Hai Sobat, siapakah di antara teman kalian yang paling pintar? kalau di
bandingkan dengan kalian, siapa yang lebih pintar? nah, untuk mengatakan
perbandingan ini biasanya kalian gunakan kata ‘lebih’ dan ‘paling’ seperti dua
pertanyaan yang saya gunakan sebelumnya. Sedangkan dalam bahasa Inggris, untuk
mengungkapkan perbandingan ada imbuhan ‘-er’ dan ‘-est’, serta kata ‘more’ dan
‘the most’ yang digunakan untuk mendeskripsikan kata ‘lebih’ dan ‘paling’. Jadi
kali ini saya akan sharing mengenai kalimat comparative degree/adjectives.
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Untuk lebih memahami comparative sentences, perhatikan contoh kalimat
berikut ini:
How shall we travel? Shall we drive or go by train?Let’s drive.
It’s cheaper. Don’t go by train. It’s more expensive.
Penggunaan comparative sentences biasanya di ikuti dengan kata
than, contohnya:
- It’s cheaper to drive than go by train.
- Going by train is more expensive than driving.
- Comparative Sentence dengan penambahan -er or more.
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Penambahan -er di gunakan untuk adjective (kata sifat) yang terdiri dari 1
syllable (1 suku kata)
- cheap → cheaper
- fast → faster
- large → larger
- thin → thinner
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Penambahan -er juga di gunakan untuk
adjective (kata sifat) yang terdiri dari 2 syllable (2 suku kata)
yang berakhiran huruf -y (-y → -ier):
- lucky → luckier
- early → earlier
- easy → easier
- pretty → prettier
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Penambahan more di gunakan untuk adjective (kata sifat) yang
terdiri dari 2 syllable (2 suku kata) atau lebih
- more serious
- more expensive
- more often
- more comfortable
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Penambahan more juga di gunakan untuk
adverbs (kata keterangan) yang berakhiran -ly:
- more slowly bukan
slowlier
- more seriously bukan
seriouslier
- more easily bukan
easilier
- more quietly bukan
quietlier
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Cermati perbedaan penggunaan penambahan -er dan more pada contoh
kalimat berikut ini
| Pengunaan -er |
Pengunaan more |
| You’re older than me. |
You’re more patient than me.
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The exam was quite easy – easier than I expected.
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The exam was quite difficult – more difficult than I
expected.
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| Can you walk a bit faster? |
Can you walk a bit more slowly?
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I’d like to have a bigger car.
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I’d like to have a more reliable car.
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Last night I went to bed earlier than usual.
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I don’t play tennis much these days. I used to play
more often.
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Pada beberapa adjectives (kata sifat) yang terdiri dari 2 syllable (suku
kata), dapat menggunakan -er atau more seperti pada kata berikut
ini:
clever - narrow - quiet - shallow - simple
contoh :
- It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere quieter?
- or … somewhere more quiet?
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Terdapat beberapa adjectives and adverbs yang mempunyai bentuk
perbandingan irregular (tak beraturan) seperti berikut ini:
- good/well → better
- The garden looks better since you tidied it up.
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I know him well – probably better than anybody else knows
him.
- bad/badly → worse
- ‘How’s your headache? Better?’ ‘No, it’s worse.’
- He did very badly in the exam – worse than expected.
- far → further (or farther)
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It’s a long walk from here to the park – further than I thought.
(or farther than)
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catatan : further (but
not farther) dapat berarti ‘more’ atau ‘additional’:
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Let me know if you hear any further news. (= any
more news)
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Complete the sentences using a comparative form (older / more important
etc.).
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This restaurant is very expensive. Let’s go somewhere
cheaper.
- This coffee is very weak. I like it ....
- The town was surprisingly big. I expected it to be ....
- The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be ....
- The weather is too cold here. I’d like to live somewhere ....
- Sometimes my job is a bit boring. I’d like to do something ....
- It’s a shame you live so far away. I wish you lived ....
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It was quite easy to find a place to live. I thought it would be ....
- Your work isn’t very good. I’m sure you can do ....
- Don’t worry. The situation isn’t so bad. It could be ....
- You hardly ever call me. Why don’t you call me ... ?
- You’re too near the camera. Can you move a bit ... away?
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Complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the words in the box.
Use than where necessary.
big - early -
high - important - interested - peaceful -
reliable -
serious - slowly - thin
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I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed
earlier than usual.
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I’d like to have a
more reliable car. The one I
have keeps breaking down.
- Unfortunately the problem was ... we thought at first.
- You look .... Have you lost weight?
- We don’t have enough space here. We need a ... apartment.
- James doesn’t study very hard. He’s ... in having a good time.
- Health and happiness are ... money.
- I like living in the country. It’s ... living in a town.
- I’m sorry I don’t understand. Can you speak ..., please?
- In some parts of the country, prices are ... in others.
- Complete the sentences. Choose from:
than - more - worse - quietly -
longer -
better - careful - frequent
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Getting a visa was complicated. It took
longer than I expected.
- Sorry about my mistake. I’ll try and be more ... in future.
- Your English has improved. It’s ... than it was.
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You can travel by bus or by train. The buses are more ... than the trains.
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You can’t always have things immediately. You have to be ... patient.
- I’m a pessimist. I always think things are going to get ....
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We were busier ... usual in the office today. It’s not usually so busy.
- You’re talking very loudly. Can you speak more ...?
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Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use a comparative form
(-er or
more …).
- Yesterday the temperature was six degrees. Today it’s only three degrees. It’s colder today than it was yesterday.
- Dan and I went for a run. I ran ten kilometers. Dan stopped after eight kilometers. I ran ... Dan.
- The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train. The journey takes ... train ... car.
- I expected my friends to arrive at about 4 o’clock. In fact they arrived at 2.30. My friends ... I expected.
- There is always a lot of traffic here, but today the traffic is really bad. The traffic today ... usual.
