Comparison Degree

What we’ll learn today?

※ What is Noun Clause?

※ What is Omitting & Abridgment Noun Clause?

※ Grammar Exercise!

※ Updated-TOEFL Exercise!

※ QnA Session
Positive Degree
Double Comparative
As + Adjective + As
As + Adverb + As The Adj –er…. The Adj –er……

Dino is as diligent as Rudy The more Adj …. The more Adj…….

Dino runs as quickly as Rudy The more you study, the more you get.
The harder you study, the smarter you are.

So + Adj. + As
(Negative)
Nina is not so tall as Rini
Comparative Superlative
The Adj –est + Noun + in/of
Adj. -er + than (1 suku kata/2 suku kata –y)
The most + adj. + N + in/of
More + Adj. + than (2 suku kata/ lebih)

Dino is the smartest student in the class

Dino is smarter than Rudy
Dino is the most diligent student in the class
Dino is more diligent than Rudy

My book is bigger than yours

My book is more expensive than your book

Healthy – healthier – The healthiest student

Easy – easier – The easiest question
 More + Noun
Less + Noun
More VS Less
I have more books than you Dino is more diligent than Rudy
I have less books than you
Dino is less diligent than Rudy

The most + Noun The most VS The least

The Least + Noun
Dino is the most diligent student in the class

I have the most books in the class Dino is the least diligent student in the class
I have the least books in the class
 Adjective berakhiran –er dan -ow

Narrow Narrower The narrowest

More Narrow The most narrow

Bitter Bitterer The bitterest

More Bitter The most bitter

Shallow, Clever, Slender, etc... Irregular Comparative

Good/Well Better The best

Bad/Badly Worse The worst

Many, Much More The most

Little Less The Least

Far Further/Farther The farthest/The furthest

 That of & Those of
Phrases Distractors

The salary of doctor is higher than salary of teacher Similar to Dislike

The salary of doctor is higher than that of teacher The same Unlikely
Same as Dissimilar
The same as Just As
The ears of Elephant are bigger than ears of cat.
Different from Likely
The ears of Elephant are bigger than those of cat. Differs from Likewise
Grammar Exercise
Start from Easy Practice!
TOEFL Practice
With Updated Version
TOEFL Exercise

1. Wood has been the _________ for furniture since antiquity.

A. commonly most material used

B. used material commonly most
C. commonly material used most
D. most commonly used material

2. The femur is the _________ in the body.

A. bone is the largest and longest

B. largest and the longest bone that
C. largest and longest bone
D. bone largest and longest and
TOEFL Exercise
3. Although the chemical elements niobium and 5. The saguaro, found in desert regions in the
tantalum are not quite ----------zirconium and southwestern United States, _______ cactus
hafnium, the differences between them are slight in the world.

(A) as similar (A) is the largest

(B) as similar as (B) the largest
(C) similar than (C) that is the largest
(D) that similar (D) the largest that is a

4. The planet Neptune is about 30 times _________

from the Sun as Earth is.

(A) far
(B) as far
(C) more far
(D) far that
TOEFL Exercise
6. Sea bass ________________ freshwater bass.

____ (A) are larger than

____ (B) the larger the
____ (C) are as large
____ (D) are larger

7. Wild strawberries are ______ as cultivated strawberries.

____ (A) not so sweetest

____ (B) not as sweet
____ (C) less sweeter
____ (D) not as sweeter
TOEFL Exercise
8. Automobiles, airplanes, and buses use more energy per passenger _____ _

____ (A) as do trains

____ (B) than trains do
____ (C) trains do
____ (D) like trains

9. The larger a drop of water, ______ freezing temperature.

____ (A) the higher its

____ (B) its higher
____ (C) higher than its
____ (D) higher of its
TOEFL Exercise
10. ________ San Diego and San Francisco, Los Angeles has no natural harbor.

____ (A) Dissimilar

____ (B) Unlike
____ (C) Dislike
____ (D) Different

11. A psychosis is a severe mental disorder, ______ than a neurosis.

____ (A) the most serious

____ (B) as serious
____ (C) more serious
____ (D) as though serious
Any Questions?