ADJECTIVE KATA SIFAT

5.1 Kata Sifat dari Kata Kerja atau Kata Benda Banyak kata sifat yang terbentuk dari kata kerja atau kata benda dengan menambahkan akhiran seperti : -able : manageable -ful : colourful -ic : energetic -ive : attractive -ous : humorous -ible : permissible -(i) an : victorian -dish : reddish

The production of alcohol from fusel oil is economically manageable Examples: The production of alcohol from fusel oil is economically manageable Sun ray can be diffracted into colourful continuous spectrum Collision between two or more molecules results energetic molecules that can lead to the formation of new species The most attractive discovery in Science was revealed by Albert Einstein more than 50 years ago To be a Scientist must be humorous in addition to serious Reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to form water is energetically permissible During the Victorian era, England reached its biggest area The color of litmus paper changes from blue to reddish in weak acid solution

Banyak kata sifat yang terbentuk dari kata jenis lain dengan menambahkan awalan seperti : un- : unimaginable in- : in-able il- : illegal im- : impractical dis- : disagreeable ir- : irreversible

Examples: The effect of television to society is unimaginable The temperature applied in your experiment was not high enough, so that it is in-able to convert the reactant to product The impractical aspect in reacting oxygen and hydrogen is the extremely high activation needed To keep gun with you is illegal in most countries in the world Your reason is in disagreeable with the theory Corrosion is an irreversible oxidative reaction between iron and oxygen

Exercise 1 Isilah titik-titik dalam kalimat berikut dengan kata sifat yang mempunyai arti berlawanan dengan kata sifat yang dicetak tebal. This arrangement is not strictly legal. Some people would regard it as …. Sometimes She does not behave in a responsible manner. She is quite … Such a situation is barely imaginable. It is quite … Bob is not very capable. He is … This fish has not been cooked enough. It is quite …

5.2 Perbandingan Kata Sifat Kata sifat yang tersusun atas satu suku kata harus ditambahkan akhiran –er untuk makna lebih dan akhiran –est untuk menyatakan makna paling. Contoh: Cold – colder – the coldest Clean – cleaner - the cleanest Hot – hotter - the hottest Big – bigger – the biggest Nice – nicer – the nicest Fine – finer – the finest Large – larger – the largest Late – later – the latest Safe – safer – the safest Busy – busier – the busiest Easy – easier – the easiest

Kata sifat yang tersusun atas dua suku kata bisa memiliki dua bentuk dalam menyatakan makna lebih dan paling. Bentuk pertama seperti contoh di atas, ditambahkan akhiran –er untuk makna lebih dan akhiran –est untuk menyatakan makna paling. Contoh pada kata-kata : Clever – cleverer – the cleverest Narrow – narrower – the narrowest

Bentuk kedua adalah dengan menambahkan kata more untuk makna lebih dan most untuk menyatakan makna paling. Contoh : Correct - more correct – the most correct Famous – more famous – the most famous Clever – more clever – the most clever Narrow – more narrow – the most narrow

Kata sifat yang tersusun atas lebih dari dua suku kata, harus ditambahkan kat more dam most untuk memberikan makna lebih dan paling. Contoh: Beautiful - more beautiful – the most beautiful Careless- more careless – the most careless

Kata sifat tidak beraturan dalam menyatakan makna lebih dan paling Good / well – better – the best Bad – worse – the worst Much / many – more – the most Little – less – the least

Excercise 2 Isilah titik-titik dalam kalimat di bawah ini dengan salah satu kata di dalam kurung di depannya atau dengan kata di dalam kurung di depannya setelah mengubahnya ke dalam bentuk yang benar! The two men were sitting at the bar. The one (near) nearer to me was the(big)… and the(strong)… man I have ever seen. The one (far) … from me was the(small/little)… and the(weak)… They were having the (violent)… argument I had ever heard. Suddenly the little man said, “It is a case of the (small)… brain in the world fitted into the (big)… head!” they were his (late/latest)… words. The little man did not know what hit his as he fell to the floor. “when Sortie wakes up, tell him that was my (better/best)… Karate Chop, “ the big man told the barman as he left. The next evening, King Karate was at the bar as usual when Sortie crept in quiet, swung his arm and the champ fell to the floor. “When Karate wakes up, “ Sortie said, “tell him it was my (oldest/eldest)… Land Rover starting handle.”