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15 SMAN 6 TAMBUN SELATAN Comparative degree or degree of comparison is used when you want to compare two things, two people, two places, or two conditions. Comparative degree relates to adjectives and adverbs.COMPERATIVE COMPERATIVE1. The positive degree offers no comparison. It just tells about the existence of a quality.Example:a. adjectives: slow, beautiful, happy, etc.%u2022 The child looks so happy.%u2022 Wati likes to listen to slow music.b. adverbs: slowly, beautifully, happily, etc.%u2022 The children are playing the game happily.%u2022 My mother sings beautifully.2. The positive degree offers no comparison. It just tells about the existence of a quality.Example:a. adjectives: slower, more beautiful, happier, etc.%u2022 The boy looks happier today.%u2022 With a pink ribbon, the hat looks more beautiful.b. adverbs: more slowly, more beautifully, more happily, etc.%u2022 The football team is playing soccer more happily.%u2022 My father drives a car more slowly.What Have You Learned So Far?After knowing the rule of comparative degree and imperative sentences, make two sentences with comparative degree using -er, two sentences with comparative degree using more, and two imperative sentences.Example: %u2022 er : The building of this bank is bigger than that bank. %u2022 more : Buying a book in a bookstore is more expensive than buying it online.%u2022 imperative : Insert your card.1. __________________________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________________________4. __________________________________________________________________________5. __________________________________________________________________________6. __________________________________________________________________________

