BAHASA INGGRIS

1. ADJECTIVES AND
ADVERBS
Tina Merlina, S.S, M.Hum

2. ADJECTIVES
■ Adjective +noun
– It’s a nice day today.
– Laura has got brown eyes.
– Do you like Italian food?
– O don’t speak any foreign languages.
■ Be (is, am, was, etc) + adjective
– The weather is nice today.
■ Look/feel/smell/taste/ sound + adjective.
– You look tired.

3. ADVERBS
■ Adjective + -ly = Adverb
– Quickly, badly, carefully, perfectly
■ Hard, fast, late, early are adjectives and adverbs
– Sue’s job is very hard. (adjective)
– Sue works very hard. (adverb)
■ Good (adjective) => well (adverb)
– He is a good man. I know him so well.

4. COMPARISONS
■ as..as
– She is as beautiful as her sister.
– Ann was not as smart as John.

5. COMPARATIVE DEGREE
■ -er for short words (1 syllable)
– Older
– Slower
– Cheaper
■ More for long words (2/3/4 syllables)
– More beautiful
– More expensive
■ good => better, bad => worse

6. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
■ Short words => the –est
– The oldest
– The cheapest
– The biggest
■ Long words => the most…
– The most beautiful
– The most talented
– The most interesting