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2025Q5(iv)(4)Grammar
MCQHard1 mark
5(iv)

Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given after each.

This is the most beautiful painting in the exhibition. (Begin: No other...)

Topic: Degrees of comparison — superlative to positive

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(d) No other painting in the exhibition is as beautiful as this one..

Explanation

Converting a SUPERLATIVE into the POSITIVE degree follows a fixed formula: Superlative: This is the most beautiful painting in the exhibition. Positive: No other painting in the exhibition is AS beautiful AS this one. Learn it as a template and the transformation becomes mechanical.

Why the others fail: (a) compares a painting with an EXHIBITION — the comparison must be between like things. (b) says no other painting is beautiful at all, which is a far stronger and different claim. (c) drops the first "as" — the construction is always "as... as".

The comparative form of the same sentence would be: This painting is more beautiful than any other painting in the exhibition.

In words

No other painting in the exhibition is as beautiful as this one..

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