ADJECTIVES

Wahyu Adri Wirawati

STIKES Banyuwangi
June, 2014
 Function

Memberikan penjelasan / keterangan pada

kata benda.
 Characteristic
Biasanya menjawab pertanyaan
“benda/orang yang seperti apa?”

A: I have a bag.
B: What kind of bag?
A: A red bag.
 Types of adjective
• Numeric: six, one hundred and one etc.
• Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more
than enough etc.
• Qualitative: color, size, smell etc.
• Possessive: my, his, their, your etc.
• Interrogative: which, whose, what etc.
• Demonstrative: this, that, those, these etc.
• The articles: a, an, and the
 What are the characteristics of a noun
that can be described by adjectives?
• COLOR
• SHAPE
• ORIGIN
• MATERIAL
• AGE
• SIZE
• Even your OPINION about it
 COLORS
Can you mention the colors of coloring
pencils below?
• RED • DARK BLUE
• ORANGE • PURPLE
• YELLOW • PINK
• GREEN • BROWN
• DARK GREEN • DARK BROWN
• LIGHT BLUE • BLACK
 SHAPES

• Round / Circular
• Triangular
• Rectangular
• Square
• Oval
SHAPES

• Cube

• Cylinder

• Pyramid

• Cone
 ORIGIN

• AMERICAN
• BRITISH
• JAVANESE
• CHINESE
 MATERIAL

• Plastic
• Cotton
• Fabric
• Brick
• Stone
• Iron
 AGE

• Ancient
• Old
• New
 SIZE

• Big • Long • Tall

• Small • Short • Short
 OPINION
• Funny
• Nice/sweet
• Beautiful
• Ugly
• Serious
 PURPOSE
(V-ing as gerund)
• Washing
machine
• Sewing
machine
• Running
shoes
• Swimming
suit
 How is the order of the adjectives?
Determi
Opinion Size Age Shape Color Material Origin Purpose Noun
ner
A nice small new square white brick British summer house

A good young black girl

The long curly hair

One new brown leather bag

Some modern Japanese TV

• Some modern Japanese TV

• One new brown leather bag
• The long curly red hair
• A good young black girl
• A nice small new square white brick British summer house
 How to use adjective
When using more than one adjective to
modify a noun, the adjectives may be
separated by a conjunction “and” or by
commas (,).
For Example:
• "Her hair was long and blonde." or
• "She had long, blonde hair."
Now, can you find 25 nouns that
are defined by 2 or 3 adjectives
around you?
THE END
 How to use adjective
You might swap adjectives that express an
opinion and an adjective based on fact
depending on what you wish to
emphasize:
For example:
• "She had a long, ugly nose." emphasizing
the length of her nose.
• "He was a silly, little man." emphasizing
that the man was silly.