Assigments 3

1.    Degrees of Comparison ·                   
          Definition 

     Degree of comparison is one of English grammar are often used in practice both written and conversational. The material degree of comparison is included in the category adverbal and adjectives for use both these elements to create a degree of comparison sentence.  

     The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are made with the Adjective and Adverb words to show how big or small, high or low, more or less, many or few, etc., of the qualities, numbers and positions of the nouns (persons, things and places) in comparison to the others mentioned in the other part of a sentence or expression. Degree of comparison itself is divided into three, namely positive, comparative and superlative, all three are equally serves as something used to compare.  

       a. Positive Degree             Is an adjective used to declare an object or person in the same situation with
       the other. 
                                               
       Example       :  
           a.     He is as tall as his uncle.  
           b.     Najlia is as smart as Rania.  
           c.      You are as small as my sister.    

       b. Comparative Degree

            Is used to express the comparison, where the adjective and adverb changes.

       If the adjective or adverb is composed of one syllable such as smart, big, low   

       then add in the 'er' if more than one syllable like handsome, beautiful, expensive

       then add in the 'More', then any comparison in the added 'than 'meaning' than'.

Example :

a.     My house is larger than Doni's house.

b.     Magazine is more interesting than newspaper.

c.     Mr.Jack is richer than Mr. Black.

        C.  Superlative Degree  

              Is used to express the comparison, where the adjective and adverb change.

        If the adjective or adverb is composed of one syllable such as smart, big, low

        then add in the 'est' if more than one syllable like handsome, beautiful,expensive

  then add in the 'Most', the superlative is used to compare at least 3 or more and

  it always begins with the word 'the'.

  

Example       :

a.     Love is the most expensive thing in the world.

b.     My father is the most handsome man in the world .

c.     My home is the smallest one in the village.

2. Question Word

An interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, when, where, who, why and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of them start with wh- (compare Five Ws).

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example Why, How). 

Question word	Function	Example sentence
What	Asking for information about something	What is your name?
	Asking for repetition or confirmation	What? I can't hear you. You did what?
what...for	Asking for a reason, asking why	What did you do that for?
When	Asking about time	When did he leave?
Where	Asking in or at what place or position	Where do they live?
Which	Asking about choice	Which colour do you want?
Who	Asking what or which person or people (subject)	Who opened the door?
Whom	Asking what or which person or people (object)	Whom did you see?
Whose	Asking about ownership	Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it?
Why	Asking for reason, asking what...for	Why do you say that?
Why don't	Making a suggestion	Why don't I help you?
How	Asking about manner	How does this work?
	Asking about condition or quality	How was your exam?
How + adj/adv	Asking about extent or degree	See examples below
How far	Distance	How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
How long	Length (time or space)	How long will it take?
How many	Quantity (countable)	How many cars are there?
How much	Quantity (uncountable)	How much money do you have?
How old	Age	How old are you?
How come (informal)	Asking for reason, asking why	How come I can't see her?

 

3. Analyze 5W + 1H in English Newspaper

   

Police name 3 suspects in sadistic Tangerang homicide, gang rape

The Jakarta Post

Jakarta | Mon, May 16 2016 | 01:28 pm

       Newly-appointed Jakarta police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono is interviewed by reporters after his inaugration on May 4.(kompas.com/Akhdi Martin Pratama)

       The police have named three suspects for the murder of EP, a worker at a plastic factory in Kosambi, Tangerang, Banten province. The suspects are RA, 15, R, 20, and IH, 24.

      “They all admitted what roles they played during the reenactment at the crime scene last night,” Tangerang Police detective chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Sutarmo said Monday.Before murdering the 18-year-old girl, the three suspects gang raped her, he said. “We found semen spilled all over the victim’s room,” he was quoted by tempo.co as saying.

      According to the police investigators, the suspects had admitted that they strangled the victim with a pillow until she nearly fainted and took turns to rape her. Reportedly, one of the suspects then took a hoe and stuck its handle into the woman’s private parts and then kicked the wooden handle so it penetrated deeper. “At that time, the victim was still alive.” Sutarmo said.

      The sadistic murder allegedly started when RA, who is the victim’s boyfriend, came to the boarding house for factory workers where EP lives on Thursday evening at 11:30 p.m.. RA, who had only been acquainted with EP for one month, reportedly asked EP to have sex, but she declined his request. Irked, RA went out the room and met two of his friends R and IH.

      The three friends allegedly forced their way into the room and committed the offense. EP’s body was discovered by her friends at PT Polyta Global Mandiri, Eroh, Tikroh and Nopi on Friday. They found that EP’s room was locked from outside and they decided to break into the room. Jakarta police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said police investigators had questioned eight witnesses as part of the investigation into the murder.

 

Analyze 5W+1H

            1.     What

            What is the topic?

            Police name 3 suspects in sadistic Tangerang homicide, gang rape

2.     When

When the incident happened?

The incident happened on Thursday evening at 11:30 p.m

3.     Where

Where is the incident happened?

            The incident happened in EP boarding house, Kosambi, Tangerang, Banten

4.     Who

Who is the victims of the incident?

            The victim is EP

            Who suspects of this incident?

            The suspects are RA, 15, R, 20, and IH, 24.

5.     Why

Why the incident could happened?

The sadistic murder allegedly started when RA, who is the victim’s boyfriend, came to the boarding house for factory workers where EP lives on Thursday evening at 11:30 p.m.. RA, who had only been acquainted with EP for one month, reportedly asked EP to have sex, but she declined his request. Irked, RA went out the room and met two of his friends R and IH

6.     How

How the incident happened?

The suspects had admitted that they strangled the victim with a pillow until she nearly fainted and took turns to rape her. Reportedly, one of the suspects then took a hoe and stuck its handle into the woman’s private parts and then kicked the wooden handle so it penetrated deeper.

Reference    :

http://www.english-for-students.com/Degrees-of-Comparison.html

www.kursusmudahbahasainggris.com/2013/11/pengertian-bentuk-dan-contoh-degrees-of.html

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/wh-question-words.htm

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/05/16/police-name-3-suspects-in-sadistic-tangerang-homicide-gang-rape.html