STRUCTURE UNIT

UNIT VIII

COMPARISON

A.DEGREE OF COMPARISON

Digunakan untuk membandingkan kualitas adjectives/adverbs pada dua orang/benda atau

lebih. Ada 3 derajat perbandingan yang harus diketahui, yaitu:

1.Positive Degree

Membandingkan dua orang/benda yang memiliki kualitas adjectives/adverbs yang sama.

Positive Sentence
1.He is as tall as Mr.Teguh Kalimat pada contoh nomor 1 dan 3
2.Nadia studies as diligently as Gege Does menggunakan perbandingan adjective.

Negative Sentence Sedangkan kalimat pada contoh nomor 2 dan 4

3.He is not so intelligent as this boy menggunakan perbandingan adverb.
4.The dog doesn’t run so fast as the horse does

Positive Degree:

-as+adjective/adverb+as

-Not+so+adjective/adverb+as

2.Comparative Degree

Membandingkan dua orang/benda dengan kualitas adjectives yang berbeda.

1.He is taller than Mr.Teguh Kalimat pada contoh nomor 1 dan 2

2.This house is bigger than any other house in
this street
3.She is more intelligent than this boy
4.This painting is more beautiful than any other
painting in this showroom
menggunakan comparative degree dibentuk
dengan menambahkan akhiran -er pada
adjective (Tall-taller, big-bigger).
Sedangkan kalimat pada contoh nomor 3 dan 4
menggunakan kata more di depan adjective.
 Comparative Degree:

-(adjective+er) + than

-More+adjective +than

3.Superlative Degree

Digunakan untuk menujukkan bahwa salah satu orang/benda tertentu memiliki kualitas adjective yang
paling menonjol di antara tiga atau lebih orang/benda yang lainnya.

1.He is the tallest student in this class
2.This house is the biggest house in this street
3.She is most intelligent student in this class
4.This painting is the most beautiful painting in
this showroom
Kalimat pada contoh nomor 1 dan 2
menggunakan superlative degree dibentuk
dengan menambahkan akhiran -est pada
adjective (Tall-taller, big-bigger).
Sedangkan kalimat pada contoh nomor 3 dan 4
menggunakan kata the most di depan adjective.

Comparative Degree:

-The + (adjective+est)

-The + most+ adjective

4.Irregular Comparison

Terdapat beberapa adjective dan adverb yang bentuk comparative dan superlative-nya tidak beraturan

Positive Comparative Superlative

Bad Worse Worst
Good Better Best
Far Farther Farther
Late Later Latest
Little Less Least
Many More Most
Well Better Best
Exercise 1

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence

1.Mount Everest is _____ mount in the world

A.Highest

B.Higher

C.More High

D.Most High

2.Alumunium is _____ than steel, and is widely used in car manufacturing

A.As pliebel

B.Very pliebel

C.More pliebel

D.The most pliebel

3.Quitting a bad habit is not as _____

A.Easy as it seems

B.Easy like it seems

C.Easy than it seems

D.Easy of what it seems

4.A journey by plane can _____ than expected because the flight is delayed

A.As much long

B.Be much longer

C.Feels much longer

D.Be the longest

5.Saturn is _____ the earth

A.Much bigger

B.Much more big

C.Much more big than

D.Much bigger than

Exercise 2

Each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence
are marked A, B, C, or D. Identify the underlined word or phrase that contains an error. Then
circle the letter that corresponds to the answer you have chosen, and reconstruct the sentence to
make it correct

1.Indonesia is a country with the second most highest biodiversity in the world.
A B C D

2.A football player who takes a free kick usually has a higher shooting accuracy to any other players.
A B C D

3.People who just start working out can choose at least physically demanding so they will not get
A B C D

overwhelmed .

4.Some people become extremely successful not only because they are smarter, but also because they
A B

work more hard than others.

C D

5.Because of its beautiful nature and rich cultural heritage, Bali has become one of the famousest
A B C D

island in the world.