Degree of Comparison

Degree of Comparison
Study the following explanation.
 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
cheap
expensive
bad
far
good / well
little
many / much
old

Comparative
cheaper
more expensive
worse
farther
better
less
more
elder

Superlative
(the) cheapest
(the) most expensive
(the) worst
(the) furthest
(the) best
(the) least
(the) most
(the) eldest

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words
1. Harry is taking an English course now. He can speak English _____________ than before.
2. He is actually 35 years old, but he looks ___________. He is like a 20 years old man.
3. As parts of English lesson, language function is ____________than grammar focus.
4. As we know, a dove is ____________than any other birds.
5. For most Indonesian, eating rice is ___________than eating bread.
6. Mr. Anwar is really a good teacher. He is _________ than any other teachers.
7. Husni often comes late to school. He wishes he lived ____________to school.
8. Knowing that there are many students coming late, the teacher warns them to come _________
9. The shoes are too small for me. I need a _________one.
10. I was surprised that the total of the bill is _______than we predict before.