Degree of Comparison

Degree of Comparison

􀀨 The Chicken Noodle soup is as expensive as the Clam

Chowder one.

􀀨 The coffee costs the same price as the tea.

􀀨 The Roast Beef is more expensive than Tuna Salad.

􀀨 The Tuna Salad is cheaper than the Roast Beef.

􀀨 The 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.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
cheap	cheap er	(the) cheapest
expensive	more expensive	(the) most expensive

The followings are some common rules in forming the

comparative and superlative degree of comparison.

1. For one syllable words,

a) add –er for the comparative degree and add –est

for the superlative.

e.g.: tall taller tallest

sweet sweeter sweetest

b) Adjectives ending in –e, just add –r and –st.

e.g.: large larger largest

late later latest

c) If the adjectives end in a vowel and a consonant,

double the consonant before adding –er and –est.

e.g.: fat fatter fattest

thin thinner thinnest

2. For two syllables words,

a) If the adjectives end in –y, add –er for the

comparative degree and add –est for the superlative.

e.g.: busy busier busiest

ugly uglier ugliest

It is also preferred to add –er and –est for the

following adjectives.

clever cleverer cleverest

narrow narrower narrowest

quiet quieter quietest

simple simpler simplest

b) For most adjectives and adverbs, precede more for

the comparative degree and most for the superlative.

e.g.: famous more famous most famous

tragic more tragic most tragic

3. For the adverbs end in –ly either of two or more syllable,

precede more for the comparative degree and most for

the superlative.

e.g.: slowly more slowly most slowly

carefully more carefully most carefully

It is an exception for the adverb early. It uses suffix –er and

–est.

early earlier earliest

4. For more than two syllables words, just precede more

for the comparative degree and most for the superlative.

e.g.: difficult more difficult most difficult

interesting more interesting most interesting

5. There are some irregular forms of comparative and

superlative degree

Positive	Comparative	Superlative	Explanation
bad	worse	(the) worst .	Adj.
far	farther	(the) farthest	Adj. used for distance
far	further	(the) furthest	Adj. used for time, distance and abstract things
good	better	(the) best	Adj
well	better	(the) best	Adv.
little	less	(the) least	Adj.
many	more	(the) most	Adj. used for countable nouns
much	more	(the) most	Adj. used for uncountable nouns
old	elder	(the) eldest	Adj. used for members of family
old	older	(the) oldest	Adj. used for other people and things

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SPORTS

SPORTS

Sport is very useful for our health. There are a lot of sports we can do. The popular sports in our country are badminton, football, boxing, volleyball, swimming, tennis, etc. Sometimes

we need money to do sports, but sometimes we do not need money to do them. Not all people have enough money to spend for sports.

There are some cheap sports such as jogging, running, and walking. All people can do jogging, running, or walking without spending money. These sports are very good for young and old people.

Moreover people can do them everywhere and every time they like. If we do jogging, running, or walking regularly, we will be fresh and healthy all the time. There are some sports we can do in a team, such as football, volleyball, basketball, etc. While swimming, high jumping, long jumping are done individually.

(Taken from Communicative and Meaningful English)

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5W +1 H

 5W+ 1H

Example :

1. Who 􀃆 Who are enjoying gudeg in the lesehan

restaurant now?

* The foreign tourists are.

2. What 􀃆 What are the foreign tourists doing in the

lesehan restaurant now?

* They are enjoying gudeg.

3. What 􀃆 What are the foreign tourists enjoying in the

lesehan restaurant now?

* Gudeg.

4. Where 􀃆 Where are the foreign tourists enjoying gudeg

now?

* In the lesehan restaurant.

5. When 􀃆 When are the foreign tourists enjoying gudeg

in the lesehan restaurant?

* Now.

What happened? Danny got an accident.

2. How did it happen? It happened very quickly.

3. When did it happen? It happened two hours ago.

4. Where did it happen? It happened in the workshop.

5. Why did it happen? It happened because he was

careless.

Notes:

1. We use What to ask about one or more things.

2. We use How to ask about manners.

3. We use When to ask about time.

4. We use Where to ask about places.

5. We use Why to ask about reasons

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