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    1. The document compares the use of like and alike when making comparisons between two things or people. Like and alike have the same meaning but different sentence structures - "This is like that" versus "This and that are alike." 2. It also discusses the comparative form using -er or more to compare adjectives between two things or people. For example, "older than" or "more important than." 3. The superlative form using -est or most is used to compare three or more things or people. For example, "the oldest of all" or "the most important of all." Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative of different types of adjectives.

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    1. The document compares the use of like and alike when making comparisons between two things or people. Like and alike have the same meaning but different sentence structures - "This is like that" versus "This and that are alike." 2. It also discusses the comparative form using -er or more to compare adjectives between two things or people. For example, "older than" or "more important than." 3. The superlative form using -est or most is used to compare three or more things or people. For example, "the oldest of all" or "the most important of all." Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative of different types of adjectives.

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    1. The document compares the use of like and alike when making comparisons between two things or people. Like and alike have the same meaning but different sentence structures - "This is like that" versus "This and that are alike." 2. It also discusses the comparative form using -er or more to compare adjectives between two things or people. For example, "older than" or "more important than." 3. The superlative form using -est or most is used to compare three or more things or people. For example, "the oldest of all" or "the most important of all." Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative of different types of adjectives.

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    Making Comparisons

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    1. The document compares the use of like and alike when making comparisons between two things or people. Like and alike have the same meaning but different sentence structures - "This is like that" versus "This and that are alike." 2. It also discusses the comparative form using -er or more to compare adjectives between two things or people. For example, "older than" or "more important than." 3. The superlative form using -est or most is used to compare three or more things or people. For example, "the oldest of all" or "the most important of all." Rules are provided for forming the comparative and superlative of different types of adjectives.

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    By: RIZKI ISFAHANI, M.

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    COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALIKE
    You have a ballpoint pen with blue ink.
    I have a ballpoint pen with blue ink.
    a)Your pen is like my pen.
    b)Your pen and my pen are alike.
    c)Our pens are alike.

    like = similar to
    alike = similar
    Like and alike have the same meaning, but the sentence
    patterns are different.
    This + be + like + that.
    This and that + be + alike.
    Sentence Practice.
    Directions: Complete the sentences with like and alike.
    1. You and I have similar books. In other words, your book is like mine. Our books
    are
    alike.
    2. Mr. Chang and I have similar coats. In other words, Mr. Chang’s coat is ___
    mine. Our
    coats are ___.
    3. Ken and Sue have similar cars. In other words, their cars are ___.
    4. You and I have similar hats. In other words, your hat is ___ mine.
    5. A town is ___ a city in some ways.
    THE COMPARATIVE: USING –ER AND MORE
    Marry is 25 years old.
    John is 20 years old.
    a)Mary is older than John.
    b)Health is more important than money.
    INCORRECT: May is more old than John.
    INCORRECT: Health is importanter than
    money.

    When we use adjectives (e.g., old, important) to


    compare two people or two things, the adjectives
    have special forms.
    In (a): We add –er to an adjective, OR
    In (b): We use more in front of an adjective.
    The use of –er or more is called the
    COMPARATIVE FORM.
    Notice in the examples: than follows the
    comparative form: older than, more important
    than.
    THE COMPARATIVE: USING –ER AND MORE
    ADJECTIVES WITH ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE Add –er to one –syllable adjectives.
    ONE SYLLABLE
    big
    bigger
    Spelling note: If an adjective ends in
    cheap
    old

    cheaper
    older

    one vowel and one consonant, double


    the consonant: big-bigger, fat-fatter,
    hot-hotter, thin-thinner.

    ADJECTIVES THAT funny


    pretty
    END IN -Y

    funnier
    prettier

    If an adjective ends in –y, change the


    –y to –i and add –er.

    ADJECTIVES WITH famous


    TWO OR MORE important
    interesting
    SYLLABLES

    more famous
    more important
    more interesting

    Use more in front of adjectives that


    have two or more syllables (except
    adjectives that end in –y)

    better
    worse
    farther/further

    The comparative forms of good, bad,


    and far are irregular.

    IRREGULAR
    COMPARATIVE
    FORMS

    good
    bad
    far
    Comparative Practice.
    Directions: Write the comparative form for these adjectives.
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    old older than


    small _______
    big _________
    important ____
    easy ________
    THE SUPERLATIVE: USING –EST AND MOST
    a) COMPARATIVE
    My thumb is shorter than my index
    finger.
    b) SUPERLATIVE
    My hand has five fingers. My thumb is
    the shortest (finger) of all.
    ADJECTIVE

    ADJECTIVES WITH old


    big
    ONE SYLLABLE

    The comparative (-er/more) compares two things or


    people.
    The superlative (-est/most) compares three or more
    things or people.

    COMPARATIVE

    SUPERLATIVE

    older (than)
    bigger (than)

    the oldest (of all)


    the biggest (of all)

    ADJECTIVES
    END IN -Y

    THAT pretty

    prettier (than)
    easier (than)

    the prettiest (of all)


    the easiest (of all)

    ADJECTIVES
    TWO
    OR
    SYLLABLES

    WITH expensive
    MORE important

    more expensive (than)


    more important (than)

    the most expensive (of all)


    the most important (of all)

    better (than)
    worse (than)
    farther/further (than)

    the best (of all)


    the worst (of all)
    the farthest/furthest (of all)

    easy

    IRREGULAR FORMS

    good
    bad
    far
    Comparative and Superlative Practice.
    Directions: Write the comparative and superlative forms of the given adjectives.

    1. long
    2. small
    3. heavy
    4. comfortable
    5. hard

    COMPARATIVE

    SUPERLATIVE

    longer (than)

    the longest (of all)


    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION 

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