Scribd
Upload
902 views3 pages

Positive Degree of Comparison

The document discusses comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English. It provides examples of forming comparatives and superlatives using -er/-est, more/most, and irregular forms. It also gives examples of their use in sentences and tasks for practicing comparative and superlative adjectives.

Uploaded by

SUHENDRI, S.Pd
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
902 views3 pages

Positive Degree of Comparison

The document discusses comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English. It provides examples of forming comparatives and superlatives using -er/-est, more/most, and irregular forms. It also gives examples of their use in sentences and tasks for practicing comparative and superlative adjectives.

Uploaded by

SUHENDRI, S.Pd
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Positive Degree of Comparison

Learn this dialogue!

Boy : Look! Citra is so beautiful.

Mark : You’re right. She is as beautiful as her mother.

The phrase as beautiful as is a positive degree of an adjective. We use it to compare two things or
people that are similar.

There are some positive degrees in adjectives, such as as...as, the same ... as and different from.

Example:

 Clara is as tall as his brother, Gani.


 Fara got the same score as Beta.
 Sandra is diligent. She is different from her brother, Ricky.

Comparative and Superlative


There are two ways of making comparative and superlative adjectives:

1. By adding –er and –est

For adjectives with one syllable and some adjectives with two syllables, we add –er to form
comparative and –est to form superlative. We add than after the comparative adjectives and the
before the superlative adjectives.

Examples:

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Dark Darker Darkest
Tall Taller Tallest
Fast Harder Hardest
Poor Poorer Poorest
Cheap Cheaper Cheapest
Some rules:

When an adjective ends in –e, just add –r to form the comparative and –st to form the superlative.

Examples:

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Large Larger Largest
Safe Safer Safest
Simple Simpler Simplest
White Whiter Whitest
Cute Cuter Cutest
When an adjective has one syllable, ends with a consonant, has a single vowel before the consonant,
double the last letter of the adjective before adding –er/ -est.

Examples:

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Hot Hotter Hottest
Big Bigger Biggest
Sad Sadder Saddest
Wet Wetter Wettest
Fat Fatter Fattest
Thin Thinner Thinnest

When an adjective ends in –y, change the –y to –i, then add –er or –est .

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Tidy Tidier Tidiest
Funny Funnier Funniest
Pretty Prettier Prettiest
Heavy Heavier Heaviest
Happy Happier Happiest
The use of comparative and superlative adjectives in the sentences:

 The house is bigger than mine,


 She is taller than her brother.
 Alan is the cleverest student in the class.

2. By adding more and most

For adjectives wih two or more syllables, we use more for the comparative form and most for the
superlative form.

Examples:

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Generous More generous Most generous
Cheerful More cheerful Most cheerful
Interesting More interesting Most interesting
Fortunate More fortunate Most fortunate
Valuable More valuable Most valuable

We can use some adjectives either with –er, -est, or more/ most.

Examples:

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Polite Politer Politest
More polite Most polite
Common Commoner Commonest
More common Most common
Stupid Stupider Stupidest
More stupid Most stupid

There are some adjectives which have irregular comparative and superlative forms.

Examples:

Adjective Comparative (Lebih ....) Superlative (Paling .....)


(Positive/setara/sama)
Good Better Best
Bad Worse Worst
Many More Most
Much More Most
Little Less Least
Far Farther Farthest
Further Furthest
Notes:

In general, we can replace farther and further or vice versa. However, only further can be used as an
additional adjective. Example: further example.

Let’s study the use of comparative and superlative adjectives in the sentences:

 Mommy is the most beautiful woman in the world.


 Sandra’s second film is more famous than her first one.
 The novel of Dilan is more interesting than the film.

Task 7
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word in the brackets!

1. My sister sings ____________ than my cousin. (beautiful)


2. An aeroplane can fly ____________ than a bird. (fast)
3. The item number 3 is the ____________ among others. (easy)
4. The parcel arrived ____________ than I expected. (soon)
5. This house is the ____________ one in my neighborhood. (large)

Task 8
Learn the following table, then make sentences as many as possible based on the facts!

Novel 1 Novel 2 Novel 3


Size 22 x 28 cm 23 x 30 cm 30 x 42 cm
Number of pages 96 205 112
Year of publication 2008 2006 2014
Price 56000 IDR 75000 IDR 64000 IDR
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________

You might also like