All about Adjectives

ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVE
 Is a modifier that has the grammatical property of comparison.
 Its most usual position is before the noun it modifies. But it fills other positions as well.

TYPE OF ADJECTIVE:
A. DEETRMINERS
B. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE

A. DETERMINERS
 Determiners consist of a small group of structure words without characteristic form.
1. Articles: the, a, an
2. Demontrative adjectives: this, plural these
  that, plural those
3. Possessive adjectives:
 a. From pronoun: my, your, one’s, etc.
 b. From noun: John’s, the girl’s, etc.
4. Numeral adjectives
 a. Cardinal : four, twenty-five, one hundred, etc.
 b. Ordinal: fourth, twenty fifth, one hundredth,etc.
5. Adjectives of indenfinite quantity: some, few, all, more, etc
6. Relative and interrogative adjectives: whose, what, which.

NOTE:
All of these determiners except the articles and the possessive adjectives of the personal pronouns may function as pronouns when not followed by nouns. Personal pronouns have separate forms for the possessive used without a noun. 
e.g., my book
  adj
  the book is mine.
  pronoun

B. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE:
 It usually indicates an inherent quality (beautiful, intelligent), or a physical state such as age, size, color. 
 Inflectional and derivational endings can be added only to this type of adjective.
 Some descriptive adjectives take the form of:
1. Proper adjectives: a catholic church, a French dish.
2. Participial adjectives:
 a. Present participle: an interseting book, a disappointing experience.
 b. Past participle: a bored student, a spoiled child.

 by ahmad syukur

Grammar 1st Meeting : Future Tenses

1. Simple future tense

(S + will + Verb 1)
Examples :
I will leave at nine tomorrow morning.
Marie will be at the meeting today.
I will do well in the game next week.

(S + be going to + Verb 1)
Examples :
We are going to be late.
She is going to come tomorrow.
I am going to work on my report.
He is going to be in class next Monday.
I buy this flour because I am going to make some bread.

2. Simple future progressive tense

( s + will be + Verb- ing)
Examples :
I will be studying when you come.
At this same time tomorrow, I will be sitting in class.
This time next week I will be lying at the beach.
(S + be going to be + verb-ing)
I am going to be studying when you come.
At this same time tomorrow, I am going to be sitting in class.

Addition;
# Will + infinitve and going to + infinitive are commonly used to talk about the future. Sometimes the difference between them is very small.
Eq: John’ll / John’s going to meet us in the market at 9 o’clock.
# We use going to rather than will when we predict that something will happen in the future becouse we have some evidence for it now.
Eq: Did you know that Dani and Dian are going to get married?


# If we make a prediction based on our opinion or our experience, we use will.
Eq: I imagine the stadium will be full for the macth on Saturday.
# We can use shall (or shan’t) instead of will (or won’t) in statements about the future with I and We as subject, although it is more common to use will/won’t.
Eq: When I retire, I shall/will have more time for many painting.

3. Simple future perfect tense

(s + will + have + verb 3) 

Examples :
I will graduate in June.
I will see you in July.

 By the time I see you, I will have graduated.
 I will have eaten by the time John comes to my home tonight.
 I will have finished my homework by the time I go out on a date tonight.

4. Simple future perfect progressive tense
(S + will + have/has+ been + verb-ing)

Examples :

I will go to bed at ten P.M.
Ed will get home at midnight.
 I will have been sleeping for two hours by the time Ed gets home.


By ahmad Syukur //