than
- than any other / than all other / than most other
উদাহরণ:
This car is faster than that one.
This question is more difficult than any other.
Other options:
- খ)No other question is as difficult as this. - Positive Degree , "as…as" দিয়ে তৈরি।
- গ)Very few questions are as difficult as this. - Positive Degree, "very few … as…as" দিয়ে তৈরি।
- ঘ)This question is more difficult than any other. - Comparative Degree, "more … than" দিয়ে তৈরি।
Source: A Passage to the English Language by S M Zakir Hussain.