Senin, 1 February 2021
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Learning Objectives:
Students are able to compare the number of people, animals, and things.
Students are able to compare human and animal characteristics.
Students are able to compare the characteristics of things.
Students are able to ask about comparison of people, animals, and things.
Grammar: Degrees of Comparisons
Grammar: Degrees of Comparisons
Degrees of comparison are used when we compare two things or more by using an adjective or adverb.
There are three degrees of comparison in English.
a. Positive Degree
a. Positive Degree
Equality
In positive degree, the quality of the things that are compared is the same. The common form of words used is " as + adjective + as "
Example: Roy is as strong as Dika.
Inequality
The adjective in negative form shows that two persons or things do not have the same quality.
Example: A cheetah is not as fast as a cat.
b. Comparative Degree
b. Comparative Degree
To compare two people or things, we use the comparative form of an adjective. The comparative form is usually made by adding -er to the adjective.
Examples:
Mr. Oka is taller than Mr. Dika.
A bus is not faster than a train.
Notes:
We often use the word than after the comparative form of the adjective.
If the adjective ends in -e, add -r to form the comparative.
Example: wise - wiser.
If the adjective ends in a consonant and has a vowel before that, we need to double the consonant and add -er to form the comparative.
Example: thin - thinner
If the adjective has two syllables and ends in -y. Just change the -y to -i and add -er to form the comparative.
Example: lazy - lazier
Add more before adjective with more than two syllables, e.g. beau-ti-ful, hand-some, di-li-gent.
Example: - My mother is more beautiful than me.
c. Superlative Degree
c. Superlative Degree
When we compare more than two people or things ad show which is the greatest among them all, we use the superlative form of an adjective. The superlative form is usually made by adding -est to the adjective.
Examples:
Siti is the youngest of all.
Nia is the nicest girl I have ever met.
Notes:
Add -st if the adjective ends in -e.
Example: wise - wisest.
If the adjective ends in a consonant and has a vowel before that, double the consonant and add -est to form the superlative.
Example: thin - thinnest.
If the adjective has two syllables and ends in -y. Just change the -y to -i and add -est to form the superlative.
Example: lazy - laziest.
Add the most before the adjective that has two or more syllables, e.g. beau-ti-ful, hand-some, di-li-gent.
Example: My mother is the most beautiful woman in the world.
3. In comparisons, there are irregular forms both in comparatives and superlatives.
4. If there is a noun in comparing two persons or things, we also use more after the noun.
Example: Ani has more dolls than Siska.
5. In comparisons, fewer and less depend on the form of the noun. We use fewer if the noun is countable, e.g. student, book, animal.
Example: My books are fewer than your books.
6. We use less if the noun is uncountable, e.g. time, money, music.
Example: The exam is less than ten minutes.
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