Read the following text carefully then fill the blanks with correct phrase of degree comparison. (Knowledge) Toni, Sarah and Adi are classmates. They are in the eight grade now. Toni and Adi have the same height. It is 165 cm, so it can be said that Toni is (1) ____ Adi. Sarah's height is only 150 cm. She is (2) ____ of them. They have been best friends since they were in elementary school. Their house is close one to another. Sarah's house is only 100 metres from Toni's. But Adi's house is (3) ____ than Toni's. It is 300 metres from her house. It only takes 5 minutes for Sarah to come to Toni's house.But it takes 15 minutes to come to Adi's house. Sarah needs (4) ____ time to go to Adi's house than to Toni's house.

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Soal meminta untukmelengkapi teks menggunakan comparison degree. Terdapat tiga bentuk comparison degree , yaitu: Positive degree = tingkat perbandingan yang setara. Meletakan kata sifat ( adjective ) atau kata keterangan ( adverb ) di antara " as ... as ". Comparative degree = perbandingan antara dua hal, di mana salah satunya akan menjadi " lebih ... daripada ... " sehingga perlu penambahan awalan ( more ) atau akhiran (- er ) pada kata sifat atau kata keterangan. Superlative degree = perbandingan antara lebih dari dua hal, di mana salah satunya akan menjadi " paling ... " sehingga perlu penambahan awalan ( themost ) atau akhiran (the - est ) pada kata sifat atau kata keterangan. Dengan demikian, berikut jawaban untuk teks rumpang tersebut: Bagian rumpang nomor 1 " Toni and Adi have the same height. It is 165 cm, so it can be said that Toni is (1) ____ Adi ." bermakna "Toni dan Adi memiliki tinggi yang sama. Tingginya 165 cm, jadi bisa dikatakan Toni adalah (1) ____ Adi." Jawabannya adalah " as tall as " yang berarti "sama tingginya". Bagian rumpang nomor 2 " Sarah's height is only 150 cm. She is (2) ____ of them ." bermakna "Tinggi badan Sarah hanya 150 cm. Dia adalah (2) ____ di antara mereka." Jawabannya adalah " the shortest " yang berarti "paling pendek". Bagian rumpang nomor 3 " Sarah's house is only 100 metres from Toni's. But Adi's house is (3) ____ than Toni's. It is 300 metres from her house ." bermakna "Rumah Sarah hanya berjarak 100 meter dari rumah Toni. Tapi rumah Adi (3) ____ daripada Toni. Jaraknya 300 meter dari rumahnya." Jawabannya adalah " farther/further " yang berarti " lebih jauh". Bagian rumpang nomor 4 " Sarah needs (4) ____ time to go to Adi's house than to Toni's house. " bermakna "Sarah membutuhkan waktu (4) ____ untuk pergi ke rumah Adi daripada ke rumah Toni." Jawabannya adalah " longer " yang artinya "lebih lama". Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah: 1." as tall as " 2. " the shortest " 3." farther/further 4. " longer "