Agustinus Hary Setyawan, S.Pd., M.A.

Semua Prodi
Semua Fakultas
Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta
2019
 SNAPSHOT
City Village
Fresh
Crowded
Peaceful
Fun
The city is crowded. The village is fresh.

Compare the city and village.

The village is fresher than the city.

The city is more crowded than the village.

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Jim: Which one do you like to stay for an holiday, in a
city or in a village?
Sarah: Of course city. It’s more
more exciting.
exciting There are a
lot of interesting places like mall, museum,
cinemas.
Jim: But, it’s noisy and crowded. And expensive too!
Sarah: I know Jim. I know that the living cost in a
city is more
more expensive
expensive than a village. But …..
Jim: I think village is the best choice for out holiday. It’s
cheaper,
cheaper fresher,
fresher and more peaceful than the
more peaceful
crowded city.
 Degrees of Comparison

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1 2 Degree 3
Degree Degree

Taller tallest

Tall Taller tallest

Expensive more expensive most expensive
 The POSITIVE Degree

We use a. When there is no comparison

it • My house is big.
• They are calm.
b. to compare two items that are equal
• My house is as big as yours.
• My hous isn’t as artistic as yours.

Pattern B My house is as big as the Sultan’s kingdom.

Subject+verb +[as +adjective+as] +noun (object).
 The COMPARATIVE Degree

We use to compare differences between two items/

it groups.

Pattern Sule is richer than me

Subject+verb +[comparative adjective+than] +noun (object).

MORE EXAMPLES:
• I’m older than you.
• Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.
• She is more sociable than her brother.
 THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
We use to compare differences between more than
it two items/groups/people (the largest, the
highest, the most dilligent).

Pattern Pengabdi Setan is the most scary movie.

Subject+verb +[superlative adjective ]/+noun (object).

MORE EXAMPLES:
• Sule is the most popular comedian.
• My sister is the most sociable in my
family.
 1 or 2 syllable adjectives + er/est
For one/two syllable adjectives
(1) Add [ ... er] to form comparative and
(2) Add [ ... est] to form superlative

tall + er Taller
young + er younger Comparative Degree
big + er bigger
pretty + er pretier

tall + est Tallest

Superlative Degree big + est biggest
pretty + est pretiest
 More/Most + 2 syllable adjectives
For more than two syllable adjectives
(1) add [ more ... ] to form comparative and
(2) add [ most ... ] to form superlative

more + diligent more diligent

Comparative more + more expensive
expensive
Degree
more + handsome more handsome

Superlative Degree
The most + diligent The most diligent
The most + expensive The most expensive
The most + handsome The most handsome
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
These very common adjectives have completely irregular
comparative and superlative forms
Positive Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much more most
far further / farther furthest / farthest
• I didn’t feel good yesterday but now I feel better.
• Our houses are far from school; but Linda’s house is the
farthest.
 LET’S PRACTICE

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music-video-100-million-view-record/ song-perfect-sounds-like-its-about-taylor-swift

21m IG followers 3.8m IG followers 17m IG followers

Who is MORE POPULAR? Who is THE RICHEST?
Sule is popular. He is rich.
One Direction is more popular than Sule.
But Blackpink is the most popular.
 LET’S TRY AGAIN

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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/400125/Beckham-announces-
retirement
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philosophical-message-on-instagram-after-skipping-fifa-awards/149153 www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/
983712/983712_v9_...

$101.6 Million $450 million $400 Million

Who is THE RICHEST football player? (imagery context)
Lionel Messi is rich.
David Bechkam is as rich as Ronaldo
Fransisco Totti is the richest.
Read the text about comparing
CD-ROM versus Encyclopedia

Incredible, but True!! All the information in the

enormous Encyclopedia now comes on one small disk.
Of course both are important. But which do you prefer –
the CD-ROM or the set of 30 books/encyclopedia? Let’s
compare them.
The CD-ROM is smaller and higher than the books
and it is cheaper. We think it’s more interesting, too,
because it has video and sound – you can hear animals,
musical instruments and famous people talking. So we
think the CD-ROM is better!
Thank you