Comparison of Adjective

1. Harry is better than Sarah at playing tennis. He always wins!

2. The sofa in our living room was more expensive than the chairs. They were quite cheap.

3. I think surfing is more difficult than sailing. It's not easy to learn how to do it.

4. London is bigger than Paris. There are more people living there - so it's crowded!

5. Our neighbours are noisier than we are. They play loud music every night.

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1. Where is the driest place on earth?

2. Tom is the best tennis player in our class.

3. The old castle is the most popular place to visit in our class.

4. Reality TV shows are the worst programmes on TV.

5. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

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Explication

Suatu adjective (kata sifat) atau adverb (kata keterangan) dapat digunakan untuk membandingkan dua atau lebih benda atau kata kerja.

Ada tiga degrees of comparison (tingkat perbandingan), yaitu:

1. Equalataupositive degreemembandingkan dua subjek yang mempunyai kualitas yangsama.

Contoh:

Billy is as fast as Tommy.

2. Comparative degree membandingkan dua subjek di mana salah satu subjek memiliki kualitas lebih dibandingkan subjek lainnya.

Contoh:

Billy is faster than Tommy.

3. Superlative degreemembandingkantiga atau lebih subjekdi mana salah satu subjek mempunyai kualitaspaling superior dari yang lainnya.

Contoh:

Billy is the fastest student in his class.

Comparative adjective dibentuk dengan menambahkan:

• akhiran -erpadaadjectiveyangpendek (satu suku kata atau dua suku kata dengan akhiran -y, -le, -some). E.g. big ➯ bigger; happy ➯ happier  
• moresebelumadjective yang panjang. E.g. beautiful ➯ more beautiful; popular ➯ more popular

Superlative adjective dibentuk dengan menambahkan:

• akhiran -estpadaadjective yang pendek. E.g. big ➯ biggest; happy ➯ happiest
• mostsebelumadjectiveyangpanjang. E.g. beautiful ➯ most beautiful; popular ➯ most popular

Irregular adjectiveadalahadjectiveyangbentuk comparativedansuperlativenya tidak beraturan. Kata-kata sifat ini adalah:

• some/many/much ➯ more ➯ most
• little ➯ less ➯ least
• good ➯ better ➯ best
• bad ➯ worse ➯ worst
• far ➯ farther/further ➯ farther/furthest

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Pelajari lebih lanjut

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives:

• yomemimo.com/tugas/14275699
• yomemimo.com/tugas/21187791

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Details

Year: 8

Subject: English

Category: Structure and Written Expression

Sub-category: Comparaive dan Superlative

Code: 8.5.7

Keywords: comparative, superlative, adjective