I think health is the most important thing in my life.

" I think health is the most important thing in my life " 

There are a lot of interesting experiences I have got.

This is an expensive hand phone.

We need two black bags.

I am really busy now.

You look handsome this morning.

We all are satisfied after watching the World Cup final.

Note …!

Degrees of Comparisons

(Tingkat Perbandingan)

Positive

The comparative com pares (membandingkan) dua benda atau orang. Benda atau orang itu mungkin sama atau berbeda.

Contoh:

            I am as old as you. Farida is as beautiful as Mira.

Contoh:

            This house is like my house. Your house and my house are alike.

Contoh:

            This picture and that picture are the same. Your car is the same as my car.

Contoh:

            Your information is similar to her information. Your information and her      information are similar.

Contoh:

            Jakarta is different from Denpasar.

            Jakarta and Denpasar are different.

Comparative

Penggunaan –er ..... than disebut comparative form. Kita menambahkan – er pada adjective (kata sifat) yang terdiri atas satu suku kata.

Contoh:

            Luciana is older than Melani.

            The city of Jakarta is bigger than that of Bandung.

            We need fewer chairs now than tomorrow.

Penggunaan more …. than …. (lebih …. daripada ….) disebut comparative form.

Kita menambahkan more …. Di depan adjective (kata sifat).

Contoh:

            Luciana is more beautiful than Melani.

            Bali is more famous than Indonesia.

            We need more people and more chairs.

Contoh:

            This train is less expensive than that bus.

            This TV is less cheaper than that handphone

Superlative

The superlative compares (membandingkan) tiga atau lebih orang atau benda.

Contoh:

            The busiest city in the world is New York.

            Or New Yotk is the busiest (of all)

            The longest river in the world is the Nile.

            Or The Nile is the longest (of all).

Contoh:

            One of the most beautiful places in the world is Bali.

            Or Bali is one of the most beautiful (of all).

            I think health is the most important thing in my life.

            Or Health is the most important (of all).

▲  Perhatikan aturan dalam comparisons dalam tabel di bawah ini

Additional	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Tambahkan – er pada adjectives dengan satu suku kata	old big long	older   than bigger than longer than	the oldest the biggest the longest