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HOUSE AND FAMILY

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AND ADJECTIVE ORDER

ROOMS AND PLACES IN THE HOME

BedroomA room used for sleeping in.

Living room (UK also sitting room, AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH also lounge room)The room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing, and entertaining guests, but not usually for eating.

BathroomA room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet.

HallThe area just inside the main entrance of a house, apartment or other building which leads to other rooms and usually to the stairs.

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Utility roomUsually just for washing machine, freezer etc.

ShedA separated building from the house usually for storing garden tools.

LoftSpace in the roof of the house usually used only for storage.

AtticRoom in the roof space of a house (could be lived in.)

CellarRoom below ground level without any windows used for storage.

BasementRoom below ground level, with windows, used for living and working.

LandingFlat area at the top of a staircase.

HallOpen area as you come into the house.

PorchCovered area before the entrance door.

Pantry or larder Large cupboard used, especially in the past, for storing food.

Terrace or patioPaved area between the house and garden for sitting and eating, etc.

StudyA room for reading, writing, studying in.

BalconyAn area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level.

O B J E C T S O F T H E H O M E

ADJECTIVE ORDEROPINION An opinion adjective explains what you think

about somethingSIZE A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small

something is.AGE An age adjective tells you how young or old

something or someone is.SHAPE A shape adjective describes the shape of something

COLOUR A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.

ORIGIN An origin adjective describes where something comes from.

MATERIAL A material adjective describes what something is made from.

PURPOSE A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”.

SOME EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVE ORDER

  Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Materi

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a silly young English man

a huge round metal bowl

a small red sleeping bag

LET’S MAKE A DESCRIPTION

Di setiap Descriptive Text terdapat dua bagian yang menjadi ciri dari Descriptive Text itu sendiri. Kedua bagian tersebut adalah :

Identification : berisi tentang identifikasi hal / seorang yang akan dideskripsikan.

Description : berisi tentang penjelasan / penggambaran tentang hal / seseorang dengan menyebutkan beberapa sifatnya.

CIRI KEBAHASAN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Descriptive Text menggunakan Present Tense, misalnya: go, eat, fly, etc.  

Descriptive Text menggunakan berbagaimacam Adjectives (kata sifat) yang bersifat Describing (mengambarkan), Numbering (Menomerkan), dan Classifying (mengklasifikasikan), misalnya: two strong legs, sharp white fangs, etc.  

Descriptive Text menggunakan Relating Verbs untuk memberikan informasi tentang subjek, misalnya: my mum is realy cool, it has very thick fur, etc.  

Descriptive Text menggunakan Thinking Verbs (kata kerja berfikir, seperti belive, think, etc.) dan Feeling Verbs (kata kerja perasa, seperti feel)untuk mengungkapkan pandangan pribadi penulis tentang subjek, misalnya: police believe the suspect is armed, I think it is a clever animal, etc.  

Descriptive Text juga menggunakan Adverbs (kata keterangan) untuk memberikan informasi tambahan mengenai perilaku atau sifat (Adjective) yang dijelaskan, misalnya: it is extremely high, it runs definitely past, etc.