ADJECTIVE

What is
Adjective?
An adjective is a word that
customizes and intensifies a noun
or a pronoun.
It gives additional information
about what the noun or the
pronoun refers to.
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Examples of Adjective
✘ The colorful balloon floated over the treetop.
✘ The big dog chased the car.
✘ A yellow butterfly is sitting on the red rose.
✘ The tall giraffe is eating green leaves.
✘ A small rat is beside the brown cabinet.
✘ The beautiful princess is wearing a purple gown.

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If we want to describe a noun by
using attribute adjective, there may
have possibilities to use more than
one adjective.

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 ADJECTIVE IN ORDER
To mention adjectives laid before a noun, we must follow this
order!
1. Opinion
2. Size
3. Physical Quality
4. Shape
5. Age
6. Color
7. Origin
8. Material
9. Purpose

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 1. OPINION
Here are the adjectives included in OPINION:

✘ Amazing ✘ Important
✘ Awful ✘ Lovely
✘ Beautiful ✘ Nice
✘ Diligent ✘ Tidy
✘ Delicious ✘ Unusual
✘ Easy ✘ Weird
✘ Good

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 2. SIZE
Here are the adjectives included in SIZE:
✘ Big
✘ Enormous
✘ Large
✘ Little
✘ Long
✘ Short
✘ Small

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 3. PHYSICAL QUALITY
Here are the adjectives included in PHYSICAL QUALITY:

✘ Thin
✘ Rough
✘ Soft
✘ Untidy

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 4. SHAPE
Here are the adjectives included in SHAPE:

✘ Circle
✘ Oval
✘ Triangle
✘ Square
✘ Octagon
✘ Cylinder
✘ Cube

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 5. AGE
Here are the adjectives included in AGE:

✘ Ancient
✘ Antique
✘ Elderly
✘ New
✘ Old
✘ Young
✘ Teen

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 6. COLOR
Here are the adjectives included in COLOR:
✘ Black
✘ Black-haired
✘ Blue
✘ Brownish
✘ Green
✘ Pale
✘ Purple
✘ Reddish
✘ White
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 7. ORIGIN
Here are the adjectives included in ORIGIN:

✘ American ✘ Greek
✘ Canadian ✘ Indonesian
✘ Dutch ✘ Japanese
✘ Eastern ✘ Scottish
✘ French ✘ Thai
✘ Turkish

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 8. MATERIAL
Here are the adjectives included in MATERIAL:

✘ Cotton ✘ Plastic
✘ Glass ✘ Silk
✘ Gold ✘ Silver
✘ Marble ✘ Wood
✘ Metal ✘ Wooden
✘ Metallic ✘ Woolen

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 9. PURPOSE
Here are the adjectives included in PURPOSE:

✘ Dining ✘ Sports
✘ Meeting ✘ Swimming
✘ Running ✘ Touring
✘ Sleeping ✘ Traveling
✘ Sewing

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EXAMPLES OF USING
ADJECTIVE IN ORDER

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✘ She has beautiful big eyes. (opinion – size)
✘ The large square dining table was decorated with white candles and
beautiful vases of white roses. (size-shape-purpose)
✘ My uncle had his old wooden chairs repaired yesterday. (age –
material)
✘ They sell large rough diamonds. (size – physical)
✘ She takes a small round white pill with breakfast every day. (size –
shape – color)
✘ I need two soft cotton blankets. (physical quality – material)

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