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Adjective Degree and

Personal Pronoun
ENGLISH 1 FOR NURSE
(Fundamental English)
Academic Week 3, Session1 ,30 september 2013

Coordinator: DEPNI LELIANI SITUMORANG

STIKES WIDYA NUSANTARA PALU

ADJECTIVE DEGREE
A word used with a Noun to add something
to its meaning. (a word that modifies noun)
Examples :
1. Beautiful ladies dance (what kind of
ladies?)
2. Two beautiful ladies dance (how many
ladies?)
3. Those beautiful ladies dance (which
ladies?)

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
SIZE : big, small, little
SHAPE : round, flat, square,etc
TASTE : bitter, sweet, delicious, sour,
etc
COLORS : white, green, black,
brown, red, etc
QUALITY : beautiful, lazy, diligent,
clever, etc
STATES : young, old, dry, wet, cold,
hot, cool, etc

REMEMBER !!!!!
ADJECTIVE ALWAYS COMES
BEFORE NOUN
Examples :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Young man (young = adjective,

man = noun)
Hot weather not weather hot
Beautiful ladies not ladies
beautiful
Diligent student not student
diligent
Good friends not friends good

DEGREES OF
COMPARISON
POSITIVE DEGREE ( Tingkat
Biasa)
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
(Tingkat Lebih)
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
( Tingkat Paling )

FORMATION OF
COMPARISON
Short adjective which only consists of one
syllable is formed by addinger/rfor
comparative andest/stfor superlative.

No

POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

Cool

Cooler

Coolest

Short

Shorter

Shortest

Tall

Taller

Tallest

Long

Longer

Longest

Fat

Fatter

Fattest

Big

Bigger

Biggest

Cheap

Cheaper

Cheapest

FORMATION OF
COMPARISON
Long adjective which only consists of two
syllables is formed by addingmorefor
comparative andmostfor superlative.

No

POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

Beautiful

More beatiful

Most beautiful

Interesting

More interesting

Most interesting

Attractive

More attractive

Most attractive

Powerful

More Powerful

Most powerful

intelligent

More intelligent

Most intelligent

Expensive

More expensive

Most expensive

Difficult

More difficult

Most difficult

FORMATION OF
COMPARISON
Irregular adjective which does not follow the
rules of of er/more and est/most
No

POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

Good, Well

better

best

Bad, ill

worse

worst

much

more

most

many

more

most

late

later

latest

far

Farther, further

Farthest, furthest

old

older

oldest

old

elder

eldest

THE USES IN THE

SENTENCES
Ismawati is young (positive)
Ismawati is younger than me (comparative)
Ismawati is the youngest here (superlative)
The book is expensive
The book is more expensive than this pen
The book is the most expensive over all the
book here

 My fiancee is beautiful
My fiancee is more beautiful than you
My fiancee is the most beautiful in our family
I have many dolls
I have more dolls than you
I have the most dolls than you
He is a good boy
He is better In English
He is the best in English

PRONOUNS = KATA
GANTI BENDA
Poniman gave Ponimans ring to
Ponirah, But Ponirah returned the
ring to Poniman on Poniman and
Ponirahs wedding day
Poniman gave his ring to Ponirah,
But She returned it to him on their
wedding day

Personal Pronoun

Possesive

Reflexive
Pronoun

Subject

Object

Adjective

Pronouns

Me

my

mine

myself

you

you

your

yours

yourself

He

him

his

his

himself

she

her

her

hers

herself

it

it

its

its

itself

we

us

our

ours

ourselves

you

you

your

yours

yourselves

they

them

their

theirs

themselves