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LANGUAGE FOCUS.
LET’S STUDY DEGREE OF COMPARISON
A. DEGREE OF COMPARISON (UNGKAPAN PERBANDINGAN)
1. POSITIVE DEGREE :
- The Pattern : as + adjective + as
- Untuk menunjukkan bahwa dua benda atau orang sama
- Example : I am as happy as you.
Cridayanti is as famous as Yuni shara.
2. COMPARATIVE DEGREE : Perbandingan tingkat lebih.
- THE PATTERN 1 : ADJECTIVE + ER + THAN
a. Jikan adjective terdiri dari satu atau dua suku kata, kita menambahkan “er/r”
pada akhir adjectivenya.
Example : - old ------- older - young ------ younger
-tall -------- taller - short --------shorter
Example : My father is 40 years old.
My mother is 30 years old.
* My father is older than my mother.
* My mother is younger than my father.
b. Jika adjectivenya lebih dari dua suku kata, maka kita menambahkan “more”
sebelum adjectivenya.
PATTERN 2 : MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN
Example : - beautiful ----more beautiful. – Expensive ----more expensive
-famous -------more famous. - difficult --- more difficult.
Example : Footbal is more famous than volleyball.
3. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE.
PATTERN 1 : The + adjective + est
