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Adjective Order
Adjective Order
ADJECTIVE ORDER
All you need to know about THE ADJECTIVE ORDER
The determiner: to inform if the adjective is singular or plural, definite or indefinite, next or far.
Determiner Examples: a car, an apple, the book, the flowers, this man, that woman, these computers, those teachers.
An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with
Opinion you). Examples:
silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples:
Size large, tiny, enormous, little
An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples:
Age ancient, new, young, old
A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples:
Shape square, round, flat, rectangular
A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples:
Colour blue, pink, reddish, grey
An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples:
Origin French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek
A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples:
Material wooden, metal, cotton, paper
A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing".
Purpose Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag")
Beautiful
Handsome
Disgusting
Cute
S
SIZE
Short
Tall
A
AGE
Old
Young
Middle- aged
30 year-old
S
Shape
Fat
Slim
Stout
Plump
C
COLOR
White
Black
Brunette
Blond
Tanned
O
Origin
Mexican
American
British
Indian
Peruvian
ONLY
THINGS
M
MATERIAL
Stone
Leather
Fabric
Wool
Silk
EXAMPLES
OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN
Determiner Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
EXTRA TASK:
Work in pairs and describe some celebrities without
mentioning their names.
e.g. He's a fantastic young Scottish tennis player (Andy
Murray)
AIM: to guess the name of the person you are describing.