Order of adjectives

One/Ones
UNIT 8
 1. Quality or general opinion.
2. Specific opinion
3. Size
Order of 4. Shape
adjectives
5. Colour
6. Nationality
7. Material
How many
adjectives can
we use?
• Usually, we have two
adjectives in front of a
noun.
• Sometimes we have three
adjectives in front of a
noun, but this is unusual
• It is very unusual to have
more than three adjectives.

Remember to use this one

for your homework.
good nice awful
bad beautiful important
lovely brilliant wonderful
strange excellent nasty

Opinion
There are some specifics adjectives…
Food Furniture, buildings People, animals
clever
delicious comfortable
intelligent
tasty uncomfortable
friendly

Extra comment:
When we talk about food, we put
flavour after size but before colour:
a big, juicy steak
a huge, cheesy burger
a spicy, yellow sauce
Size

baby fat wide

colossal immeasurable short
big immense sizable
bony little skeletal
giant / gigantic lanky tall
massive large skinny
broad Teeny / teeny-tiny slender
thin life-size slim
narrow thick small
huge heavy Great
• In the case of shape, to use the adjectives, you have to
use the shape (noun) and change or add a suffix.

• When the shape finishes with –angle (Ex. Triangle,

rectangle), you can change the suffix –angular: Triangular,
rectangular.
• When the shape has the suffix –gon (hexagon, octagon),
you add an –al: Hexagonal, octagonal.
• When the shape is with a figure (cross, heart, diamond,
etc.), you add the hyphen (–) and then you add the word
shapped: Heart-shaped, cross-shaped.
Material
ONE & ONES
Use of ONE or ONES
We use ONE or ONES when we don’t
want to repeat the already
mentioned noun(s).
• ONE à refers to the previously
mentioned SINGULAR noun.
• ONES à refers to the previously
mentioned PLURAL noun.
A: I’d like to see the
earrings, please.
B: Sure. We have
these ones.
A: Thank you.
B: Which ones do
you like?
A: I like the cross-
shaped, silver ones.

Two-ajectives Refers to the

earrings
TOY?
 IT REAPEATS THE
NOUN

TOY?
IT’S OBVIOUS
HE’S TALKING
ABOUT A TOY
USES

• Usually, the one or ones go after the adjective(s)

I like the green one.

adjective

• You may also use: this, that, these, those.

• Which shoes do you want?
• I love these ones.
 WOULD YOU LIKE
TO TRY THIS ONE?

It’s obvious that the

word ”ONE” is
referring to the cake
because there are
lots of cakes and
desserts.
For questions

It’s very common to use the WH-Question “WHICH” to give

ask the person their opinion or to specifiy which option
they’re referring to.

If you had to
choose a door…
which one would
you choose?
For answers

Sometimes, when we’re asked our opinion, we use the

adjective or something that may help to better identify the
noun we’re refering to…

The green one.

The Middle Earth one.
 • Use it as a subject in an
affirmative sentence.
One isn’t enough

• Use it as a number, instead

Common of a replacement of the
errors noun.
A: How many do you want?
B: Just one, please.
A: How old is your baby?
B: He’s one year.