Comparison Degree

DEGREES OF

COMPARISON

By: Ari Yuliana

At AQL Islamic School

QS. Al

Kahfi : 109

ﻗُﻞ ﻟﱠﻮْ ﻛَﺎنَ ٱﻟْﺒَﺤْﺮُ ﻣِﺪَادًا ﻟِّﻜَﻠِﻤَٰﺖِ رَﺑِّﻰ ﻟَﻨَﻔِﺪَ ٱﻟْﺒَﺤْﺮُ ﻗَﺒْﻞَ

أَن ﺗَﻨﻔَﺪَ ﻛَﻠِﻤَٰﺖُ رَﺑِّﻰ وَﻟَﻮْ ﺟِﺌْﻨَﺎ ﺑِﻤِﺜْﻠِﻪِۦ ﻣَﺪَدًا

Katakanlah: Sekiranya lautan menjadi tinta
untuk (menulis) kalimat-kalimat Tuhanku,
sungguh habislah lautan itu sebelum habis
(ditulis) kalimat-kalimat Tuhanku, meskipun
Kami datangkan tambahan sebanyak itu (pula)".

ADAB
MURAQABATULLAH

QS. Luqman : 16

LOOK AT THESE

PICTURES...!

Dudu is .... Andi.

​tall

The girl is .... the monster.

Chiko is .... Vino.

The mouse is .... the elephant.

The man is .... the boy.

The yellow puppy is .... the
grey one.

The green snake is .... the
yellow one.

DEFINITION

Degree of comparison adalah

Bentuk adjective atau ad
verb yang menyatakan

Ada tiga degree of comparison

yaitu: positive, comparat
ive, dan superlative

degree.

POSITIVE
DEGREE

• Ketika digunakan untuk

menyatakan
perbandingan, positive
degree harus digunakan
bersama kata as.

• Positive degree memiliki

bentuk standar tanpa
perubahan: big,
carefully, difficult, easy,
rich, etc.

adjective

The task is not
as difficult as you
imagine.

adverb

He drives
as carefully as my
father in the
residential area.

•Contoh Kalimat Positive Degree

COMPARATIVE

DEGREE

•Comparative
adjective dan comparative
adverbdigunakan untuk
membandingkan dua hal.
•Kebanyakannya adjective ata
u adverb satu suku kata
ditambahkan akhiran -er,
sedangkan dua suku kata atau
lebih diawali dengan
kata more. Khusus untuk dua
suku kata adjective dengan
akhiran -y, akhiran tersebut
dihilangkan lalu ditambahkan -
ier. Ketika berada di dalam
kalimat, degree of
comparison ini biasanya
ditemani kata than.

Contoh Comparative Degree

Contoh Kalimat Comparative Degree

Comparative Adjective

cold-colder, patient-more
patient, happy-happier

Your heart is colder than
ice.

Comparative Adverb

fast-faster, gently-more gently

I ran faster than you did.

SUPERLATIVE

DEGREE

•Baik superlative
adjective maupun superlative
adverb berfungsi untuk
membandingankan tiga atau
lebih hal.
•Mayoritas satu suku katanya
ditambahkan akhiran -est,
sedangkan lebih dari satu suku
kata diawali dengan kata most.
Adapun untuk dua suku
kata adjective dengan akhiran -
y, akhiran tersebut dihilangkan
lalu ditambahkan -iest. Ketika
berada di dalam
kalimat, superlative
degree diawali dengan
kata the.

Contoh Superlative Degree

Contoh Kalimat SuperlativeDegree

Superlative Adjective

cold-coldest, patient-most
patient, happy-happiest

Your heart is the coldest of
all.

Superlative Adverb

fast-fastest, gently-most
gently

I run the fastest in my class.

ANY QUESTIONS?

TIME TO

EXERCISE

EXERCISE 1

Positive

1. Tina is ............... (tall) Mira.
2. The weather in Bandung is .............. (cold) in Bedugul.
3. Tina’s money is not ................. (much) Sindy’s money.
4. Dina’s house is .................... (large)Tom’s.
5. Arham is .............. (smart)Winda.
6. Your mobile phone is ............... (expensive) his.

EXERCISES 2
Comparative

1. Her cook is ………………… (spicy) than my mother cook.
2. The building is ……………. (high) than his company.
3. Rony’s design is ……………………. (bad) than other designs.
4. Living in London is ………………………. (expensive) than New York.
5. She couldn’t be ……………………… (thrilled) to work with him.
6. Do you have a …………………………. (sharp) knife than this?
7. The harvest this month is …………………………. (little) than zero.
8. What is ………………….. (important) than family?
9. The banana flaky is ………………………. (crunchy) than cassava flaky.
10. The patient needs ……………….. (much) support after the accident.

Next ...

11. Rita can walk ……………………… (far) than you think.
12. I want to get a job ……………………… (good) than before.
13. My sister play a music ………………………… (slow) than last night.
14. My sister always gets a winner in the class. She is
……………………… (dilligent) than my brother.
15. His performance is …………… (bright) than other stars.
16. Clara’s hair is ……………. (curly) than Sophia’s.
17. I was ………………………. (embarrassed) than Alex about the test scores.
18. The spring garden was ………………. (lovely) than the fall display of
flowers.
19. Rio is a kind person but he is ………………… (compassionate) than Tio.
20.She looks …………………. (fresh) than last week.

EXERCISES 3
Superlative

1. My brother is ............ (tall) person in my family.
2. Bill Gates is ............. (rich) man in the world.
3. Christiano Ronaldo is .............. (good) football player.
4. Who is .............. (old) student in the class?
5. Kalimantan is .............. (large) island in Indonesia.
6. Lamborghini is ................. (expensive) car in the world.
7. I think Raisa is ............... (beautiful) singer in Indonesia.

QUIZ 1

1. Andi is 165 cm tall. Donna is 167 cm tall. So, Donna is _________ than
Andi.
2. My father is 45 years old. My mother is 46 years old. So, My mother is
_________ than my father.
3. A buffalo is big. But, an elephant is ________ than a cow.
4. Bengawan Solo river is long but Nil river is ________ than Bengawan Solo
river.
5. Most students think Mathematic is ___________ than Social Science.
6. Roger is 12 years old. Danu is 15 years old. So, Roger is ______ than
Danu.
7. A hill is __________ than a mountain.
8. A horse runs __________ than a goat.
9. A car’s price is usually __________ than a motorbike’s price.
10. The red jacket is 60,000 rupiahs. The blue jacket costs 75,000 rupiahs.
The red jacket is ________ than the blue jacket.

QUIZ 2

1. The elephant is the ___________ animal on the earth.
2. Maya is the ________ student in my class. She never comes late to
school.
3. Those jackets are expensive. But the ________ jacket is the red one.
4. Almost all students think that Mathematic is the ____________ subject
in the school.
5. Mr. Ron is the ____________ teacher in our school. He never gets angry
to us.
6. There are four tall students in my class. But the _________ student is
Raka.
7. Cheetah is known as the ___________ runner animal on the earth.
8. An ant may be the ____________ animal in the world.
9. Jakarta is the ______________ city in Indonesia.
10. Arnold cleans his room twice a day. That’s way his room is the
__________ among our rooms.

The Best and The Worst

I want to tell you something about the three girls in our class. The girl’s

name are Sarah, Jeni, and Brina.

Sarah is tall, but Jeni is 1) ... than Sarah. Brina is the 2) ... among the

three girls. In fact, she is the 3) ... in our class.

Jeni’s handwriting is bad, but Sarah’s handwriting is 4) .... Brina’s

handwriting is very bad. In fact, it is the 5) ... handwriting I have ever seen.

The three girls collect CDs of famous singers. Sarah doesn’t have many

CDs, but Jeni has 6) ... CDs than Sarah. Brina has the 7) ... CDs.

Sarah likes wearing expensive dresses, but Jeni’s dresses are 8) ... than

Sarah’s. Brina’s dresses are designed by famous designers. Of course Brina
wears the 9) ... expensive dresses of all.