INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU

KAMPUS SULTAN ABDUL HALIM

08000, SUNGAI PETANI, KEDAH DARUL AMAN.
PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA PERGURUAN
(PISMP-SEJARAH)
AMBILAN JUN 2016
NAME OF COURSE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY
CODE OF COURSE: MPU3022
NAME OF LECTURER: ENCIK MOHAMMAD
ZEEREE KANRENG

By:
CHING LEE PENG
YOO WEN WEN
Parts of Speech:
ADJECTIVES
 Ajectives
An Ajective is a word which qualifies
or adds to the meaning of a noun.
Adjectives may be divided into three
main classes.
Descriptive Adjectives
Adjective of Quantity
Adjectives of Distinction
 Descriptive Adjectives
Example: Old, young, pale, red,
good, bad, hard, soft, beautiful, ugly.
Sample sentence:
 Adjective of Quantity
a) Definite (including numerals)
) Example: One, three, seven, third, fifth,
both, double.
) Sample sentence:

b) Indefinte
) Example: All, any, few, much, many,
several, some.
) Sample sentence:
 Adjectives of Distinction
a) Demonstrative
Example: This, that, these, those, yon, yonder.
Sample sentence:

b) Interrogative
Example: Which, what, whose.
Sample sentence:

c) Distributive
Example: Each, every, either, neither.
Sample sentence:
 Comparison of Adjectives
There are three grades of
adjective:
positive,
comparative and
superlative.
(Jeremy J. Smith, 2001)
 Positive
The Positive is simply descriptive,
describing a noun or pronoun, e.g.
beautiful dress, intelligent students,
a short holiday.
Sample sentence: Susans family
live in a beautiful house.
 Comparative
The Comparative is used in
comparing some creature, thing or
group with one other. e.g. the taller
of the two; taller than the KL Twins
Tower; mice are smaller than rats.
If the positive is a short word the
comparative is usually formed by
adding er to the positive, e.g. slow-
er; great-er.
Sample sentence: Tom is taller
 Superlative
The Superlative is used in comparing some
creature, thing or group with more than one
other, e.g. the tallest of the three; the wisest of
men.
It is usually formed by adding est to the
positive, if a short word (Maciver, A., 2004).
When one thing or creature is compared with
more than one other treated as a group, the
comparative is used.
Sample sentence: John is taller than the rest
of the class.
**Adjectives of three syllables or more
and most adjectives of two syallables
form their comparative by placing
more in front of the positive, and the
superlative by placing most in front.
**Some adjectives have quite different
words for the comparative and
superlative.
 Positive Comparative Superlative

a) Small word in happy happier happiest

positive big bigger biggest

b) Different word bad worse worst

for comparative good better best
and superlative

c) Longer word in comfortable more comfortable most comfortable

positive careful more careful most careful
Thank You~
 Bibliography
Books
Maciver, A. The New First Aid In English Second
Edition. London: Hodder Gibson, 2004.
Jeremy J. Smith. Chambers School Grammer.
Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap, 2001.

Internet

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjective.
htm