HOUSE AND FAMILY

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AND ADJECTIVE ORDER

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HOME

Bedroom
A room used for sleeping in.
Living room (UK also sitting room, AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH also lounge room)
The room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing, and entertaining guests, but not
usually for eating.
Bathroom
A room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet.
Hall
The area just inside the main entrance of a house, apartment or other building which leads
to other rooms and usually to the stairs.
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Utility room
Usually just for washing machine, freezer etc.
Shed
A separated building from the house usually for storing garden tools.
Loft
Space in the roof of the house usually used only for storage.
Attic
Room in the roof space of a house (could be lived in.)
 Cellar
Room below ground level without any windows used for storage.
Basement
Room below ground level, with windows, used for living and working.
Landing
Flat area at the top of a staircase.
Hall
Open area as you come into the house.
Porch
Covered area before the entrance door.
 Pantry or larder
Large cupboard used, especially in the past, for storing food.
Terrace or patio
Paved area between the house and garden for sitting and eating, etc.
Study
A room for reading, writing, studying in.
Balcony
An area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on
an upper level.
OBJECTS OF THE HOME
 ADJECTIVE ORDER
OPINION An opinion adjective explains what you think about something

SIZE A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.

AGE An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.

SHAPE A shape adjective describes the shape of something

COLOUR A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.

ORIGIN An origin adjective describes where something comes from.

MATERIAL A material adjective describes what something is made from.

PURPOSE A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These

adjectives often end with -ing.
 SOME EXAMPLES OF
ADJECTIVE ORDER

Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose

a silly young English man

a huge round metal bowl

a small red sleeping bag

 LETS MAKE A DESCRIPTION

Di setiap Descriptive Text terdapat dua bagian yang menjadi ciri dari
Descriptive Text itu sendiri. Kedua bagian tersebut adalah :

Identification : berisi tentang identifikasi hal / seorang yang akan

dideskripsikan.

Description : berisi tentang penjelasan / penggambaran tentang hal

/ seseorang dengan menyebutkan beberapa sifatnya.
 C I R I K E BA H A S A N
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Descriptive Text menggunakan Present Tense, misalnya: go, eat, fly, etc.
Descriptive Text menggunakan berbagaimacam Adjectives (kata sifat) yang
bersifat Describing (mengambarkan), Numbering (Menomerkan), dan
Classifying (mengklasifikasikan), misalnya: two strong legs, sharp white fangs,
etc.
Descriptive Text menggunakan Relating Verbs untuk memberikan
informasi tentang subjek, misalnya: my mum is realy cool, it has very thick fur,
etc.
 Descriptive Text menggunakan Thinking Verbs (kata kerja berfikir, seperti
belive, think, etc.) dan Feeling Verbs (kata kerja perasa, seperti feel)untuk
mengungkapkan pandangan pribadi penulis tentang subjek, misalnya: police
believe the suspect is armed, I think it is a clever animal, etc.

Descriptive Text juga menggunakan Adverbs (kata keterangan) untuk

memberikan informasi tambahan mengenai perilaku atau sifat (Adjective)
yang dijelaskan, misalnya: it is extremely high, it runs definitely past, etc.