Expressions of Request

Request are commonly used to ask someone to do somethings.

The Pattern :

1. Modals (will,can,could,would) + you +v₁
2. Do you mind if + S + V₁

Would you mind if + S + V₂

I wonder if you could….

Examples :

• Will you open the door, please ?
• Can you speak a little mre slowly ?
• Could you tell me the way to the hospital ?
• Would you please meet me at 7 tonight ?
• Do you mind staying here a moment ?
• Sould you mind waiting outside ?
• Do you mind if I smoke here ?
• Would you mind if I wore a sweater ?
• I wonder if you could help me do this assigment.

Degrees of comparison

    Comparison is a feature in the grammar of some languages, whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected or modified to produce forms which indicate the relative degree of the designated properties.
The grammatical category associated with comparison of adjectives and adverbs is degree of comparison. The usual degrees of comparison are the positive, which simply denotes a property (as with the English words big and fully); the comparative, which indicates greater degree (as bigger and more fully); and the superlative, which indicates greatest degree (as biggest and most fully).Some languages have forms indicating a very large degree of a particular quality (called elative in Semitic linguistics).

•   Formation of comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives and superlatives may be formed morphologically, by inflection, as with the English and German -er and -(e)st forms, or syntactically, as with the English more... and most... and the French plus... and le plus... forms. Common adjectives and adverbs often produce irregular forms, such as better and best (from good) and less and least (from little/few) in English, and meilleur (from bon) and mieux (from the adverb bien) in French.

•  Comparative and superlative constructions

Comparatives are often used with a conjunction or other grammatical means to indicate with what the comparison is being made, as with than in English, als in German, etc. In Russian this can be done by placing the compared noun in the genitive case. With superlatives, the class of things being considered for comparison may be indicated, as in the best swimmer out of all the girls.
Languages also possess other structures for comparing adjectives and adverbs; English examples include as...as and less/least....

•   Usage when considering only two things

In many languages, including English, traditional grammar requires the comparative form to be used when exactly two things are being considered, even in constructions where the superlative would be used when considering a larger number. For instance, May the better man win would be considered correct if there are only two individuals competing. However this rule is not always observed in informal usage; the form May the best man win will often be used in that situation, as it would if there were three or more competitors involved.[2]

Tips: How To Memorize The Good

A. HUMAN BRAIN

According to Roger Sperry of the human brain is used to thinking is divided into two hemispheres, the left brain and right brain.

By its nature, the left brain is short term memory (short term memory) and the right brain is long term memory (long term memory)

B. QUICK memorize TECHNIQUE

1. Memory SportPerlu we know that the human brain as well as muscle. If diolahragakan muscle, the muscles will be weak, but otherwise if diolahragakan going strong. So is the brain. The brain will be weak if not diolahragakan, and will be stronger if diolahragakan. So we need our brains Exercise.

One of the means to Exercise your brain is through sports memory.

Step - step memory sport;

1. Setting up a system where by using the site

2. Setting words - words that will be remembered

3. Saving the word - the word is in place which set tlh

4. Calling words - words that saved powered by step-3

Allocation of time-out to remember adlh 2 minutes. If you are able to recall 25 words in 2 minutes, then you have increased the concentration. memory do this sport every day, then you will get tremendous benefit

2. Site SistemAdalah a technique of storing information on a regular basis caramenempatkan handling information that we will remember (memorize) in places - places that powered set

how to create a site system;

1. The place must have known that we

2. The place should be in the clear perceptibly

3. The place is divided into several areas

4. The place must be imagined

3. Relation SistemAdalah a technique to remember information dg caramenghubungkan information with each other information that dg action. Relation For systems used to memorize vocabulary that such pairs, the name of the state and its capital, the name of the river and the province, dsbg

Examples of the use of actions in relation system;

Money coming into the fan

Wheels hit the bucket

Cats eat salad

Entered into, crashing, and eating is the action. Tsbt action is as klu / pull the trigger For information imaginable front, so that the information that was in front of him did not forget

4. Story SistemAdalah techniques to remember information linking those ways that the dg information other information that becomes a ceritaContoh;

Birds - clothes - cloud - coca cola - mountain - rabbits - pistol - crocodile - trees - crater

How to memorize;

Imagine that!

Birds fly into clouds dressed drink coca cola fly back to gunungketemu rabbit with a gun to shoot the alligator who slept under pohondi near kawah5.

5. Mnemonic

Is memorizing techniques that are abstract dg changing abstractions tsbt a concrete thing that can be imagined

Mnemonic is divided into two, namely;

1. System image is a technique to memorize abstract information that describes how abstract word dg tsbt into something concrete. For dg can describe events, something like the famous people, food, etc..

example:

Excited described by people who are joyful

Yogyakarta Borobudur described

Jakarta Monas described a

2. Sound system of equations, is a technique to memorize For information based on equation reads

Example:

Singapore became a lion

Iraq a shelf

Comparative and Superlative Forms

  Adjectives and adverbs have forms called comparative and superlative that are used for comparisons. Use the comparative form when comparing two items, people, places, or ideas. Use the superlative when comparing more than two.

For short adjectives (with one syllable or two syllables ending in -y or -le) and one-syllable adverbs, add the ending -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. (Change -y to -i if the -y is preceded by a consonant: icy, icier, iciest.) Generally the is used before the superlative form.

Word	Comparative	Superlative
short	shorter	shortest
pretty	prettier	prettiest
simple	simpler	simplest
fast	faster	fastest

With longer adjectives and with adverbs ending in -ly, add more and most.  Note:  less and least are used with adjectives of any length (such as bright, less bright, least bright).

Word	Comparative	Superlative
intelligent	more intelligent	most intelligent
carefully	more carefully	most carefully
dangerous	less dangerous	least dangerous

If you cannot decide whether to use an -er/-est form or more/most, consult a dictionary. If there is an -er/-est form, the dictionary will say so.
Note:  Do not use the -er form with more or the -est form with most.

Faulty	The first poem was more better than the second.
Revised	The first poem was better than the second.

Irregular Forms

The following are irregular comparative and superlative forms.

Word	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
much/many	more	most
well	better	best
badly	worse	worst

Using than with Comparative Forms

To compare two people, places, objects, or ideas, use the comparative form with the word than. If you use a comparative form in your sentence, you need than to let your reader know what you are comparing with what.

Faulty	This course of action is more efficient.
Revised	This course of action is more efficient than the previous one.

Comparative forms are also used without than in an idiomatic way.

Examples

The harder he tries, the more satisfied he feels. The more, the merrier.

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Ingredients:

100 ml orange juice
400 ml soda water blue / pepsi blue
60 gr candied seaweed, cut into pieces
60 grams of nata de coco
60 ml lychee syrup
1 tsp basil seeds, soak in cold water, drain
Ice cubes to taste

How to Make:

1. Combine the orange juice, candied seaweed, nata de coco and basil seeds. Stir well. Chill in refrigerator.
2. Just before serving, pour the pepsi blue and chunks of ice and stir well.
3. Prepare the serving glasses, add punch and its contents. Serve immediately.

Gramar in focus

     1.       Degrees of comparison

      Study these sentencescarefully.

   Ø  Ani is tall. (positive)

   Ø  Deri is taller. (comperative)

   Ø  Andi is tallest. (superlative)

  

 Then, study these ones.

   Ø  My bag is expensive. (positive)

   Ø  This bag is more expensive. (comparative)

   Ø  That one over there is the most expensive (superlative)

There are some rules we should pay attention to in comparison of    adjective.

a.       Comparative and superlative forms

·         The comparative form of adjective is used to compare two things. However, the superlative form of adjective is used when one yhings is compared to a group of there or more things.

There are some rules we should pay attention to in comparison of adjective.

They are as Follows :

1.       One or two syllables adjective is used whit er- in the comparative and –est in the superlative.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Cold Old Hard Pretty Happy High hot	Colder Older Harder Prettier Happier Higher hotter	Coldest Oldest Hardest Prettiest Happiest Highest hottest

                                   

2.       When adjective have three or more syllables, the comparative is formed whit more and superlative is formed whit most.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Beautiful Expensive Delicious Interesting comfortable	More beautiful More expensive More delicious More interesting More comfortable	Most beautiful Most expensive Most delicious Most interesting Most comfortable

3.       Irregular forms of adjective are as follows :

Positive	Comparative	superlative
Good Bad Old Many/much Far little	Better Worse Older/elder More Farther/further less	Best Worst Oldest/eldest Most Farthest/furthese Least.

   

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