Adjective is a word that qualifies to noun or pronoun
1. Quality : is an adjective that shows the quality of the thing. It is usually shown by degrees of comparison
• Positive (se&hellip
(S + aux.to be + as……..as + S + aux. to be)
eg. She is as beautiful as Krisdayanti
• Comparative (lebih… daripada)
(S + aux.to be + adj + er/more + adj + than S + aux. to be)
eg. He is fatter than I am
• Superlative (paling&hellip
(S + aux.to be + the superlative + of/in …&hellip
eg. Rina is the tallest girl in the class
How to form comparative and superlative degree
o Adjective having one syllable add er for comparative and est for superlative
eg. older, oldest
o Adjective having one syllable, in (stressed voice) the consonant must be doubled then add er for comparative and est for superlative
eg. hotter, bigger
o Adjective having one or two syllable by suffix e, add r for comparative and st for superlative
eg. wiser, nicer, simpler
o Adjective having one or two syllable by suffix y, it’s preceded by consonant, change y into i then add er for comparative and est for superlative
eg. drier, slier
o Adjective having more two syllable, add more for comparative and most for superlative
eg. more expensive, most beautiful
o Exception
Good, well better best
Bad, ill, evil worse worst
Many, much more most
A little less least
2. Numeral : is an adjective that shows the number countable thing.
Kinds of adjective numeral
• Definite adjective numeral is an adjective that shows clear number
Cardinal number : zero, one, two …..
Ordinal number : first, second, third …..
Fraction : ¼ (one fourth) 2/3 (two thirds) 0, 5 (zero point five)
• Indefinite adjective numeral is an adjective that shows unclear number
The words are :
Some few a lot of great of any
Enough a few lots of planty of many several no
Multiplicative : double, triple
3. Possessive : is a posses adjective that shows the owner in the sentence
The words are :
My your our their her his it’s + Noun
4. Distributive : is an adjective that shows one number of thing
The words are :
Every : setiap
eg. Every body love’s Raymond
Each : masing – masing
eg. Each person has a different character
Either : salah satu dari dua
eg. I see two mice, either mouse eats my cake
If more than 2 things use one
My mother brings three fish, one of the fish (them) is grilled
Neither : tak satupun dari dua
eg. There are two books on the table, neither book is mine
If more than 2 things use none
5. Demonstrative : is an adjective as qualifier (penunjuk/penegas pada kata benda) word to noun (ephitet adjective)
Definite Indefinite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
The The A
This These An
That Those A certain Certain
Such Such Another Other
The other The other
This : reachable thing
That : unreachable thing
How to use article the in the sentence
• To show the thing being mentioned for the second times
• In phrase : The girl outside is my student
• To show a unique things : The sun, equator, moon
• To be use in ordinal numeral adjective : The first
• To be use in superlative degree : He is the tallest among us all
6. Interrogative : which, what, whose
What book do you borrow from the school library?
Whose house is that beside yours?
Which color do you like?
Using of Adjective
1. Ephited adjective is an adjective that to be put always together with noun/to be placed before noun
eg. My sister often cooks delicious food
adj. N
2. Predicative adjective is an adjective that to be put auxiliary to be
eg. The man is greedy
aux. adj.
3. Complement adjective is an adjective that to be put after complement verb or objective case
Complement Verb is a verb of incomplete predication :
Look seem get turn grow sound
appear drive become run remains taste
feel make go
Linking verb : mempunyai arti yang berbeda
eg. She goes crazy : dia berubah menjadi gila
