COMPARATIVE DEGREE (SEVENTH MATERIAL)
a.
Pengertian
Degree of Comparison
Degree
of comparison adalah bentuk adjective
atau adverb
yang menyatakan perbandingan. Ada tiga degree of comparison, yaitu: positive,
comparative,
dan superlative degree.
b. Macam,
Aturan, dan Contoh Kalimat Degrees of Comparison
Positive
Degree
Ketika digunakan untuk menyatakan perbandingan, positive degree harus digunakan
bersama kata as. Positive degree memiliki bentuk standar
tanpa perubahan: big, carefully, difficult, easy, rich, etc.
Contoh Kalimat Positive Degree:
·
The task is
not as difficult as you
imagine. (adjective)
·
He drives
as carefully as my
father in the residential area. (adverb)
Comparative
Degree
Comparative adjective dan comparative adverb digunakan untuk
membandingkan dua hal. Kebanyakannya adjective atau adverb satu
suku kata ditambahkan akhiran -er, sedangkan dua suku kata atau lebih diawali
dengan kata more. Khusus untuk dua suku kata adjective dengan
akhiran -y, akhiran tersebut dihilangkan lalu ditambahkan -ier. Ketika berada
di dalam kalimat, degree of comparison ini biasanya ditemani kata than.|
Degree of Comparison
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Contoh
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Contoh Kalimat Comparative Degree
|
|
Comparative Adjective
|
cold-colder, patient-more patient, happy-happier
|
Your heart is colder than ice.
(Hatimu lebih dingin dari es.) |
|
Comparative Adverb
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fast-faster, gently-more gently
|
I ran faster than you did.
(Saya berlari lebih cepat dari kamu.) |
Superlative Degree
Baik superlative adjective maupun superlative adverb berfungsi untuk
membandingankan tiga atau lebih hal. Mayoritas satu suku katanya
ditambahkan akhiran -est, sedangkan lebih dari satu suku kata diawali dengan
kata most. Adapun untuk dua suku kata adjective dengan
akhiran -y, akhiran tersebut dihilangkan lalu ditambahkan -iest. Ketika berada
di dalam kalimat, superlative degree diawali dengan kata the.
|
Degree of Comparison
|
Contoh
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Contoh Kalimat Superlative
Degree
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|
Superlative Adjective
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cold-coldest, patient-most patient, happy-happiest
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Your heart is the coldest of all.
(Hatimu adalah yang terdingin dari semuanya.) |
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Superlative Adverb
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fast-fastest, gently-most gently
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I run the fastest in my class.
(Saya berlari paling cepat di kelas.) |
C.
Exercise
An English adjective has three forms – positive, comparative
and superlative.
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the adjective.
1. She is …………………… than her sister.
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the adjective.
1. She is …………………… than her sister.
a) pretty
b) prettier
c) prettiest
b) prettier
c) prettiest
2. Martha is a …………………….. girl.
a) nice
b) nicer
c) nicest
b) nicer
c) nicest
3. Supriya is the ……………………… girl in the class.
a) intelligent
b) more intelligent
c) most intelligent
b) more intelligent
c) most intelligent
4. Martin speaks English …………………..
a) well
b) better
c) best
c) best
5. Russia is the ……………………. country in the world.
a) big
b) bigger
c) biggest
b) bigger
c) biggest
6. China is a ……………….. country.
a) big
b) bigger
c) biggest
b) bigger
c) biggest
7. China is …………………… than India.
a) big
b) bigger
c) biggest
b) bigger
c) biggest
8. This is the …………………… book I have ever read.
a) interesting
b) more interesting
c) most interesting
b) more interesting
c) most interesting
9. I am …………………. than you.
a) smart
b) smarter
c) smartest
b) smarter
c) smartest
10. Take the ………………….. of the two routes.
a) short
b) shorter
c) shortest
b) shorter
c) shortest

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