Year 3 adds three more families of adjectives: the five senses (pancaindera), feelings (perasaan) and distance (jarak). Tastes are manis, masam, masin, pahit and pedas; smells are wangi and busuk; sounds are merdu and bising; textures are kasar, licin and lembut.
What your child will learn
- Sort adjectives by the sense they belong to
- Name feelings accurately
- Choose the most fitting adjective for a sentence
Which sense tells you?
Your tongue tells you manis (sweet), masam (sour), masin (salty), pahit (bitter), pedas (spicy) and tawar (bland). Your nose tells you wangi, harum, busuk and hanyir (fishy).
Feelings are adjectives too: gembira, sedih, marah, takut, malu, rindu, risau. Distance uses jauh, dekat and hampir.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. Isi tempat kosong: “Rumah nenek ___ dari sini; kami perlu menaiki bas selama lima jam.”
🏠- rapat
- jauh
- hampir
- dekat
Show answer
Answer: jauh. Perjalanan lima jam menunjukkan jarak yang jauh.
2. Yang manakah kata adjektif jarak?
- sedih
- masam
- wangi
- dekat
Show answer
Answer: dekat. “Dekat” menerangkan jarak.
3. Isi tempat kosong: “Sampah itu berbau ___.”
🗑️- harum
- busuk
- wangi
- merdu
Show answer
Answer: busuk. Sampah berbau busuk.
Tips for grown-ups
- At a meal, describe each dish with one taste word and one texture word.
- Name the feeling of a character on each page of a storybook.