Equal Comparison
Equal comparison digunakan untuk membandingkan dua hal yang dianggap setara/sama/tidak ada bedanya.
As … As
Rumus:
Subject + Verb + As + Adjective/adverb + as + noun/pronoun
Ingat! Dalam membentuk kalimat Equal Comparison setelah kata “as” harus diikuti dengan subject pronoun.
- Julio is as smart as Amel (Julio sama pintarnya dengan Amel)
- Yuda is as kind as she (Yuda sama baiknya dengan dia)
- Oca is as beautiful as Selena Gomez (Oca secantik Selena Gomez)
- Julio isn’t as smart as Amel (Julio tidak sepintar Amel)
- Yuda isn’t as kind as she (Yuda tidak sebaik dia)
- Oca isn’t aa beautiful as Selena Gomez (Oca tidak secantik Selena Gomez)
As Many As, As Much As
Equal comparison bentuk ini digunakan untuk menunjukkan quantity (seberapa banyak).
- I don’t have as much money as she does (aaya tidak punya uang sebanyak yang dia miliki)
- Zizi has as many apples as Via (Zizi memiliki apel sebanyak Via)
- Dinda has visited Bali as many times as Gio has (Dinda telah mengunjungi Bali sebanyak yang telah dilakukan Gio)
As … As + Possibility/Ability
Equal comparison bentuk ini digunakan untuk menunjukkan kemungkinan atau kemampuan.
- You have to do your homework as soon as possible
- She went to the hospital as fast as she can after she had heard about the news
- Iban speaks English as much as he can (Iban berbicara bahasa Inggris sebanyak yang dia bisa)
Equal Comparison juga memiliki bentuk formula yang lain, yaitu
Subject + Verb + The same + Noun + As + Noun/pronoun
Jika kita ingin menggunakan formula di atas maka noun yang digunakan harus cocok/sinkron dengan adjectivenya.
| Adjective | Noun |
| Heavy, light | Weight |
| Wide, narrow | Width |
| Deep, shallow | Depth |
| Long, short | Length |
| Big, small | Size |
| High/tall, short | Height |
- Ana is the same height as Amel= Ana is as tall as Amel (Ana sama tingginya dengan Amel)
- Kaira is the same wight as He= Kaira is as heavy as He (Kaira sama beratnya dengan Dia)
- Your pool is the same depth as mine= Your pool is as deep as mine (kolammu sama kedalamannya dengan punyaku)
Read also:
So, Too Neither dan Either
Question Words dalam Bahasa Inggris
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Thanks ilmunya, ini sangat bermanfaat