English
Assignment 3, “Degrees og Comparison, Question Words and Analyze 5W + 1H from
English Newspaper”
Degree of Comparison
Degrees of Comparison are used when we compare one person or one thing with another.
There are three Degrees of Comparison in English.
They are:
1. Positive degree.
2. Comparative degree.
3. Superlative degree.
Let us see all of them one by one.
1.Positive degree.
When we speak about only one person or thing, We use the Positive degree.
Examples:
• This house is big.
In this sentence only one noun “The house" is talked about.
• He is a tall student.
• This flower is beautiful.
• He is an intelligent boy.
Each sentence mentioned above talks about only one noun.
Degrees of Comparison are used when we compare one person or one thing with another.
There are three Degrees of Comparison in English.
They are:
1. Positive degree.
2. Comparative degree.
3. Superlative degree.
Let us see all of them one by one.
1.Positive degree.
When we speak about only one person or thing, We use the Positive degree.
Examples:
• This house is big.
In this sentence only one noun “The house" is talked about.
• He is a tall student.
• This flower is beautiful.
• He is an intelligent boy.
Each sentence mentioned above talks about only one noun.
2.Comparative degree.
When we compare two persons or two things with each other,
We use both the Positive degree and Comparative degree.
Examples:
a. This house is bigger than that one. (Comparative degree)
This house is not as big as that one. (Positive degree)
The term “bigger" is comparative version of the term “big".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
When we compare two persons or two things with each other,
We use both the Positive degree and Comparative degree.
Examples:
a. This house is bigger than that one. (Comparative degree)
This house is not as big as that one. (Positive degree)
The term “bigger" is comparative version of the term “big".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
b. This flower
is more beautiful than that. (Comparative)
This flower is not as beautiful as that. (Positive)
The term “more beautiful" is comparative version of the term “beautiful".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
This flower is not as beautiful as that. (Positive)
The term “more beautiful" is comparative version of the term “beautiful".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
c. He is more
intelligent than this boy. (Comparative)
He is not as intelligent as this boy. (Positive)
He is not as intelligent as this boy. (Positive)
The term “more
intelligent" is comparative version of the term “intelligent".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
d. He is taller
than Mr. Hulas. (Comparative)
He is not as tall as Mr. Hulas. (Positive)
He is not as tall as Mr. Hulas. (Positive)
The term
“taller" is comparative version of the term “tall".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
3. Superlative Degrees
When we compare more than two persons or things with one another,
We use all the three Positive, Comparative and Superlative degrees.
Examples:
When we compare more than two persons or things with one another,
We use all the three Positive, Comparative and Superlative degrees.
Examples:
a. This is the
biggest house in this street. (Superlative)
This house is bigger than any other house in this street. (Comparative)
No other house in this street is as big as this one. (Positive)
This house is bigger than any other house in this street. (Comparative)
No other house in this street is as big as this one. (Positive)
The term
“biggest" is the superlative version of the term “big".
All the three sentences mean the same meaning.
All the three sentences mean the same meaning.
b. This flower
is the most beautiful one in this garden. (Superlative)
This flower is more beautiful than any other flower in this garden. (Comparative)
No other flower in this garden is as beautiful as this one. (Comparative)
This flower is more beautiful than any other flower in this garden. (Comparative)
No other flower in this garden is as beautiful as this one. (Comparative)
The term “most
beautiful" is the superlative version of the term “beautiful".
All the three sentences mean the same meaning.
All the three sentences mean the same meaning.
c. He is the most intelligent in this class. (Superlative)
He is more intelligent than other boys in the class. (Comparative)
No other boy is as intelligent as this boy. (Positive)
The term “most
intelligent" is superlative version of the term “intelligent".
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
Both these sentences convey the same meaning.
d. He is the
tallest student in this class. (Superlative)
He is taller than other students in this class. (Comparative)
No other student is as tall as this student. (Positive)
He is taller than other students in this class. (Comparative)
No other student is as tall as this student. (Positive)
The term
“tallest" is superlative version of the term “tall".
Question Words
An interrogative word or question
word is a function word used to ask a question,
such as what, when, where, who, why and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of them start with wh- (compare Five Ws).
such as what, when, where, who, why and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of them start with wh- (compare Five Ws).
Example :
Question word
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Example
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where
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Where do you live?
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who
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Who are you?*
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Who did you phone?**
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when
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When do you get up?
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what
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What is this?*
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What are you doing?**
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why
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Why do you smoke?
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whose
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Whose book is this?
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which
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Which bus do you take to school?
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how
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How old are you?
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Find
5W+1H in English Newspaper
Topic
A gas explosion injured
13 people in Gandaria City Mall in South Jakarta on Thursday morning.
The blast took place at
a vacant space beside the Cupbob restaurant on the lower ground level of the
mall at 10 a.m, Jakarta Police spokesman Sr.Cmr. Awi Setiyono said.
A security officer named
Syafrudin who was on patrol in the morning smelled gas from the location and
reported to the safety team of the mall management. As staff from the safety
team approached the location, the blast occurred. There were around seven
people working inside the restaurant when the incident took place, Awi said.
The 13 victims suffered
burn injuries in the blast, comprising one female and 12 males, he added.
South Jakarta Police
chief Sr. Cmr. Tubagus Ade Hidayat said seven of the victims suffered serious
injuries.
The victims have been
provisionally identified as Maryanto, Udin, Khoirul Umar, Budi, Zaint, Ferry,
Udin, Erwin, Lestari, Sholikul, Wiatmoko, Warsito and Winarso. ( rin )
Analyze 5W+1H :
WHAT
:
What is the
topic ?
gas
explosion in Gandaria City Mall in South Jakarta
WHEN
:
When the
incident happened?
The incident
occurred at 10 a.m. on Thursday
morning.
WHERE
:
Where is the
incident happened?
The blast took
place at a vacant space beside the Cupbob restaurant on the lower ground level
of the mall
WHO
:
Who is the
victims of the incident?
The
victims have been provisionally identified as Maryanto, Udin, Khoirul Umar,
Budi, Zaint, Ferry, Udin, Erwin, Lestari, Sholikul, Wiatmoko, Warsito and
Winarso.
WHY
:
Why the incident
could happened?
A sudden gas explosion.
HOW
:
How the incident
happened?
A security officer named Syafrudin who was on
patrol in the morning smelled gas from the location and reported to the safety
team of the mall management. As staff from the safety team approached the
location, the blast occurred.
