ADJECTIVE

KATA SIFAT
 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
Examples:

1. The production of alcohol from fusel oil is economically

manageable
2. Sun ray can be diffracted into colourful continuous
spectrum
3. Collision between two or more molecules results energetic
molecules that can lead to the formation of new species
4. The most attractive discovery in Science was revealed by
Albert Einstein more than 50 years ago
5. To be a Scientist must be humorous in addition to serious
6. Reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to form water is
energetically permissible
7. During the Victorian era, England reached its biggest area
8. 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:
1. The effect of television to society is
unimaginable
2. The temperature applied in your experiment
was not high enough, so that it is in-able to
convert the reactant to product
3. The impractical aspect in reacting oxygen
and hydrogen is the extremely high
activation needed
4. To keep gun with you is illegal in most
countries in the world
5. Your reason is in disagreeable with the
theory
6. 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.
1. This arrangement is not strictly legal. Some
people would regard it as ….
2. Sometimes She does not behave in a
responsible manner. She is quite …
3. Such a situation is barely imaginable. It is
quite …
4. Bob is not very capable. He is …
5. This fish has not been cooked enough. It is
quite …
 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.”