1. Untuk membandingkan sesuatu yang sama kita gunakan as .....as
Contoh:
a. Munif is as clever as Herman
b. The book is as expensive as my dictionary
2. Untuk menyatakan sesuatu lebih kita tambahkan :
a. –er jika kata sifat terdiri dari satu suku kata
Contoh :
1) Small berubah menjadi smaller(lebih kecil)
Fifit’s cat is smaller than mine
Arny is smaller than Purwanti
2) Old berubah menjadi older(lebih tua)
Mustofa is older than Dhimas
b. More jika kata sifat terdiri atas dua kata atau lebih
Contoh :
1) Beautiful berubah menjadi more beautiful(lebih cantik)
Intan is more beautiful than Lasmi
2) Clever berubah menjadi cleverer
Yani is cleverer than Novi
3. Untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang paling atau ter- kita tambahkan :
a. –est jika kata sifat terdiri dari satu suku kata
Contoh :
1) cheap berubah menjadi cheapest
This is the cheapest book in my collection
2) fast berubah menjadi fastest
Plane is the fastest transportation
b. The most jika kata sifat terdiri dari dua suku kata atau lebih
Contoh :
1) Expensive berubah menjadi the most expensive
My netbook is the most expensive in my office.
2) Difficult berubah menjadi the most difficult
Mathematics is the most difficul subject
Untuk lebih jelasnya silahkan amati tabel perbadingan berikut ini :
Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
young | younger | The youngest |
Big | Bigger | The Biggest |
Fat | Fatter | The Fattest |
Pretty | Prettier | The prettiest |
Short | Shorter | The shortest |
Tall | Taller | The tallest |
Long | Longer | The longest |
Hard | Harder | The hardest |
Clever | Cleverer | The cleverest |
Strong | Stronger | The strongest |
Handsome | More handsome | The most handsome |
Careless | More careless | The most careless |
Polite | More polite | The most polite |
Interesting | More interesting | The most interesting |
Well known | More well known | The most well known |
Popular | More popular | The most popular |
Dilligent | More dilligent | The most dilligent |
entertaining | More entertaining | The most entertaining |
etc | etc | etc |
Pengeculaian
Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
Good | Better | The best |
Bad | worse | The worst |
Much/many | More | The most |
Little | Less | The leasy |
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