Positive And Comparative Degree – Kelas 5 SD – Note 3

SLEEP AND DREAMS

Vocabulary :

  • Adjectives for common dreams
  • Sleep habits

Grammar :

  • As + Adjective + As : POSITIVE DEGREE
  • More + Adjective + than : COMPARATIVE DEGREE
  • Adjective + er + than : COMPARATIVE DEGREE

Positive degree

membandingkan 2 hal berada di level yang sama atau sebanding, oleh karena itu digunakan as adjective/adverb as. Misalnya, “You are as pretty as her.” memiliki arti kamu sama cantiknya dengan dia.

 

POSITIVE ADJECTIVES = sama

  • AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Fast

Slow

Old

Young

Clean

Dirty

Happy

Sad

Nice

As Fast as

As Slow as

As Old as

As Young as

As Clean as

As Dirty as

As Happy as

As Sad as

As Nice as

 

Example:

  1. Mr. Parker isn’t as old as Mr. Daniel.
  2. Elle’s house isn’t as big as my house.

Comparative degree

membandingkan 2 hal yang memiliki sifat ‘lebih’ dibanding hal lainnya, oleh karena itu digunakan adjective/adverb + -er atau more + adjective/adverb. Misalnya, “You run faster than him.” memiliki arti kamu berlari lebih cepat daripada dia.

 

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES = lebih dari

  • ONE – SYLLABLE WORD
  • ADJECTIVE + ER
Fast

Slow

Old

Young

Clean

Dirty

Happy

Sad

Nice

Pretty

Ugly

Short

Cheap

Hard

Easy

Faster

Slower

Older

Younger

Cleaner

Dirtier

Happier

Sadder

Nicer

Prettier

Uglier

Shorter

Cheaper

Harder

Easier

 

Example:

  1. Mr. Daniel is older than Mr. Parker.
  2. My house is bigger than Elle’s house.

 

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES = lebih dari

  • TWO/THREE/MORE SYLLABLE
  • MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN
Beautiful

Confusing

Amazing

Disappointing

Frightening

Realistic

Embarrassing

Interesting

Boring

Careful

Careless

Delicious

Difficult

Intelligent

Diligent

Expensive

More beautiful

More confusing

More amazing

More disappointing

More frightening

More realistic

More embarrassing

More interesting

More boring

More careful

More careless

More delicious

More difficult

More Intelligent

More diligent

More expensive

 

Example:

1. The movie was more boring than the book.
2. The book was more interesting than the movie.
3. Jane’s performance is more interesting than Anna’s performance.