1 pertemuan 9 comparisons matakuliah: writing 1 tahun: 2006-2007 versi: 6

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Pertemuan 9Comparisons

Matakuliah : Writing 1

Tahun : 2006-2007

Versi : 6

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Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this session the students are expected to be able to:– Compare past and present situation– Use comparative adjectives/adverbs– Use superlatives– Other ways to describe differences/similarities

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The Past and Present

• In the past…– There were many

trees in the forest.– There was a little

creek behind our house.

– Fifteen years ago, a mobile telephone was as big as a shoe.

– People sent letters by mail.

• Now…– Most trees in the forest

are gone.– The creek has dried

up.

– Mobile phones fit in your pocket.

– People send letters electronically through the internet.

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Comparative Adjectives/adverbs

• Using ‘-er’ (one syllable adjectives)– Ali is 160 cm tall.– Budi is 172 cm tall.

Budi is taller than Ali.

• Using ‘more’ for two or three-syllable adjectives:

interesting more interesting

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Spelling

1. two-syllable adjectives ending with y:

happy happier

2. adjectives ending with consonant b, d, f, g, m,

n, p, s and t double the final consonant

big bigger

thin thinner

3. two syllables not ending with y:

beautiful more beautiful

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Superlatives

• When you compare more than two objects, you use superlatives to say that one has super quality, better than the rest. e.g. Ali is 1.6 m tall.

Budi is 1.72 m tall

Leo is 1.8 m tall.Leo is the tallest among the three boys.

• For two syllable or more, use “the most”• Leo is the most handsome boy in the class.

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Expressing big/small difference

• Comparative adjectives or adverbs are modified by much, a lot, a little, a little bit, or farX He is very older than I am. He is much older than I am.

Anna drives far more carefully than her husband.

This pen is a little less expensive than the other pen.

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Other ways of comparing

• Using “as…as” (= the same)– Sri is as diligent as Mona (is).– He runs as fast I do.– His apartment is not (quite) as big as mine.

• Using double comparatives:– The harder you study, the more you will learn.– The warmer the weather is, the better I like it.

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Conclusions

• To compare two or more things you can

use comparative adjectives or adverbs.

• Superlatives are used by adding the + adjective + est (i.e. the tallest, the nicest, etc.) or the most for three-syllable words.

• You can use a bit, much, a little, more/ less, to modify your comparatives.

• You can also use “as … as” to say that two things are of the same quality.