About Adjectives and Determiners

ADJECTIVES AND DETERMINER

ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word that describes a person or thing.

e.g:
Big, little, pretty, ugly, expensive, cheap, etc.

e.g sentences:

• He has long hair.
• I have new motorcycle.
• The book is blue.

Types of adjectives

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1. Opinion
    Nice, pretty, stupid, original, expensive, etc.
2. Size
    Big, small, large, tiny, enormous, little, etc. 
3. Age
    Young, old, new, ancient, antique, etc.

4. Shape

    Round, square, flat, straight, etc.

5. Color

    Blue, red, white, black, dark, bright, lavender, violet, etc.
6. Origin
    Italian, British, Mexican,Indonesian, etc.
7. Material
    Metal, wooden, plastic, golden, etc.

DETERMINERS

A determiner is a word that comes before a noun to show which person or thing you are talking about. 

e.g:
a, an, the (article)
this, that, these, those (demonstrative)
my, your (pronoun)
etc.
e.g sentences:

• She has a blue book.
• Please give me my shoes.
• Many people buy the ticket.

Some people consider determiners to be a type of adjective. What's special about determiners is that you usually can use only one determiner at a time.

Incorrect: They have the their ticket.
Correct   : They have the ticket.


Nouns that act like adjectives
Sometimes nouns function as adjectives. In other words, they come before another noun and describe it.

e.g:

• Sports car
• Orange juice
• Television station
• Coffee shop
• Book cover

The order of adjectives

A noun can have several adjectives describing it. 

e.g: 
She bought a new red Indonesian table.
She is a great, successful perrson.

There are certain rules on the correct order of these adjectives.

This is the order you should generally follow:

Determiner -> opinion -> size -> age -> shape -> color 
-> origin -> material -> a word describing purpose/function

e.g:

• A nice little coffee shop
  (Determiner -> opinion -> size -> purpose/function word)
• My huge new swimming pool
  (Determiner -> size -> age -> purpose/function word)
• Several Chinese plastic cups
  (Determiner -> origin -> material)
• The round yellow ball
  (Determiner -> shape -> color)

Adjectives from the same type:
When you have several adjectives from the same type, you should separate them with commas or a conjunction (and, but).

e.g:
A cheap, good meal
A happy, smart man
The beautiful, original painting
My nice and sweet cat
An expensive but important trip

Comparative adjectives

Comparative means comparing something to something else.

Comparative adjective show which thing is better, worse, stronger, weaker, and so forth. 

e.g:
Better, worse, bigger, smaller, nicer, fatter, thinner, more dangerous. 

e.g sentences:

• She is a better student than her brothers.
• The test was worse than I'd expected.
• You are stronger than me.
• You are more interesting than her.

Superlative adjectives

Superlative means of the highest degree.

Superlative adjectives show us which thing is the best, the strongest, and so forth.

e.g:
Best, worst, strongest, smallest, cheapest, most expensive.

e.g sentences:

• He is my best friend.
• This is the worst day of my life.
• This book is smallest than other.
• This is the most expensive restaurant in Purwokerto.

That's all about Adjectives and Determiners from me. Happy Learning Together :))

Keep healthy and remember that everything will be OK with Allah SWT <3

Deep sorry for this post...

Purwokerto, October 24th 2018

Ustadz Masdar, S.Th.I., MH,'s day 

Barokallah ustadz ;)

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