We will work in groups. We will complete the following sentences according to thestatements. Max: “I have 10 books. My teacher has 20 books. My teacher has more books than me. I have fewer books than my teacher.” Yuni: “Usually, there are 10 students in the library in the morning. In the afternoon, usually there are only 5 students. There are more students in the morning and fewer in the afternoon.” Zulfikar: “My uncle is richer than my father. He has more money than my father. My father has less money than my uncle.” Ani: “There are 5 pockets on my bag, and 8 pockets on Andri’s bag. My bag has fewer pockets, and Andri’s bag has more pockets.” Agus: “Bread is not very sweet. Banana cake is very sweet. There is more sugar in banana cake, and there is less sugar in bread.” According to Agus, there is ____ in bread, and ___ in banana cake.

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Soal di atas meminta kita untuk melengkapi kalimat rumpang sesuai dengan kalimat pernyataandi atas. Kalimat pernyataan tersebutmembahas tentang perbandingan antara 2 hal yang biasa kita sebut comparative degree dalam bahasa Inggris. "More" memilki arti "lebih banyak", kita dapat menggunakan kata ini untuk plural countable maupun uncountable nouns. Fewer memiliki arti "lebihsedikit", kita menggunakan kata ini bersamaan dengan plural countable noun. "Less" juga memiliki arti "lebih sedikit", kita dapat menggunakan kata ini dengan uncountable nouns. Pada teks terdapat kalimat " There is more sugar in banana cake, and there is less sugar in bread." maka kita akan melengkapi bagian rumpang pertama dengan "less sugar.." yang artinya "lebih sedikit gula...". Sedangkan untuk kalimat rumpang kedua kita melengkapinya dengan "more sugar..." yang artinya "lebih banyak gula...". Dengan demikian, kalimat yang utuh ialah "According to Agus, there is less sugarin bread, and more sugarin banana cake."