Degree of Comparisons

Degree of Comparisons
Comparison (perbandingan) digunakan untuk membandingkan dua benda atau orang. Kedua benda tersebut bisa sama, bisa juga berbeda.

A. Equal/Positif Comparison
Equal/Positif Comparison di gunakan untuk membandingkan dua benda atau orang memiliki sifat atau ciri yang sama. Pola-pola prbandigan yang sama adalah sebagai berikut:

Subject + verb + as + adjective/adverb + as + noun/pronoun (se…/sama…dengan)

• Adjective : Soni is as tall as Andi
• Adjective : Your story is as interesting as her story
• Adjective : Ariska is as beautiful as Dwi
• Adverb : Tasya sings as beautifully as Tamara
• Adverb : The car runs as fast as my car
• Adjective : His job isn’t as difficult as my job.
Note: Untuk kalimat negative kata as bias diganti dengan so

B. Comparative
Comparative digunakan untuk membandingkan dua benda atau orang yang memiliki perbedaan.

Subject verb Adjective + er than noun
Adverb + er
More + adjective/adverb Pronoun
Less + adjective/adverb

• Adjective : Soni is taller than Andi
• Adjective : Indra runs faster than Santi
• Adjective : This table is more comfortable than that one
• Adverb : He speaks English more fluently than I
• Adverb : He visits his family less frequently than his wife does
• Adjective : This year’s exhibit is less impressive than last year.

C. Superlative
Superlative di gunakan untuk membanding tiga atau lebih benda atau orang yang berbeda.

Subject + verb + the + adjective + est (paling…ter…)

• Borobudur the biggest temple in Indonesia
• The Nile is the longest river in the world.

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