DEGRESS OF COMPARISON

CHAPTER 3

DEGRESS OF COMPARISON

A. Membuat perbandingan dengan menggunakan as …as

a. Tina is 21 years old. Sam is also 21. Tina is as old as Sam.
b. Mike came as quickly as he could. As … as is used to say that the two parts of comparison are equal or the same in some way.
In (a) : as + adjective + as
In (b) : as + adverb + as
c. Ted is 20. Tina is 21.
Ted is not as old as Tina.
Ted is not so old as Tina.
d. Ted isn’t quite as old as Tina.
e. Amy is 5. She isn’t nearly as old as Tina. Bentuk negatif dari : not as ….as adalah quite dan nearly.
Perbedaannya quite digunakan untuk perbedaan yang sedikit sedangkan nearly digunakan untuk perbedaan yang besar.
f. Sam is just as old as Tina.
g. Ted is nearly / almost as old as Tina. Modifikasi umum dari as …as adalah just, yang berarti exactly.

Disadur dari Fundamentals of English Grammar, Betty Schrampfer Azhar

B. Menggunakan Komparatif ( Perbandingan )

a. I’m older than my brother ( is ).
b. I’m older than he is.
c. I’m older than him. ( informal )
d. He works harder than I do.
e. I arrived than they did. Perhatikan bahwa auxiliary verbnya bersesuaian tensesnya dengan yang dibandingkan.
f. Tom is much older than I am.
g. Tom is a lot older than I am.
h. Tom is far older than I am.
i. Ann drives much more carefully than I do.
j. Ann drives a lot more carefully than I do.
k. Ann drives far more carefully than I do.
l. Ben is a little older than me.
m. Ben is a bit older than me. Dilarang keras dalam hal ini memakai ‘very’. Very memodifikasi adjective dan adverb. Contoh : Tom is very old. I drive very carefully. Sedangkan Tom is very older than I am, adalah tidak dibenarkan.
n. A pen is less expensive than a book.
o. A pen is not as expensive as a book.
p. A pen is not as large as a book. Kebalikan dari more adalah less.

C. Menggunakan more dengan nomina

a. Would you like some more coffee?
b. Not everyone is here. I expect more people to come later. Dalam a. “ coffee” adalah kata benda. Ketika more diikuti oleh benda maka ia berarti “tambahan”. Tidak diperlukan memakai “than”.
c. There are more people in China than are in the United States. More juga digunakan untuk membuat perbandingan lengkap.
d. Do you have enough coffee, or would you like some more? Ketika artinya sudah jelas more bisa digunakan tanpa harus menambahkan kata benda.




I. Complete the sentences by using the words given. Use the negative form when it is necessary. Number one is done for you.

1. a housefly/ an ant : An ant isn’t as big as a housefly.
2. honey/sugar
3. health/money
4. a lake/ a sea
5. a galaxy/ a solar system

II. Find the words or phrases that should be corrected.
1. Ann : I made much mistakes on the last test than I did on the first one, so I got
A B
a worse grade.

Brenda : You don’t need to be sad. We still have the third test. You can make
C
your grade better.
D
2. Louis : Sunlight is much bright than moonlight.
A
Rowan : Moon doesn’t have its own light. It reflects the sunlight.
B
Louis : And your land lady is more talk active than my land lady.
C
Rowan : I don’t understand what you are talking about. Are we talking about
D
moon and sun or our land ladies?
3. Doctor : What is the more embarrassing experience that you have?
A
Sue : Well, When I was a child I had ever sat in a chair in front of my house.
B
Suddenly a cow came towards me and kissed me. There were a lot of
C
children at that time. They were laughing at me. I still remember their face
when they were doing that. I don’t think that I can forgive them.

Doctor : You have to. You will feel better then.
D
4. Bob : What do you think of my soup?
A
Alan : I’m sorry. This soup doesn’t taste quite right. I think it needs just
B
a little more salt.
C
Bob : Thanks. Will you do me a favor, please? Will you taste my “bothok” too?
Alan : Sure.

5. Mary : Which fruit do you want? Lemon, grapefruit, or orange?

Yuan : Orange is sweeter than grapefruit. Lemon is the sourest. I like the fruit
A
that isn’t sour and sweet. But grapefruit is small than orange.
B C
Mary : Just tell me which fruit you want.
D

D. Menggunakan komparatif ganda.

a. The harder you study, the more you will learn.
b. The older he got, the quieter he became.
c. The more she studied, the more she learned.
d. The warmer the weather ( is ), the better I like it. Perbandngan ganda emiliki dua bagian. Masing – masing bagian diawalai dengan “the”. Bagian kedua merupakan hasil dari bagian pertama.

e. Ann : Should we ask Tom and Jenny to the
party too?
Joan : Why not? The more, the merrier.
f. Lee : When should we leave?
Noah : The sooner, the better. Maksud dari e. adalah : It is good to have more people at the party.
Maksud dari f. adalah : It is good if we leave as soon as possible.