An adjective is a word that describes, identifies, modifies, or quantifies something (a noun or a pronoun).

In the
phrase, "the black cat" the word black is an adjective because it describes the cat.

In English, an adjective usually comes before the noun it pertains to (for example, a red apple or a cute cat).

Adjectives can be classified into many categories. In English, adjectives are generally used in the order:
quantity-->opinion-->size-->age-->shape-->color-->origin-->material-->purpose. Some of these categories
are (roughly in the order in which adjectives are used in English):
 Quantity - few, no, one, two, three, four, little, several, many, all, some, every, each, etc.
 Opinion - good, better, best, bad, worse, worst, wonderful, splendid, awful, fantastic, pretty, ugly, clean,
dirty, wasteful, difficult, comfortable, uncomfortable, valuable, worthy, worthless, useful, useless, important,
evil, rare, scarce, poor, rich, lovely, disgusting, strange, amazing, surprising, loathsome, unusual, usual, etc.

 Personality/Emotion - happy, sad, excited, scared, frightened, outgoing, funny, cheerful, lonely, elated, etc.

 Sound - loud, soft, silent, screaming, shouting, thunderous, quiet, noisy, talkative, deafening, mute,
speechless, whispered, etc.

 Taste - sweet, sour, acidic, bitter, salty, tasty, delicious, savory, delectable, yummy, luscious, appetizing,
tasteless, spicy, watery, etc.

 Touch - hard, soft, smooth, grainy, coarse, wiry, rough, etc.

 Size/Weight - heavy, light, big, small, little, tiny, tall, short, fat, thin, slender, svelte, skeletal, underweight,
wide, enormous, huge, vast, great, gigantic, monstrous, mountainous, weighty, slim, trim, giant, obese, etc.

 Smell - perfumed, acrid, smelly, reeking, aromatic, fragrant, scented, musty, sweet-smelling, etc.

 Speed - quick, fast, slow, speeding, rushing, rapid, whirlwind, brief, etc.

 Temperature - hot, cold, freezing, icy, frigid, wintry, frozen, chilly, burning, feverish, steaming, etc.

 Age - young, old, baby, teenage, ancient, antique, old-fashioned, youthful, elderly, mature, adolescent,
infantile, recent, modern, etc.

 Distance - short, long, far, distant, nearby, close, faraway, outlying, remote, far-flung, neighboring, handy,
etc.

 Shape - round, circular, square, triangular, oval, flat, globular, wavy, straight, cylindrical, elliptical, zigzag,
etc.

 Colour - pink, red, orange, yellowish, dark-green, blue, black, white, gray, brown, metallic, silver, colorless,
transparent, etc.

 Time - early, late, morning, night, evening, everlasting, initial, first, last, overdue, long-term, delayed,
punctual, etc.

 Origin/Location - lunar, northern, oceanic, polar, equatorial, Moroccan, Arab, African, American, Spanish,
Canadian, Mexican, French, Irish, English, Australian, etc.

 Material - glass, wooden, cloth, cotton, plastic, leather, ceramic, metal, steel, silicon, etc.

 Purpose - work, racing, cooking, sleeping, dance, frying (pan), walking, etc.

Example of the Sequence of Multiple Adjectives in Chart Form:

QUANTITY OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIAL PURPOSE NOUN
five huge young black African lions
 battered old shapeless gray cotton work pants
many magnificent antique British reference books
one studious teenaged Moroccan boy
few shiny round blue earings
many well-made tiny elongated brown wooden fishing boats
several expensive brown leather jackets
A. Put each of the adjectives in the list in its appropriate place.

cutting, efficient, yellow, human, crucial, developing, amazing, enormous, small, new, ancient, spying, oval,
square, modern, white, futile, business, Moroccan, silken, huge, leather.

Opinion Describing adjectives Classifying adjectives

Size Age Shape Colour Origin / Material / Purpose

B. Place the three adjectives in the correct order before the noun.

Scrambled adjective Ordered adjectives

1. interesting - Spanish - small
2. old - ugly - rectangular - plastic
3. woolen - large - black
4. beautiful - modern - small
5. German - thin - strange
6. cotton - funny - green
7. big - metal - dirty - gray - square
8. tall - English - happy - attractive - young - white
An ………………………………….…………….. book.
An ………………………………….…………...... table.
A …………………………………….………….. jacket.
A ……………………………………………. …. house.
A …………………………………………..…........ man.
A ………………………...………………………… cap.
Seven …………………………………………… boxes.
An …………………………………………………. girl.

C. Write down some sentences using different categories of adjectives in their right order.
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