bahasa inggris materi perbandingan

Comparing

A. Perbandingan (Comparison)
(1). Regular

tambahkan er atau more untuk comparative

tambahkan est atau most untuk superlative

Word length

Adjective or
adverd

comparative

superlative

1 syllable

Tall

Short

Taller
shorter

Tallest
shortest

3 syllables or
more

Fertile
expensive

More fertile
Most fertile
More expensive Most expensive

• Examples:
1. The mango tree is taller than the sirsak

tree
2. The soil in Sulawesi is less fertile than
that in Java
= The soil in Sulawesi is less fertile than the soil
in Java
3. She is the tallest girl in the class

Horse is faster than rabbit.
Horse runs faster than rabbit.
The most wanted actor in asia is Lee Min Ho
The bag is the most expensive bag/thing in the
shop
• The lion is bigger than the cat
• Gunawan is the most handsome boy/student
in this class
• The temperature in Banyumas is less hot than
that in Bandung.






• 2 syllables :
+ er atau est : bila berakhiran –y, –ly, -ow, -le atau -er
e.g. funny
(funnier, funniest)
friendly
(friendlier, friendliest)
narrow
(narrower, narrowest)
able
(abler, ablest)
clever
(cleverer, cleverest)
+ more atau most untuk kata keterangan berakhiran –ly
e.g. quickly
(more quickly, most quickly)
+ er/more atau est/most
e.g. common
(commoner, commonest)

(more common, most common)
handsome, polite, quite

2). Irreguler

Adjectve

Comparative

Superlative

Bad

worse

worst

Far

Further/farther


Furthest/farthes
t

Good

better

best

many

more

most

Adverb

Comparative


Superlative

little

lest

Least

much

more

most

well

better

best


3. Mengemukakan Perbandingan dengan
menambah kata-kata tertentu, sepeti: much,
considerably dsb.
Example:

Gurameh is

slightly
a little
somewhat
rather
(more expensive)
much
than mujair
a lot
considerably
far

Kata Ganti That/Those
1. The yield of Indica varieties is not as high as

the yield of Japonica varieties.
= The yield of Indica varieties is not as high
as that of Japonica varieties.
2. Indica varieties have long grains, while the
grains of Japonica are short.
= Indica varieties have long grains, while
those of Japonica are short.