Today you will learn

more about…

ADJECTIVES
 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEM?
FAT SHORT

THIN TALL

MEDIUM WEIGHT SLIM

SHORT FAT

TALL BIG EYES

BIG EYES SMALL EYES

SMALL EYES HAPPY

ANGRY SAD
 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HER?

UGLY AMERICAN

FAT PERUVIAN

BEAUTIFUL SHORT

TALL HARD-WORKING

POPULAR TALENTED

ATTRACTIVE LAZY
 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

HARD-WORKING
PERUVIAN
Happy
Honored
MEDIUM WEIGHT
 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

Sad
BEAUTIFUL
SMALL EYES
Shy
playful
WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?
ADJECTIVES ARE DESCRIPTIVE
WORDS

THEY TELL US MORE ABOUT NOUNS

OR PRONOUNS (characteristics)

THEY USUALLY GO BEFORE NOUNS

THEY CAN ALSO GO AFTER THE

NOUNS
ADJECTIVE ORDER

• He is a handsome young boy.

• He has big green eyes.
• He is a popular college student.

• This is a fast new red car.

• It is modern and very expensive .
When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in
the right order. According to the type.
 The Acronym of Adjective order

OSASCOMP
• Opinion: what you think about something: beautiful, horrible, difficult, interesting, ugly, talented,
awful, etc.
• Size: how big or small something is: large, enormous, little, short, tall, high, small, thin, slim, thick,
tiny, etc.
• Age: how old or young someone or something is: young, old, new, ancient, etc.
• Shape: decribes the shape of something: square, round, flat, rectangular, triangle, etc.
• Colour: describes the color of something: white, pink, reddish, gray, black, blue, etc.
• Origin: describes where something comes from: French, American, Peruvian, Eastern, northern, etc.
• Material: describes what something is made of: wooden, metal, cotton, paper, plastic, etc.
• Purpose: decribes what something is used for: sleeping (sleeping bag), walking (walking stick),
learning (learning experience), etc.
LET’S SEE SOME EXAMPLES…

1. Machupicchu is a wonderful ancient Peruvian citadel.

(opinion) (age) (origin) NOUN

2. My boyfriend sent me a beautiful big and red bouquet of roses.

(opinion) (size) (color) NOUN

3. She was wearing ridiculous tight blue Chinese jeans.

(opinion) (size) (color)(origin) NOUN
 NOW, LET’S PRACTICE!
1. I found in the street (silver, golden, expensive) coin.
I found in the street expensive silver golden coin.
2. Mom is selling (homemade, delicious, cheap) food for delivery.
Mom is selling delicious homemade cheap food for delivery.
3. They’re premiering (new, exciting, action) movie at the cinema tonight.
They’re premiering exciting new action movie at the cinema tonight.
4. That little baby has (black, big, beautiful, round) eyes.
That little baby has beautiful big black round eyes.
5. John saw (tiny, green, strange, ugly) insect in his room.
John saw ugly strange tiny green insect in his room.
It’s all for today!