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Describing a Workplace and
Types of Adjectives
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Ekonomi dan Bisnis Manajemen 90026 Prayogo Hadi Sulistio, M.Pd
Abstract Kompetensi
Pertemuan ini akan membahas tentang Mahasiswa mampu mendeskripsikan
penggambaran tempat kerja dan jenis tempat kerja mereka dan memahami
kata sifat jenis kata sifat yang ada dalam Bahasa
Inggris
Pengantar
Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to
describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
MacQuarie University
I am yet to finish my graduation and thats why I am not engaged in any full time job.
However, I worked for a foreign company as a part time survey officer and was really
impressed with the workplace they offered.
That was a 6 story modern building and they owned it. I worked in 3rd floor and the office
was pretty neat and friendly for the employees. The cubicles were large enough and the
friendly environment of this office gave a very positive impression about this company. There
were many foreigners and local employees there and most of them were business
consultant, admin and team leads. I personally worked with a team who were specialized in
data mining and database designing. There were many software engineers who were
engaged in developing software.
I knew about his office from a bulletin board of my university that offered different important
noticed for the students and faculty. I noticed the job offer and was interested about it. Since,
I worked for this company for more than 8 months; I know it from my first-hand experience.
To me this was an ideal working environment that maintained a good balance about the
working environment, facilities and options for recreations and study. A whole floor was
dedicated for the library and reference works which is really rare in many companies. To
surmise, I found it to be a very pleasant and friendly workplace where employees are self-
motivated to work for the company.
But also, you can describe your workplace in simple way like
a. Like most offices, my office is a place where I can concentrate on my work and feel
comfortable at the same time. Of course, I have all the necessary equipment on my
desk. I have the telephone next to the fax machine on the right side of my desk. My
computer is in the center of my desk with the monitor directly in front of me. I have a
comfortable office chair to sit on and some pictures of my family between the
computer and the telephone. In order to help me read, I also have a lamp near my
computer which I use in the evening if I work late. There is plenty of paper in one of
the cabinet drawers. There are also staples and a stapler, paper clips, highlighters,
pens and erasers in the other drawer. In the room, there is a comfortable armchair
Complete the text below, adding the appropriate nouns from the box. You should give plural
forms where necessary (Target Score Textbook).
Bluespace
Bloespace is the 1. () of a unique venture between IBM corporation and Steelcase, a U.S.
company that specialize in the design and 2. () of office spaces. Together they have
explored the potential for combining office 3. () and microprocessors to create an
intelligent workspace. 4.() at Bluespace project believe that changes in the nature of 5.
() require new solutions and they aim to create an office space which takes account of the
6. () of new information technologies. Today employees do different kinds of work during
office hours; sometime they may need total 7. () but at other moments they may need to
work collaboratively in 8. () and the objective of Bluespace is to allow a smooth 9. ()
between the two environments. As Mark Grenier, vice president of the research department,
says, With Bluespace we are discovering new ways of providing 10. () with flexibility and
control of their workspace.
Answer key
1. Result
2. Architecture
3. Furniture
4. Researchers
Adjective
Adjectives are words that are used to describe (what kind of?) nouns and pronouns and to
quantify (how much of?) and identify (which one?) them. In a nutshell, Adjectives are what
define nouns and give them characteristics to differentiate them from other nouns. For
example:
Here blue is an adjective as it is describing the noun shirt by answering the question what
kind of shirt?
Here Seven is also an adjective as its telling the quantity/the number of the noun rooms,
answering the question how many rooms?.
There are different types of adjectives based upon their effect on a noun and what do they
tell about the noun. There are five categories of adjectives
Adjectives of Quality - These adjectives are used to describe the nature of a noun. They give
an idea about the characteristics of the noun by answering the question what kind.
Adjectives of Number - These adjectives are used to show the number of nouns and their
place in an order. There are three different sections within adjectives of number; they are -
Definite Numeral Adjective - Those which clearly denote an exact number of nouns or the
order of the noun.
Indefinite Numeral Adjective - Those adjectives that do not give an exact numerical amount
but just give a general idea of the amount.
Distributive Numeral Adjective -Those adjectives that are used to refer to individual nouns
within the whole amount.
Demonstrative Adjectives - These adjectives are used to point out or indicate a particular
noun or pronoun using the adjectives - This, That, These and Those.
Interrogative Adjectives - These adjectives are used to ask questions about nouns or in
relation to nouns, they are - Where, What, Which and Whose.
In some instances, we find that we need to use more than one adjective to describe a noun
in a satisfactory manner. In these cases, commas are used to separate the adjectives but
some series of adjectives do not require a comma. Therefore, we need to know the
difference between Coordinate and Non-coordinate Adjectives -
Coordinate Adjectives - Are those words which can be re-arranged in the series easily and
are still grammatically sound. This kind of series makes use of commas. This series can also
insert and between them and still be correct.
Here we can see that all three sentences are grammatically correct. In this case, the
adjectives only need to be separated by commas.
Here we see that only the first sentence makes sense and is grammatically correct. The
second and third ones are incorrect. Hence, the sentence uses non-coordinate adjectives
and does not need commas.
There are certain rules regarding the placement of different kinds of adjectives in a
sentence. The general order followed is -
Determiners These are the various articles (the, a, an), demonstratives (this, that, these,
those), possessives (my, mine, your, yours, -s), quantifiers (all, many etc.), numerals (one,
twenty, thirty-seven etc.) and distributives (each, every, neither, either)
Observations/Quantity and Opinion - Then come the adjectives that give a quantity (also
known as post-determiners) and subjective opinion to the noun, telling how much and how
was the noun.
Size - The position after Observations is for the adjectives that tell about the size of the
noun, they can be used for an object as well as living thing.
Shape - Next are the adjectives that tell about the shape or appearance of the noun.
Colour - After that are the adjectives that tell the shade and hue of a noun.
Origin - Next are the adjectives that show the different geographical locations associated
with a noun.
Material - Next are the adjectives that talk about the raw material or texture of the objects or
the behaviour of the living nouns.
Qualifier Lastly, the qualifier or the grammatical modifier comes, which is an additional
word or phrase provided to change the meaning of the noun in a sentence.
Bahasa Inggri III: Modul Reading
2012
10 Practice and Word Formation Pusat Bahan Ajar dan eLearning
http://www.mercubuana.ac.id
Praayogo Hadi Sulistio, M.Pd
Pink + eye, Royal + treatment, Hot + fudge etc.
Workplace adjectives are listed in this post. Each word below can often be found in front of
the noun workplace in the same sentence. This reference page can help answer the
question what are some adjectives commonly used for describing WORKPLACE.
Exercise
2. Mr. Sharma felt very _____ when his son failed the final examination.
4. Rohan felt _____ when his manager shouted at him in front of his juniors.
1. b 6. a
2. c 7b
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. b