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ADJECTIVE ORDER

The document explains the order of adjectives when modifying nouns, outlining a specific sequence that includes categories such as opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, and purpose. It provides examples and exercises for identifying and arranging adjectives correctly. The content emphasizes that while multiple adjectives can be used, there is a conventional order to follow for clarity.

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ADJECTIVE ORDER

The document explains the order of adjectives when modifying nouns, outlining a specific sequence that includes categories such as opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, and purpose. It provides examples and exercises for identifying and arranging adjectives correctly. The content emphasizes that while multiple adjectives can be used, there is a conventional order to follow for clarity.

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ADJECTIVE ORDER

Adjective is a word that modifies a noun (person, place and thing) or noun phrase. Its
semantic role is to change information given by the noun. An adjective often comes before a noun.
When there is more than one adjective comes before a noun, adjective is normally in a particular
order. Sometimes we have three adjectives in front of a noun, but this is unusual and it is very
unusual to have more than three adjectives. The most usual sequence of adjectives is:

Order Relating to Description Example


1 Determiner Introducing a noun, telling whether the A, an, the, three, all of,
noun is singular or plural many
2 opinion A subjective attitude to someone or Lovely, beautiful
something
3 Size To estimate the dimensions of an Big, small, tall
object or person
4 Shape To mark out any forms an object can Round, square
have
5 Age To convey how old something or Young, old, ancient
someone is
6 Color To describe any colors or tints an Red, blue
object can have
7 Origin / To show the country an object/person Dutch, Japanese,
Nationality comes from Indonesian
8 Material To express materials an object can Metal, wood, plastic
made of
9 Purpose To define what an object is used for Cleaning, cooking, learning
10 Noun Word that functions as the name of a House, school, flower
specific object (living creature, place,
thing)

Put the Following Adjectives into the Right Classification!


handsome short racing sport antique old national
blue high steel nice kind white American
cotton tiny wooden enormous triangular round crimson
gold leather amazing turquoise light dining five-years-old
wavy silk huge perfect wonderful terrible English

Opinion Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose


Now, read the phrases below. Identify the modifiers. See number 1 as an example!
1. Large black stones → size color noun

2. A shallow small lake →

3. Cold tiny droplets →

4. Sweet yellow corns →

5. Powerful small ants →

6. Beautiful white palace →

7. An enormous reddish snout →

8. Misty grey morning →

9. An octagonal marble chamber →

10. Breathtaking blue view →

Arrange the Following Adjectives into the Right Order!


1. There was ____________________________________________________ outside the
house. (a, dog, black, terrifying, huge)
2. I gave her ______________________________________________________ for her
birthday. (some, handkerchiefs, beautiful, white, cotton)
3. My mother bought _________________________________________________________ for
the picnic. (several, plates, plastic, blue, small)
4. There were _______________________________________________________ on the shelf
(a lot of, ornaments, china, little, useless)
5. Why don’t you wear _______________________________________________________ . It’s
rather cold. (your, coat, thick, fur)

Choose the right option:


1. a. a cotton dirty old tie 5. a. an old wooden square table
b. a dirty cotton old tie b. a square wooden old table
c. an old cotton dirty tie c. an old square wooden table
d. a dirty old cotton tie d. a wooden old square table

2. a. a small Japanese serving bowl 6. a. a beautiful blue sailing boat


b. a Japanese small serving bowl b. a blue beautiful sailing boat
c. a small serving Japanese bowl c. a sailing beautiful blue boat
d. a serving small Japanese bowl d. a blue sailing beautiful boat

3. a. a red big plastic hat 7. a. a carving steel new knife


b. a big red plastic hat b. a new steel carving knife
c. a plastic big red hat c. a steel new carving knife
d. a big plastic red hat d. a new carving steel knife

4. a. a new French exciting band 8. a. a small Canadian thin lady


b. a French new exciting band b. a Canadian small thin lady
c. an exciting French new band c. a small thin Canadian lady
d. an exciting new French band d. a thin small Canadian lady

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