ADJECTIVES

1.      Limiting Adjectives

Article : a, an, the

Example :

-          A pen, a book, a cat, a horse, etc

-          An aple, an eagle, an hour, an orange, etc

-          The earth, the sea, the moon, the sun, etc

2.      Demonstrative adjectives

This

Example : this is my book

These

Example : these house are mine

That

Example : that magazine which you are reading is mine

Those

Example : those woman are our friends

3.      Possessive adjective

My

Example : my book is on the table

Your

Example : your skirt is yellow

Out

Example : our teacher expect us to study hard

Their

Example : their teacher always come on time

His

Example : what is his telephone number?

Her

Example :  Mercy  and all her friends are beautiful

Its

Example : I have a book. Its colour is red

4.      Numeral adjective

a.       Cardinal number

0  =  zero

1  =  one

2  =  two

3  =  three

4  =  four

5  =  five

6  =  six

12 = twelve

19  =  nineteen

20  =  twenty

25  =  twenty five

100 = one hundred

101 = one hundred and one

105 = one hundred and five

200 = two hundred

b.      Ordinal number

1^st = first

2nd = second

3rd = third

4th = fouth

5th = fifth

9 th = sixth

10th = tenth

11th = eleventh

20th = twentieth

21th = twenty – first

c.       fraction number

½ = a half

1/3 = a third

¼ = a fourth or a quarter

2/3 = two – third

3 ½ = three and a half

0.5 = zero point five

3.75 = three point seven five

5. Adjective of indefinite quantity

Many

Example :

-          how many students are there in the school?

-          She has not many shoes

Much

Example ;

-            Do you have much money?

-            I do not drink much milk

A lot of

Example :

-            We bought a lot of ink last week

-            I have lot of friends

Plenty of

Example :

-            There is plenty of vegetable in the freezer

-            We have plenty of time

A great many

Example :

-            My mother has a great many rings

A few

Example :

-            They are glad to have a few bags

-            I wish you to stay here for a few days

A little

Example :

-            Will you have a little coffee?

-            There is a little water in the bottle

Several

Example :

-            Several students called on us last Sunday

-            Her mother want to stay for several days

All

Example ;

-            I don’t like her at all

-            All the students, must go now

1.      Interogative adjectives

Which, what, whose

Example :

-          Which shoes is yours?

-          What food do you want to eat?

Adjective Clause

1.      Adjective Clause dengan relative pronoun

Example : the man who as sitting over there is my father

2.      Adjective Clause dengan relative adverb

Example : this is the reason why she did it

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