Question

Change the below-mentioned sentence from the positive degree of comparison to superlative:
This is a beautiful garden in the city of Bangalore.
a. This is more beautiful than all other gardens in the city of Bangalore.
b. This is the most beautiful amongst all gardens in the city of Bangalore.
c. There are more beautiful gardens in the city of Bangalore than this.
d. This is one of the many beautiful gardens in the city of Bangalore.

Answer 1

Hint: We use ‘most’ to show comparison between two and more things in the superlative degree of comparison.

Complete answer:
Let’s understand about the degrees of comparison.
There are 3 degrees of comparison:
1. The Positive Degree: The first degree is used to make us aware of an existing quality. For example- She is a smart girl. Here, we are only talking about the quality and not comparing it.
2. The Comparative Degree: The second degree is used for comparing two things. For example- She is smarter than her. Here, we see a comparison between two girls and the use of the word ‘Than’.
3. The Superlative Degree: The third degree shows comparison between two or more things. For example- She is the smartest girl in the class. Here, we can see a comparison between the girl and the entire class.
In the given question: The superlative degree of beautiful is ‘Most beautiful’.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
a. ‘More’ and ‘than’ are used in the ‘comparative degree’ to show comparison between two things. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b. ‘Most’ is used to show comparison between two or more things. Hence, it is the correct option.
c. ‘More’ and ‘than’ are used to indicate comparison between two things. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d. The formation of the given sentence is inappropriate. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note: We don’t use ‘than’ in the superlative degree, because ‘than’ is used for comparing two things.