DEGREES OF

COMPARISON
(BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER)
For 8th Grade
Students

BY : MRS. FITRI
 ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB
ADJECTIVE ADVERB
a part-of-speech that modifies or describes a noun or a An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. It
pronoun "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly).
An adjective often comes BEFORE a noun: Adverbs of Manner
e.g.: a small car Adverbs of Manner tell us the manner or way in which
something happens. They answer the question "how?".
And sometimes an adjective comes AFTER a verb:
Adverbs of Manner mainly modify verbs.
e.g: The sky became dark.
He speaks slowly. (How does he speak?)
But adjectives can also modify pronouns 
They helped us cheerfully. (How did they help us?)
e.g.: She is beautiful.

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 What is DEGREES OF
COMPARISON?
 Degrees of Comparison is
a kind of a comparison used to compare
something with another thing or with the
others using adjective to compare.

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 LOOK AT THIS
PICTURE!
We can compare this picture using two
adjective :
1. tall Alvie is taller than Arkaan

Ayu is taller than Alvie

2. short Alvie is shorter than Ayu Ayu is the tallest of all.

Arkaan is shorter than Alvie

Arkaan is the shortest of all.

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 “
when we compare one person or one thing
with another, we use
DEGREES OF COMPARISON

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THERE ARE THREE DEGREES OF
COMPARISON:
1. POSITIVE DEGREE
2. COMPARATIVE DEGREE
3. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

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 The pen is as cheap as the eraser.

Rp. 3.000,- FORM : as + adjective + as Rp. 3.000,-

POSITIVE
DEGREE
The positive form is used in cases where there are no differences
between the two compared things or persons. To form the
positive, we use the word as before and after the absolute form
of the adjective.

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The examples of positive degree:
This can also be applied in a
1. Martin negative context to indicate that
is as tall as John. the compared objects
2. She is as beautiful as are not similar:
her sister. 1. Martin is not as tall as John.
3. The motorcycle is as 2. She is not as beautiful as her
expensive as the small sister.
car 3. The motorcycle is as
expensive as the small car

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COMPARATIVE DEGREE
When two objects or persons are being compared, the
comparative form of the adjective is used. The comparative
adjective can be formed in two ways:
1. Adding –er to the absolute form of the adjective.
tall → taller
2. Adding the word more before the adjective.
beautiful → more beautiful

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FORM OF COMPARATIVE DEGREE
1. FOR 1-2 SYLLABLES
Adjective + er + than
e.g.: David is taller than Jack.
2. FOR MORE THAN 2 SYLLABLES
more + adjective + than
e.g.: Rose is more beautiful than Jasmine.

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SUPERLATIVE
DEGREE
Superlative adjectives are used to
describe an object which is at the
upper or lower limit of a quality (the
tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the
highest).
They are used in sentences where a
subject is compared to a group of
objects.

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 THE FORM AND EXAMPLES OF
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
FORM : the + adjective + est or
the + most + adjective
Examples
1. My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.
2. This is the smallest box I've ever seen.
3. Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.
4. This cars is the most expensive of other cars

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IRREGULAR FORM OF ADJECTIVE
able - abler - the ablest
bad - worse - the worst
gentle - gentler - the gentlest
good - better - the best
late (waktu) - later - the latest
late (urutan) - latter - the last
far (jarak) - farther - the farthest
far (waktu) - further - the furthest
fun - more fun - the most fun
little (ukuran) - littler - the littlest
little (jumlah) - less - the least
many/much - more - the most
old (benda) - older - the oldest
old (orang) - elder - the eldest
simple - simpler - the simplest
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EXAMPLES:
+ One Piece is better than Naruto.
+ One Piece lebih bagus daripada Naruto.
+ My money will be more than yours.
+ Uangku akan jadi lebih banyak daripada uangmu.
+ This is the latest version of the software.
+ Ini adalah versi paling akhir dari software tersebut.

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Irregular Adverbs
well - better - the best
badly - worse - the worst
little - less - least
far - farther/further - the farthest/the furthest
much - more - the most
Examples :
+ Martha understands grammar the most in the class.
+ I can solve this better than you.

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ASSIGMENTS

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