BAHASA INGGRIS 1

STAIN KUDUS
PAI - PBA - PGMI
2014 - 2015
NUSKHAN ABID, M.Pd

Pertemuan 4
Standart Kompetensi MK:
Mahasiswa mempunyai ketrampilan dalam memahami isi teks
berbahasa Inggris baik secara global maupun detil, khususnya yang
terkait dengan literature keislaman.
Kompetensi Dasar MK:
Mahasiswa mampu memahami dan menterjemahkan text bahasa
Inggris tentang Islam

Compare the lengths of the lines

a
b
c
d

Comparison With As..As..

Umar is 21 years old. Ali is also 21.
Umar is as

old as Ali.

Fatih come as

quickly as he could.

Asas is used to say that the two parts of comparison are equal or
the same in some way.
Umar is as

old as Ali.

as + adjective + as

Fatih come as quickly as he could.

as + adverd + as

Umar is 20. Ali is 20.

Umar is not

as old as Ali.

Umar isnt

quite as old as Ali.

Umar is 5. He

isnt nearly as old as Ali.

Negative form :

not as as also possible

not so

as

Quite and nearly are often used with the negative.

Umar isnt quite as old as Ali. = a small different.
Umar is 5. He isnt nearly as old as Ali. = a big different

Umar is just

as old as Ali.

Hamzah is nearly/almost

as old as Fatih.

Common modifiers of as as are just (meaning exactly) and

nearly/almost.

Comparative
a. Abu Bakr is older

than Ali.

b. Abu Bakr and Hamzah are older

c.

Ali is more

than Umar and Ali.

generous than his brother

>> The comparative compare this to that or these to those.

A comparative is followed by than
FORM : - er or more

Superlative
A, B, C, D are sisters. A is the

oldest of all four sister.

A woman in Turkey claims to be the

world.

oldest person in the

>> The superlative compares one part of a whole group to all

the rest of the group.
FORM: ~est or most.
A superlative begins with the

Referensi
Martin (Ed). Richard C. Approaches to Islam in Religious Studies
John S. Hartanto,et. al.. Accurate, Brief and Clear English Grammar
Djamaluddin Darwis, English for Islamic Studies. Jakarta : PT Raja
Grafindo Persada. 2003.
Azar, Betty. Understanding and Using English Grammar