Adjective Order
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Publicado: 12 de agosto de 2012
STUDY THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun -for example, "He's a silly young fool," or "she's a smart, energetic woman." When you use morethan one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
a new terrible movie an old lovely house a tea yellow cup the three last people green big eyes5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
a little green man the first three days the three first days a funny little man a brown leather jacket a German small town the three last weeks a portableexpensive computer an army Swiss knife a green old sweater an Italian sexy man
An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly,beautiful, horrible, difficult. A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples: A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, An ageadjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old. A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples: blue,
2. Place the adjectivesin the correct order before the noun. Use a suitable determiner (a, an, some, the) at the beginning.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. round, small, reading, lamp German, old, yellow, car wooden, huge, sailing, shipphysics, boring, old, teacher slim, Canadian, handsome,
large, tiny, enormous, little.
flat, rectangular
snowboarder 6. 7. 8. 9. sugar, blue, round, bowl
new, French, two, bicycles, racingwoman, young, an, Vietnamese, attractive dedicated, a, priest, Catholic
pink, reddish, grey
10. old, her, sweater, blue, wool 11. delicious, Joe’s, Scandinavian, bread 12. many, cages, bird,antique, beautiful 13. round, two, marble, tables, large 14. several, yellow, tulips, tiny 15. a, sports, classic, car 16. courtyard, a, square, small, brick 17. charming, restaurants, Italian, several...
In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun -for example, "He's a silly young fool," or "she's a smart, energetic woman." When you use morethan one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
a new terrible movie an old lovely house a tea yellow cup the three last people green big eyes5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
a little green man the first three days the three first days a funny little man a brown leather jacket a German small town the three last weeks a portableexpensive computer an army Swiss knife a green old sweater an Italian sexy man
An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly,beautiful, horrible, difficult. A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples: A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, An ageadjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old. A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples: blue,
2. Place the adjectivesin the correct order before the noun. Use a suitable determiner (a, an, some, the) at the beginning.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. round, small, reading, lamp German, old, yellow, car wooden, huge, sailing, shipphysics, boring, old, teacher slim, Canadian, handsome,
large, tiny, enormous, little.
flat, rectangular
snowboarder 6. 7. 8. 9. sugar, blue, round, bowl
new, French, two, bicycles, racingwoman, young, an, Vietnamese, attractive dedicated, a, priest, Catholic
pink, reddish, grey
10. old, her, sweater, blue, wool 11. delicious, Joe’s, Scandinavian, bread 12. many, cages, bird,antique, beautiful 13. round, two, marble, tables, large 14. several, yellow, tulips, tiny 15. a, sports, classic, car 16. courtyard, a, square, small, brick 17. charming, restaurants, Italian, several...
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