TUGAS SOFTSKILL EXERCISE

EXERCISE 22 : USED TO page : 99
Supply the simple form or ( verb + ing ) as required in the following senteceses.
1. I was used to eating at noon when I started school
2. He used to eat dinner at five o’clock
3. When I was young, I used to swim every day
4. He used to like her, but he doesn’t anymore
5. Don’t worry. Some day you will get used to speak English
6. Alvaro can’t get used to study
7. He used to dance every night , but now he studies
8. Adam is used to sleep late on weekends
9. Chieko is used to eating American food now
10. She finally got used to eat our food

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3. Marchela didn’t come to class yesterday. She may have had an accident
4. John didn’t do his homework, so the teacher became very angry. John must have done his homework
5. Sharon was supposed to be here at nine o’clock. She must have forgotten about our meeting
6. Where do you think juan is today ? I have no idea. He may have slept late
7. George missed class today. He might had had an accident
8. Robert arrived without his book. He could have lost it
9. Thomas received a warning for speeding. He shouldn’t have driven so fast
10. Henry’s car stopped on the highway. It may run out of gas


EXERCISE 26 : ADJECTIVE AND ADVERBS page : 107

1. Rita plays the violin ( good / well )
2. That is an ( intense / intensely ) novel
3. The sun is shining ( bright / brightly )
4. The girls speak ( fluent / fluently ) French
5. The boys speak Spanish ( fluent / fluently )
6. The table has a ( smooth / smoothly ) surface
7. We must figure our income tax returns ( accurate / accurately)
8. We don’t like to drink ( bitter / bitterly ) tea
9. The plane will arrive ( soon / sonly )
10. He had an accident because he was driving too ( fast / fastly )


EXERCISE 27 : LINKING ( COPULAIVE ) page : 109
1. Your cold sounds ( terrible / terribly )
2. The pianist plays very ( good / well )
3. The food in the restaurant always tates ( good / well )
4. The campers remained ( calm / calmly ) despite the thunderstorm
5. They became ( sick / sickly ) after eating the contaminated food
6. Professor calandra looked ( quick / quickly ) at the students sketches
7. Paco was working ( diligent / diligently ) on the project
8. Paul protested ( vehement / vehemently ) about the new proposals
9. Our neighbors appeared ( relaxed / relaxedly ) after their vacation
10. The music sounded too ( noisy / noisly ) to be classical


EXERCISE 28 : COMPARISONS page : 114
1. John and his friends left as soon as the professor had finished his lecture
2. His job is more important than his friends
3. He plays the guitar as well as Andreas Segovia
4. A new house is much more expensive than an older one
5. Last week as hot as this week
6. Martha is more talented than her cousin
7. Bill’s descriptions more colorful than his wife’s
8. Nobody is happier than Maria Elena
9. The boys felt worse than the girls about the game
10. A greyhound run faster than a Chihuahua

EXERCISE 29 : COMPARISONS page : 114
1. The empire state building is taller than the Statue of Liberty
2. California is farther from New York as Pennsylavia
3. His assignment is different than mine
4. Louie reads more quickly than his sister
5. No animal is so big from King kong
6. That report is less impressive than the government’s
7. Sam wears the same shirt as his teammates
8. Dave paints much more realistically than his professor
9. The twins have less money at the end of the month from they have at the beginning
10. Her sports car is different from Nancy’s

EXERCISE 30 : COMPARISONS page : 117

1. Of the four dress, I like the read one ( better / best )
2. Phil is the ( happier / happiest ) person that we know
3. Pat’s car is ( faster / fastest ) than Dad’s
4. The is the ( creamier / creamiest ) ice cream I have had in a long time
5. This poster is ( colorfuler / more colorful ) than the one in the hall
6. Does freed feel ( weller / better ) today than he did yesterday ?
7. This vegetable soup tastes very ( good / well )
8. While trying to balance the basket on her head, the woman walked ( awkwarder / more awkwardly ) than her daughter
9. Jane is the ( less / least ) atletic of all the woman
10. My cat is the ( prettier / prettiest ) of the two

Tugas sofskil comparation

Pembahasan Comparison Degree

Comparison Degree atau Tingkat Perbandingan merupakan cara mengungkapkan kalimat untuk membandingkan sesuatu dengan yang lain. Perhatikan tabel berikut:

Setara	Komparatif	Superlatif
as * as	*er than more *	the *est the most *

Dalam kalimat, simbol bintang (*) diganti dengan adjektif atau adverb. Perhatikan contoh kalimat berikut:

Susan is as tall as Fitri.
= Susan setinggi Fitri.

Jakarta is hotter than Bandung.
= Jakarta lebih panas daripada Bandung.

The house is the biggest in our neighborhood.
= Rumah itu paling besar di lingkungan kami.

Untuk kata sifat yang bersuku-kata lebih dari satu, tingkat komparatifnya tidak ditambahi dengan -er than, melainkan diawali more diikuti dengan kata sifat tersebut.

Sementara tingkat superlatif untuk kata sifat bersuku-kata lebih dari satu, diawali dengan the most, diikuti dengan kata sifat itu.

Perhatikan kalimat berikut:

Lucy is the most beautiful girl in our school.
= Lucy gadis yang paling cantik di sekolahan kami.

Tiger is the most dangerous animal in the world.
= Harimau adalah binatang yang paling berbahaya di dunia.

Berikut ini adalah beberapa kata sifat yang bentuk perbandingannya menjadi perkecualian:

Setara	Komparatif	Superlatif
good bad far many / much a few / a little	better worse further / farther more less	best worst furthest / farthest most least

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