important material for english language students.

1. POSITIVES, COMPARATIVES
AND SUPERLATIVES
English Intensive Class
Ushuludin Faculty
State Islamic University Sunan Ampel
Surabaya

2. POSITIVE DEGREE:
Positive degree is formed with AS …
AS.
EXAMPLES:
Bob is as tall as Ron.
Sally is as beautiful as Sahara.
Book is as expensive as pen.
My car is as many as yours / your car.

3. COMPARATIVE DEGREE:
Comparative is formed with either –er
or more and than.
-er is used with short adjectives such
as tall, and more is used with longer
adjectives such as beautiful.
EXAMPLES:
Bob is taller than Ron.
Sally is more beautiful than Sahara.
Book is more expensive than pen.

4. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE:
The superlative is formed with the, either
-est or most, and sometime in, of, or a
that-clause.
-est is used with short adjectives such as
tall, and mostis used with longer
adjectives such as beautiful.
EXAMPLES:
Bob is the tallest man in the room.
Sally is the most beautiful of all the
women at the party.

5. EXERCISE :
Indicate if the sentences are correct
or incorrect!
1. Oxygen is abundenter than nitrogen.
2. The directions to the exercise say to choose the
most appropriate response.
3. The lesson that you are studying now is the most
importentest lesson that you will have.
4. Fashion this year are shorter and more colorful
than they were last year.
5. The quarterback on this year’s football team is
more versatile than quarterback on last year
team.
More abundant
Important
Correct
Correct
Correct

6. EXERCISE :
Indicate if the sentences are correct
or incorrect!
1. The professor indicated that Anthony’s research
paper was more long than the other students’
paper.
2. Alaska is the oldest than all the states in the
united states.
3. The workers on the day shift are more rested
than the workers on the night shift.
4. She was more happier this morning she has been
yesterday.
5. She always tries to do the best and most efficient
job that she can do.
Longer
Than should be Of
Omit More
Correct
Correct

7. USE COMPARATIVE AND
SUPERLATIVE CORRECTLY!
1) Comparative is used to compare two equal
thing.
EXAMPLE:
 The history class is larger than the math class.
 Marry is more intelligent than Sue.
1) Superlative is used when there are more than
two items to compare and you want to show the
one that is the best, or in some way the most
outstanding
EXAMPLES:
 The history class is the largest in the school.
 Marry is the most intelligent of all the students in
the class.

8. DOUBLE COMPARATIVE:
A double comparative structure consists of two
parallel comparative introduced by the.
EXAMPLE:
 The harder he tried, the further he fell
behind.
 The older the children are, the more their
parents expect for them.
 The more children you have, the bigger the
house you need.
 The harder you work, the more you
accomplish
 The greater the experience, the higher the
salary.

9. EXERCISE :
Indicate if the sentences are correct
or incorrect!
1. The hotter the food is, harder it is to eatt.
2. The more you say, the worst the situation
will be.
3. The more time they have to play, the
happier the children are.
4. If you run faster, the more quickly you will
arrive.
5. The more people there are at the party, you
will have a good time.
The
Worse
The faster you run
Correct
The better time you will have

10. ANY QUESTION?
ANY QUESTION AGAIN?
DO THE TOEFL EXERCISE (SKILL 27-
29) IN 10 MINUTES!
GOOD LUCK!