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Offering advice:

·         You should

·         You had better

·         You ought to

·         How about…….?

·         What about……?

·         May be you ought to

·         May be you should

·         I think you should

·         I suggest that you ought to

Responding

·         That’s a good idea

·         That’s a good advice

·         It sounds great

·         That sounds like a good idea

·         That isn’t such a bad idea, after all

·         What a good idea

·         What a good suggestion

·         Ok. I’ll think it over

·         Ok. Let me think for a moment

Examples:

A  :  Gina, I have a headache.

B  :  Oh no! You should see a doctor now!

A  :  What a good idea. Thanks o lot.

A  :  Edo, how about swimming at Teratai this afternoon?

B  :  That isn’t such a bad idea, after all. Pick me up at 15.00.!

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Degree of Comparison

Positive Degree

·         The use of as……as, and the same………with

Examples:

·         As good as, as big as, as small as, as fat as, as rich as.

·         The same size with, the same color with, the same quality with.

·         Your idea is as good as mine.

·         My eyes are as small as hers.

·         Her hair is the same length with his.

·         Your laptop is the same quality with mine.

Comparative degree

·         The use of “more…..than…..”, and “ ……er than…”.

Examples:

·         This is more expensive than that.

·         She is taller than me.

Superlative degree

·         The use of “the most…….of/in/among……”, and “the………est of/in/among……..”

Examples:

·         He is the fattest in this class.

·         They have the most money of all students here.

Compare the following things!

Hand phone Digital camera Laptop Notebook Netbook Flash disk

PC-computer Card reader Modem CPU Keyboard mouse

Television Handy cam Ear phone I-pod Radio Printer

Loud-Speaker Suzuki Yamaha Honda Ford Mitsubishi