MODUL PERKULIAHAN

Bahasa Inggris
III
Describing a Workplace and
Types of Adjectives

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Abstract
Pertemuan ini akan membahas tentang
penggambaran tempat kerja dan jenis
kata sifat
Kompetensi
Mahasiswa mampu mendeskripsikan
tempat kerja mereka dan memahami
jenis kata sifat yang ada dalam Bahasa
Inggris
Pengantar
Descriptive Text

a. The Definition and Purpose of 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.

b. The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text has structure as below:

Identification; identifying the phenomenon to be described.

Description; describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.

c. The Language Feature of Descriptive Text

Using attributive and identifying process.

Using adjective and classifiers in nominal group.

Using simple present tense

Examples and structures of the text

MacQuarie University

Identification Macquarie University is one of the largest

universities in Australia. This year, in 2004, it
celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Description The university is located at the North Ryde
Greenbelt, Sydney, where the New South
Wales government sets aside 135 hectares
for the institution. In 1964, Macquarie area
was a rural retreat on the city fringe, but
today the campus and its surroundings have
evolved beyond recognition. The North Ryde
District has grown into a district of intensive
occupation anchored by a vibrant and

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 growing university.Blessed with a fortunate
location and room to breathe, Macquarie can
be proud of that careful planning that retains
and enrich the universitys most attractive
natural features. A pleasing balance between
buildings and plating is evident across the
campus. This emphasis on the importance of
landscape has created images of Macquarie
as a place that members of the university are
most likely to pleasurably recollect.
One of the highlights of the landscape is the
Mars Creek zone. It comprises landscaped
creek sides and valley floor, a grass
amphitheatre, and artificial lake
surrounded by rocks and pebbles, native
plants and eucalypts.

Today, a railway station is under

construction. In three years1 time, Macquarie
will be the only university in Australia with a
railway station on site. Macquarie is poised
to be the most readily accessible in Sydney
region by rail and motorway, yet retaining its
beautiful site.

Describe a workplace you have worked in or know about (TOEIC LEVEL)

You should say:

What it looks like

Who worked there

How you know about it

and explain if this is a good working environment or not

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Model Answer:

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

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 and a sofa to sit on. I also have a low table in front of the sofa on which there are
some industry magazines.
b. I work for Samsung electronics located in Hwasung city. When you enter my office,
firstly you can see the long asile. Besides the asile, there are a lot of desks and
chairs, because over 100 people work in there. In the middle of office, there are a
canteen room. Therefore you can enjoy drinks and snacks in your free time. In the
left corner of office, the fax machines and printers are placed. Anyone can use that
freely. I think that my office is very convenient and atmosphere is good

Can you describe your working place?

Complete the text below, adding the appropriate nouns from the box. You should give plural
forms where necessary (Target Score Textbook).

Bluespace

researcher architecture furniture work person

team result impact privacy transition

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

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 5. Work
6. Impact
7. Privacy
8. Teams
9. Transition
10. People

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:

- He was wearing a blue shirt.

Here blue is an adjective as it is describing the noun shirt by answering the question what
kind of shirt?

- There are seven rooms in the house.

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.

- Honest, Kind, Large, Bulky, Beautiful, Ugly etc.

- New Delhi is a large city with many historical monuments.

- Sheila is a beautiful woman.

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Adjectives of Quantity - These adjectives help to show the amount or the approximate
amount of the noun or pronoun. These adjectives do not provide exact numbers; rather they
tell us the amount of the noun in relative or whole terms.

All, Half, Many, Few, Little, No, Enough, Great etc.

- They have finished most of the rice.

- Many people came to visit the fair.

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.

One, Two, Twenty, Thirty-Three etc. also known as Cardinals.

First, Second, Third, Seventh etc. also known as Ordinals.

Indefinite Numeral Adjective - Those adjectives that do not give an exact numerical amount
but just give a general idea of the amount.

Some, Many, Few, Any, Several, All etc.

E.g.: There were many people present at the meeting.

Distributive Numeral Adjective -Those adjectives that are used to refer to individual nouns
within the whole amount.

Either, Neither, Each, Another, Other etc.

E.g: Taxes have to be paid by every employed citizen.

Demonstrative Adjectives - These adjectives are used to point out or indicate a particular
noun or pronoun using the adjectives - This, That, These and Those.

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- That bag belongs to Neil.

- Try using this paintbrush in art class.

- I really like those shoes.

- These flowers are lovely.

Interrogative Adjectives - These adjectives are used to ask questions about nouns or in
relation to nouns, they are - Where, What, Which and Whose.

Where did he say he was going?

- What assignment did I miss out on?

- Which is your favorite author?

- Whose pen is this?

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.

- She was a kind, generous, loving human being.

- She was a generous, loving, kind human being.

- She was a loving, kind and generous human being.

Here we can see that all three sentences are grammatically correct. In this case, the
adjectives only need to be separated by commas.

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Non-coordinate Adjectives - These are those adjectives which cannot be rearranged in the
series. These do not use commas to separate the adjectives. Also, this kind of series do not
make sense if we insert and between them.

She has two energetic playful dogs.

She has playful two energetic dogs.

She has energetic and playful and two dogs.

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.

Few, Most, One, Three/ Beautiful, Ugly, Difficult etc.

.- The beautiful house.

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.

Huge, Little, Bulky, Thin, Vast, Tiny, Lean etc

- The beautiful little house.

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Age -Then is the turn of the Adjectives that tell about the age of a noun either by itself or in
relation to another noun.

Young, Old, Teenage, Mature, Recent, Bygone etc.

- The beautiful little old house.

Shape - Next are the adjectives that tell about the shape or appearance of the noun.

Circular, Crooked, Triangular, Oval, Wavy, Straights etc.

- The beautiful little old square house.

Colour - After that are the adjectives that tell the shade and hue of a noun.

Pastel, Red, Blue, Metallic, Colourless, Translucent etc.

- The beautiful square blue coloured house.

Origin - Next are the adjectives that show the different geographical locations associated
with a noun.

Southern, Northern, Lunar, Mexican, French etc.

- The beautiful blue coloured Mexican house.

Material - Next are the adjectives that talk about the raw material or texture of the objects or
the behaviour of the living nouns.

Wooden, Plastic, Steely, Metallic, Cottony etc.

- The beautiful Mexican limestone house.

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.
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Pink + eye, Royal + treatment, Hot + fudge etc.

- The beautiful Mexican limestone doll house

Common Adjective use to describe working place

Adjectives for workplace

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.

American, better, common, contemporary, corporate, current, diverse, effective, federal,

former, free, friendly, future, global, healthy, hostile, industrial, many, modern, new, old,
other, own, particular, positive, productive, professional, safe, same, specific, traditional,
typical, virtual, cluttered, messy, tumultuous, geeky, tangled, fun, crowded, interesting,
exciting, ransacked

Exercise

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

1. My elder brother is 25, he still feels _______when he sees cockroach.

a. frightender b. frightened c. frightendest

2. Mr. Sharma felt very _____ when his son failed the final examination.

a. more disappointed b. most disappointed c. disappointed

3. I feel ______on Sundays.

a. relaxed b. relaxing c. relaxful

4. Rohan felt _____ when his manager shouted at him in front of his juniors.

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a. proud b. honoured c. ashamed

5. He is______so he avoids being photographed.

a. bashful b. confident c. bold

6. It is always ________to seek the advice of your elders in difficult times.

a. beneficial b. useless c. necessity

7. We had a _______ time at the alumni meet.

a. least b. great c. cool

8. John is very ______ about his wedding.

a. excited b. boring c. interesting

9. He doesnt seem ____ in your offer.

a. interested b. interesting c. exciting

10. The news of her death ______ us.

a. stunning b. stunned c. stunded

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Answer key

1. b 6. a

2. c 7b

3. a 8. a

4. c 9. a

5. a 10. b

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Daftar Pustaka

Plag, Ingo. 2003. Word-Formation in English, Cambridge University Press: England.

Rollins, Elizabeth. 2003. Cracking the TOEIC, The Princeton Review: USA.
http://www.englishleap.com/grammar/adjectives

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