DEGREE OF COMPARISONS
1. POSITIVE DEGREES
Baik untuk yang satu suku kata / lebih dari dua suku kata sama-sama menggunakan cara yang sama
Someone / something + Tobe (Am, is, are) + As adjective As + O
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Example:
· Rina is as beautiful as Rita
adj > 2 suku kata
· Rina is as tall as Rita
Adj 1 suku kata
· Today’s news is as simple as yesterday’s news
Adj
2. COMPARATIVE DEGREES
a) Untuk kata sifat (Adjective) yang terdiri hanya 1 suku kata
Example:
Positive degrees
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Comparative degrees
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Superlative degrees
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As short as
As high as
As cheap as
As fast as
As thick as
As wise as
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Shorter than
Higher than
Cheaper than
Faster than
Thicker than
Wiser than
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The shortest
The highest
The cheapest
The fastest
The thickest
The wisest
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b) Huruf consonant terakhir harus di dobel / digandakan jika sebelumnya didahului oleh vocal yang mendapat tekanan suara:
Example:
Positive degrees
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Comparative degrees
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Superlative degrees
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As big as
As wet as
As thin as
As hot as
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Bigger than
Wetter than
Thinner than
Hotter than
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The biggest
The wettest
The thinnest
The hottest
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c) Kata sifat yang terdiri dari 2 suku kata, tapi tekanan suara jatuh terakhir / tidak disesuaikan maka hanya ditambah -ER dan –EST.
Example:
Positive degrees
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Comparative degrees
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Superlative degrees
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As polite as
As severe as
As sincere as
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Politer than
Severer than
Sincerer than
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The politest
The severest
The Sincerest
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d) Kata sifat yang terdiri dari 2 suku kata dan diakhiri huruf “Y”, maka diganti menjadi “I” dan ditambah –ER atau –EST.
Example:
· As heavy as Heavier than The heaviest
· As lazy as Lazier than The laziest
· As crazy as Crazier than The craziest
· As pretty as Prettier than The prettiest
d) Adjective beberapa kata sifat yang terdiri dari 2 suku kata tetapi tekanan suara jatuh pada suku awal. Maka untuk tingkat lebih dan paling di tambah “More”and”Most “.
Example:
· As famous as More famous than The most famous
· As difficult as More difficult than The most difficult
e) Untuk kata sifat yang terdiri dari 3 suku kata selalu ditambah “More” dan tingkat paling dengan “Most”
Example:
· As beautiful as More beautiful than The most beautiful
· As difficult as More difficult than The most difficult
· As important as More important than The most important
f) Perbandingan kata keterangan (Comparative adverbs)
Adverbs juga mempunyai bentuk perbandingan lebih untuk membandingkan 2 aksi kata kerja dan bentuk perbandingan paling untuk membandingkan 3 atau lebih aksi kata kerja.
Example:
· We finished the test more rapidly than mark
We finished the test the most rapidly of all
· We finished the test less rapidly than mark
We finished the test the least rapidly of all
· We finished the test faster than mark
We finished the test the fastest of all
3. SUPERLATIVE DEGREES
Kata sifat (Adjectives) atau kata keterangan (Adverbs) yang tingkat perbandingannya paling.
a) Terdiri dari 1 suku kata dalam bentuk kata sifat
Example: - Rina is the tallest of all
- Rian is the biggest of all
b) Terdiri dari 2 / 3 suku kata dalam bentuk kata sifat
Example: - Bani is the most handsome in the class
- English is the most important of all
c) Terdiri dari 1 suku kata / lebih dari 2 suku kata dalam bentuk kata keterangan (adverbs)
Example:
· I wish we could see each other more frequently
· My chemicals react more quickly in acid solution
· This train always leaves later than the time on the schedule
NOTE: Remember that some very common adjectives have irregular forms. Some of them are listed here for exception.
Positive degrees
(Adjective)
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Comparative degrees
(Adjective)
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Superlative degrees
(Adjective)
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As bad as
As far as
As good as
As little as
As many as
As much as
As well as
As ill as
As late as
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Worse than
Farther than (Jarak)
Furtherthan (Informasi)
Better than
Less than
More than
More than
Better than
Worse than
Later than
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The worst
The farthest
The furthest
The best
The least
The most
The most
The best
The worst
The last
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Example:
- This ice cream is better than the other brands
- The lab is farther from the bus stop than the library
- Please give me sugar than you did last time
- The worst accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the north Freeway
- The children can see as many as twenty five baby animals in the nursery at the Zoo
NOTE:
Some two-syllable adjectives use –er/the -est or more/the most,namely;
1. Able abler/more able the ablest/the most able
2. Angry angrier/more angry the angriest/the most angry
3. Clever cleverer/more clever the cleverest/the most clever
4. Common commonner/more common the commonnest/the most common
5. Cruel crueler/more cruel the cruelest/the most cruel
6. Friendly friendlier/more friendly the friendliest/the most friendly
7. Gentle gentler/more gentle the gentlest/the most gentle
8. Handsome handsomer/more handsome thehangsomest/the most handsome
9. Narrow narrower/more narrow the narrowest/the most narrow
10. Pleasant pleasanter/more pleasant the pleasantest/the most pleasant
11. Polite politer/more polite the politest/the most polite
12. Quiet quiter/more quiet the quitest/the most quiet
13. Simple simpler/more simple the simplest/the most simple
14. Sour sourer/more sour the sourest/the most sour
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