Bahasa Inggris itu Gampang (28)

You don't do your job as well as you should

Cara untuk membandingkan sesuatu dengan yang lain terbagi dalam tiga tingkat perbandingan (degrees of comparison), yaitu:

a. positive degree = tingkat perbandingan sama

b. comparative degree = tingkat perbandingan lebih

c. superlative degree = tingkat perbandingan paling

Pembahasan 28:

She is as young as I am.

Positive degree, untuk membandingkan dua hal yang sama, kita menggunakan tiga cara:

1. as + adjective + as

2. the same + noun + as

3. as + adverb + as

1. as + adjective + as

Maria is beautiful. Jane is also beautiful. = Maria is as beautiful as Jane (is).

Betty is sexy. Clara is sexy too. = Betty is as sexy as Clara (is).

John is as tall as his brother.

She is as young as I am.

Her house is as big as mine.

Negative:

+ I am as clever as James.

- I am not as clever as James. or

I am not so clever as James.

Mike is as brave as a lion. (Mike seberani singa). Untuk membandingkan sesuatu dengan sesuatu yang tiada tara lihat Simile (1) dan Simile (2).

2. the same noun as

Jane is as young as Susy. = Jane is the same age as Susy.

This book is as cheap as mine. = This book is the same price as mine.

Your shirt is as blue as his. = Your shirt is the same color as his.

Their house is as big as Majapahit Hotel. = Their house is the same size as Majapahit Hotel.

Untuk mengenali noun dan adjectivenya lihat Noun and the adjectives.

3. as adverb (of manner) as

Bram speaks English well. John speaks English well too. = Bram speaks English as well as John (does).

She sings beautifully. She also plays beautifully. = She sings as beautifully as she plays.

We came as quickly as we could.

I will be back as soon as possible.

Yuk latihan: Katakan kalimat-kalimat berikut dalam bahasa Inggris, gunakan positive degree of comparison.

1. John setinggi adiknya.

2. Jalan ini selebar Broadway.

3. Kami akan datang secepat kami bisa.

4. Saya bangun setiap pagi tidak sepagi orang tua saya.

5. Kami mengunjungi mereka sesering yang kami bisa.

6. James seumur John.

7. Dia bicara bahasa Inggris tidak sebaik adiknya.

8. Dia tidak menghadiri kelas seteratur seharusnya.

9. Helen tidak mengerjakan pr-nya secermat seharusnya.

10. Dia tidak secerdas adiknya.