ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

MEMBERS:
- COLQUE GUZMAN MARCELA GIOVANNA
- COLQUE NINA JHOANA KAREN
- ESPINOZA CRUZ RODRIGO JUNIOR
TEACHER: LIC. FILOMENA SARMIENTO JUAREZ
MODULE: 3.3 C
GROUP: 3
 WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?

An adjective is a word that modifies

and gives more information about a
noun or pronoun.

An adjective is a word you use to

describe a person, place, or thing.
They may name qualities of all
kinds: huge, red, angry,
tremendous, unique, rare, etc.
CUMULATIVE ADJECTIVES AND COORDINATE ADJECTIVES

When we use more than one adjective to describe a noun, the adjectives
are either cumulative or coordinative.

Cumulative Coordinative
 CUMULATIVE ADJECTIVES AND COORDINATE ADJECTIVES
Cumulative adjectives:
Are adjectives that must appear in a
special order to express the meaning
that we want to express.
Example:
● There is my big heavy pink chair.
Coordinate adjectives:
Are two or more adjectives modifying a
noun, independently of one another.
Coordinate adjectives can be placed in
any order and they have different
punctuation rules.
Example:
● William is a wealthy and educated man.
 HOW TO ORDER ADJECTIVES?

Quantity Opinion
Determiner Size
These adjectives answer Next in word order comes
This isn’t a type of The relative extent
adjective, however, the question “How much?” opinion adjectives, which
determiners—including or “How many?” They can express how we feel about of something,
articles, possessives, and refer to specific numbers, something. such as “large”
demonstratives—are like two or 31, or to more Descriptive words like
considered in the Order “big” and “little.”
general amounts, like “tasty”, “ugly” and “happy”
of Adjectives.
“whole” “half” “a lot” or are examples of our
“several. opinions.
 HOW TO ORDER ADJECTIVES?

Height / Length Shape/Weight

Age
This can refer to
Height is the measure of The external shape, Color
the distance between outlines, or outline of
specific age We normally use
the base and top of the someone or
adjectives, such as
object. Length is the color adjectives to
16-year-old, or such something. Weight is
measure of the distance describe objects
words as “young” the amount of matter
of the object from one and animals.
“old” “middle-aged” contained in a body.
end to another.
and so on.
 HOW TO ORDER ADJECTIVES?

Origin Material Noun

Material adjectives are A word used to identify
The place where a usually nouns that act any of a class of people,
as adjectives when used places, or things, or to
person or thing
to describe other nouns name one in particular
comes from.
like metal, paper and ( proper noun ).
silk.
 HOW TO ORDER ADJECTIVES?

DETERMINER QUANTITY OPINION SIZE AGE HEIGHT/LENGTH SHAPE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN

Her One Beautiful Big New Long Round Blue Japanese Plastic Computer
A Seven Pretty Small Young Short Square Red Bolivian Metal Pencil
An Eleven Fantastic Tall Old Rectangular Pink American Silk Calculator
My unusual Wood Chair
 WHY DO ADJECTIVES NEED TO BE IN THIS
ORDER?
The order of adjectives before a noun is NOT 100%
FIXED.

This chart is only a guide and is the order that is

preferred.

You may see or hear slight variations of the order

of adjectives in real life though what appears in
the chart is the order that is expected the most.
 HOW TO PUNCTUATE ADJECTIVES?
EXAMPLE 1:
03 The house is green
When there are and red.
two or more
adjectives that are
from the same
group, the word
01 02
and is placed EXAMPLE 2:
between the two
The library has old
adjectives:
and new books.
 HOW TO PUNCTUATE ADJECTIVES?
EXAMPLE 1:

03 We live in the big green,

When there are
white and red house at
three or more the end of the street.
adjectives from the
same adjective
group, place a
comma between
01 02 EXAMPLE 2:
each of the
coordinate My friend lost a red,
adjectives: black and white watch.

A COMMA IS NOT PLACED BETWEEN AN ADJECTIVE AND THE NOUN.

 EXAMPLES
1. It is a beautiful long white french silk wedding dress
[determiner-opinion-shape color-origin-material-porpuse-noun]
2. An amazing new American movie. [determiner-opinion – age – origin-noun]
3. A big square blue box. [determiner-size – shape – color-noun]
 EXAMPLES
4. A beautiful pink Japanese plastic calculator. [determiner-opinion – color - origin –
material-noun]
5. This is an ugly big old tall heavy gray american plastic phone.[determiner-opinion –
size– age - shape/weight - color - origin - material-noun]
6. This is a popular small young fat green alien. [determiner-opinion- size - age-
shape/weight – color-noun ]
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