Degree of Comparison

Study the following explanation.

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Chicken Noodle soup is as expensive as the Clam Chowder one.

coffee costs the same price as the tea.
Roast Beef is more expensive than Tuna Salad.
Tuna Salad is cheaper than the Roast Beef.
iced tea is the most expensive among all beverages.

It can be learned from the examples above that there are three degrees of
comparison, i.e. positive, comparative and superlative degree.

The irregular form of Comparison

Exercise:
1. Harry is taking an English course now. He can speak English _____________ than
before.

2. He is actually 35 years old, but he looks ___________. He is like a 20 years old

man.
3. As parts of English lesson, language function is ____________than grammar focus.
4. As we know, a dove is ____________than any other birds.
5. For most Indonesian, eating rice is ___________than eating bread.
6. Mr. Anwar is really a good teacher. He is _________ than any other teachers.
7. Husni often comes late to school. He wishes he lived ____________to school.
8. Knowing that there are many students coming late, the teacher warns them to
come ____________.
9. The shoes are too small for me. I need a _________one.
10. I was surprised that the total of the bill is _______than we predict before.

Test Your Grammar Skills

Write a sentence comparing one thing with another. Choose only 3 questions for
each of you:
For example:
Compare two rooms in your house:

My bathroom is smaller than my living room.

1. Compare two people in your class:

2. Compare two films that you have seen:
3. Compare two Asian countries:
4. Compare two types of transport:
5. Compare two novels that you have read:
6. Compare two places near to where you live:
7. Compare two famous people from history:
8. Compare two capital cities:
9. Compare two occupations:
10. Compare two days of the week: