Degree of comparison of adjectives

Language in Action I

Degree of comparison of adjective / comparative adjective

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
One syllable adjective	Old Wise Wide	Older Wiser Wider	The oldest The wiser The widest
Two-syllables adjective	Busy Clever Funny	Busier Cleverer Funnier	The Busiest The Cleverest The funniest
Three or more syllables adjectives	Important Beautiful	More important More beautiful	The most important The most beautiful
Irregular adjectives	Little Good Bad Many/much	Less Better Worse more	The least The best The worse The most

Degree of comparison of adverb/ comparative adverb 

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
One syllable adverb	Fast Hard Low Late Soon	Faster Harder Lower Later Sooner	The fastest The hardest The lowest The latest The soonest
Ly- Adverb	Carefully Slowly Quickly Honestly Loudly	More carefully More slowly More quickly More honestly More loudly	The most carefully The most slowly The most quickly The most honestly The most loudly
Irregular adverb	Well badly	Better worse	The best The worst

Language in Action II

1.        As…..as…….  

2.        The same as…..

3.        The same… as…

4.        The same/ Similar

5.        Different from

6.        Diffrent

1.    as…as… for quality adjectives (big, cheap, clear, big, long, old, tall, heavy, large, etc.)

for example : X.B is as big as X.C.

                 Hafiz is as tall as Ade.

                  I will reply your message as soon as possible.

                 Muckhlis is not as tall as Ryan.

2. The same as is used between two Noun

                For example : Hypertmart is the same as Carrfour

                                        Carrfour is not the same as JM Group

3. The same…as,,, for quality noun (size, age, color, length, price, style, weight)

                For example : My bag has the same color as Sinta’s bag.

                                       Aulia is almost the same age as my sister.

                                       Dea does not have the same style as Indah.

4. The same or similar is used after the two nouns or plural nouns.

                For example : our mobile phones are the same.

                                       Their shoes are not the same.

                                        Their answers are similar

                                        Our questions are not similar.

                                       

5 Different from is used between two nouns

                For example : I am different from my sister

                                       My question is different from book.

                                       Your answer is not different from my answer.

6. Different is used after the two nouns

                For example : Magazine and newspaper are different

                                       My brother and I are different

 EXERCISE.

 REWRITE  THE SENTENCES WITH A COMPARATIVE AND  NOT AS...... AS

EXAMPLE:      SALLY IS 1.70 METRES.

 I AM 1.80METRES. (TALL)

ANSWER :      I’M TALLER THAN SALLY.

SALLY IS NOT AS TALL AS ME

1.     THE GOLD RING IS $ 70.

THE SILVER RING IS $ 65. (EXPENSIVE)

2.        THE BUS LEAVES AT 12.00 O’CLOCK.

THE TRAINS LEAVES AT 1.00 O’CLOCK. (EARLY)

3.     MATHS IS DIFFICULT TO ME.

LANGUAGE IS NOT VERY DIFFICULT TO ME (DIFFICULT)

4.     I’M 15 YEARS OLD.

MY COUSIN IS 16 YEARS OLD. (YOUNG)

5.        YESTERDAY I ARRIVED HOME AT 11.00.

MY BROTHER ARRIVED HOME AT 11.30 (LATE)