COMPARISON DEGREE OF ADJECTIVE

7 8

Important Short Fat Pretty Ugly Expensive Thin Busy Handsome

1. POSITIVE DEGREE I am as tall as Rudi Krisdayanti is as famous as Anggun Tiger is as wild as lion 2. COMPARATIVE DEGREE Sinta is taller than Rudi Anang is more famous than Krisdayanti Cobra is wilder than tiger

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

IRREGULAR COMPARISON 3. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE Sinta is the tallest girl in my class. Anang is the most famous singer in Indonesia Cobra is the wildest animal in the world

NO 1 2 3

ADJECTIVE Good Far Far Bad A little A few Many Much

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

REGULAR COMPARISON

4 COMPARATIVE Bigger SUPERLATIVE Biggest 5 6 7 8

NO 1 2 3 4 5 6

ADJECTIVE Big Thick Wild Beautiful Smart Diligent

Exercise 1. Give the correct comparison degree of adjective for the following sentences! 1. My bag is . than your bag. (cheap) 2. Dino is as Toni (short) 3. Borobudur Temple is .. temple in Indonesia (large) 4. English is ..than mathematics (easy) 5. Mr. John is . as Mr. Andy. (rich) 6. This house is .. than that house. (big) 7. Roses are of all flowers. (beautiful) 8. The hotel is .. in this area. (good) 9. The test is .. as the last test. (hard) 10. The blue car is than the red car. (fast) 11. Mount Agung is mount in Bali (high) 12. This shirt is than that blouse. (cheap) 13. That house is ..than my house. (small) 14. A tiger is than a cat. (strong) 15. This is . in this store. (bad) Exercise 2 Complete the following sentences. 1. No other boy is as . as James. (tall / taller / tallest) 2. Milk is .. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing) 3. Radium is one of the metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable) 4. Few English poets were as . as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest)

5. Shimla is .. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous) 6. Gold is one of the . metals. (precious / more precious / most precious) 7. Solomon was than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest) 8. Few historians write as .. as Macaulay. (well / better /best) 9. Very few books are as . as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular) 10. A train is . than a car. (fast / faster / fastest)