degrees of comparison

Degrees Of Comparison

Positive Degree
Merupakan perbandingan dua nilai yang sama , biasanya menggunakan dua pola, yaitu as ... as ... dan the same as ...  

contoh :
- Solo is as beautiful as Surabaya
- Her love is as much as mine
- Sony and toshiba have the same price

Comparative Degree
Menyatakan perbandingan bahwa sesuatu lebih atau kurang dari yang lain. Beberapa cara untuk mengekspresikan perbandingan tersebut antara lain :

1. Menggunakan kata penghubung than
2. Menambahkan akhiran -er pada kata sifat yang terdiri dari satu atau dua suku kata (misal : short, tall, dsb)
3. Menambahkan kata depan more apabila kata sifat lebih dari tiga suku atau apabila yang dibandingkan adalah kata keterangan

contoh :
- Rio is much taller than lely
- Notebook is more expensive than personal computer
- Marry finished the test more quickly than jack

Superlative Degree
Digunakan untu menyatakan hal yang paling ter- dari segala hal lainnya yang menjadi perbandingan

1. Menambahkan kata sandang the di depan kata sifat ataupun di depan kata keterangan
2. Menambahkan akhiran -est pada kata sifat yang terdiri dari satu atau dua suku kata (misal : short, tall, dsb)
3. Menambahkan kata depan most apabila kata sifat lebih dari tiga suku atau apabila yang dibandingkan adalah kata keterangan

contoh :
- He is the smastest boys in my class
-  Ina is the most beautiful girls in my school
- Hani finished the test the most quickly

Exercise on Comparison of Adjectives

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is (big) than yours.
2. This flower is (beautiful) than that one.
3. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read.
4. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.
5. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world?
6. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains.
7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.
8. Who is the (rich) woman on earth?
9. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer.
10. He was the (clever) thief of all.
11. Bulgaria is an old older the oldest oldest  European state founded in 681.
12. Sofia is the large larger largest most large  city in Bulgaria.
13. Of the two spa hotels, the Bankya Spa Palace  is   friendly the friendlier most friendly the friendliest .
14. The Boyana Church is an old an older oldest a more old  church  in Mount Vitosha near Sofia.
15. The Lom River is shallow shallower more shallow the shallowest  than the Iskar River.
16. The cobbled streets in Old Town in Veliko Tarnovo are narrow narrower narrowest more narrow  than the streets in Old Town in Plovdiv.
17. Bulgariana is the  latter later most late latest  Randall Baker’s book translated into Bulgarian.
18. This year we are taking an extending extend extended extendable  vacation in Sinemorets, at the seaside.
19. Turkish coffee is popularer popularest more popular most popular  in Bulgaria than in Turkey.
20. English is easy easier easiest more easy  than German.

 
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