adalah kata sifat yang digunakan untuk gabungkan dengan kata "than".
menyatakan tingkat perbandingan. Dalam - Untuk kata sifat ( adjectives ) yang lebih
bahasa Inggris menggunakan 3 bentuk panjang (lebih dari dua suku kata)
perbandingan, yaitu : umumnya didahului dengan kata "more"
1. Positive Degree sebelum kata sifat, kemudian diikuti
2. Comparative Degree dengan kata "than".
3. Superlative Degree
Contoh :
Contoh : - My house is larger than Doni's house.
- Widia is as big as Ajeng. ---------------> (Rumah saya lebih luas daripada rumah
Positive Degree Doni.)
(Widia sama besarnya dengan Ajeng.) - Magazine is more interesting than
- Rina is bigger than Widia. ---------------> newspaper.
Comparative Degree (Majalah lebih menarik daripada koran.)
(Rina lebih besar daripada Widia) - Mr.Jack is richer than Mr. Black.
- Mira is the biggest. ---------------> (Tuan Jack lebih kaya daripada Tuan
Superlative Degree Black.)
(Mira paling besar.)
Keterangan :
1. POSITIVE DEGREE 1. Kata sifat yang berakhiran huruf -e
Positive Degree (Tingkatan Biasa) adalah diubah menjadi comparative dengan
kata sifat yang digunakan untuk menambahkan -r.
menyatakan bahwa suatu benda atau orang Contoh :
dalam keadaan sama dengan yang lainnya. - brave : berani ---> braver : lebih berani
Susunan kalimat ini dibentuk dengan - large : luas ---> larger : lebih luas
menempatkan kata sifat ( adjectives) - wide : lebar ---> wider : lebih lebar
diantara dua as. - safe : aman ---> safer : lebih aman
to be + as + adjective + as - fine : bagus ---> finer : lebih bagus
2. My car is red. My brothers car is red. Our 7. My house is near my school. I go to school
cars have the same __________. on foot. Alberts house is _______ than my
house from school. He goes to school by
3. This pencil is long. That pencil is short. That public car.
pencil isnt as ________ as this pencil.
8. Ive been learning to dance for five months.
4. My father has the same __________as my Sisca can dance _________ than me because
mother. They were born on the same date,
shes been learning for five years.
month and year.
9. I want to buy that red jacket but its too
5. A buffalo cant run as _________ as a expensive. I hope I can find a ________ jacket
horse. to buy.
6. We have the same ____________. Both of 10. The scenery here is beauti ful. But I think it
us like swimming. will be ___________ if there is no garbage
7. I can do the Biology test easily. I think anywhere
Biology is not as _________ as Mathematic.