Linking Verb & Adjective

LINKING VERB

a) Definition of  Linking Verb

A linking verb is a verb that serves as the Subject with the Predicate.  The example in the sentence: "She's beautiful." or "The girl beautiful". In that sentence no verb of his, so that the necessary 'Linking Verb.

The girl is beautiful. (or)
The girl looks beautiful.

Linking verbs are divided into:
To be                           is, am, are, was, were the resource persons

 non-to be                    Appear, look, taste, smell, seem, werner, prove

b)Function of Linking Verb

Linking Verb (to be) used to connect between subject and predicate types derived from the word 'noun' or gerund, 'adjective', 'adverb' or 'Prepositional Phrase'. example:

He is my friend                       (Noun)
My hobby is reading.              (Gerund)
They are happy.                       (Adjective)
She is here.                              (Adverb)
We are in the classroom.         (Adverb / prep. Phrase)

Linking Verb (non-to be) only used to connect the subject and predicate types derived from the word 'adjective'.  example:

She looks beautiful.
It smells good.

ADJECTIVE

a) Definition of Adjective

Adjective is word to add meaning, to give characteristic noun or pronoun. The word give many information  about noun and pronoun.       

Writing  Adjectives:

- in front of noun

- after to be (am, is, are, was, etc)

- after object

example :She is a small girl

b)Types of Adjective

1.      Limiting of adjective

A limiting adjective is used to define or restrict the meaning of a noun without expressing any of the nouns qualities. For example : the house, five books, this pen, many women.

Limiting adjectives are divided into three classes:

• Articles
• Pronominal adjectives
• Numeral adjectives

Ø  Pronominal adjectives

Pronominal adjectives are limiting adjectives that may, without the use of the article, represent an understood noun.

For example

This [book] is his.
That [task] is yours.
These [laws] are ours.

The main pronominal adjectives are:

  this   that   these   those   former   latter   which   what   each   every

  either   neither   some   one   none   any   other   another   all   whole

  such   much   both   few   fewer   fewest   first   last   little   many

  more   most   own   same   several   sundry   certain   divers   enough

Ø  Numeral adjectives

Numeral adjectives are those that express numbers. They include one, two, three, first, second, and many others. Numeral adjectives are divided into:

• cardinal adjectives that denote how many.

For example

one life
three blind mice
five important ideas

• ordinal adjectives that show which one of a series.

For example

the first chapter
the fourth commandment
the third floor

• multiplicative adjectives that show the number of repetitions

For example

twice thought
thrice tried, once achieved.

2.      Descriptive of adjective

Descriptive adjective is an adjective to show quality and kind noun or people.

 Example: a clever man, sweet tea, a big amimal.

3.      Possesive of adjective

Possessive adjective  is an adjective to state possession above the object  { My, your, our, their, his, her, its}. Possessive adjective put in front of noun.

for example: my book, your friend, our family, their house, his darling, her hair, its tail, etc.
example: My book  is new.

4.      Proper of adjective

Proper of Adjective is an adjective taking from proper nouns. This adjective to call adjectives of origin.

Proper Nouns England Holland Indonesia, dll

Proper Adjectives English Dutch Indonesian, dl

For example:

•  English people like drinking tea.
• Arabian people like eating dates.

5.      Demonstrative of adjective

Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives that function indicates the existence of an object. The word used is this, these, that, and Those. As an adjective, this, these, that, and Those always located before the noun.

For example:
- This book is very good.
- That is very interesting animal.

                                                  

REFERENCES

http://toeflenglish.blogspot.com/2009/05/linking-verbs.html

http://catatanbahasainggris.blogspot.com

http://www.scribd.com/doc/37980784/Adjective

http://www.belajaringgris.net/kata-sifat-adjectives.html

http://greenegrammar.finkink.net/2007/12/limiting-adjectives