The document provides examples of adjective order in English descriptions with modifiers like color, size, age, origin, and material. It lists adjectives and examples of descriptions with ordered adjectives like "a beautiful round wooden table", "black leather gloves", "a lovely old French painting", and "a gorgeous green-eyed black-haired girl".
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Order of Adjectives
The document provides examples of adjective order in English descriptions with modifiers like color, size, age, origin, and material. It lists adjectives and examples of descriptions with ordered adjectives like "a beautiful round wooden table", "black leather gloves", "a lovely old French painting", and "a gorgeous green-eyed black-haired girl".
Color blue, pink, red, grey,purple,dark green,navy blue
French, lunar, American,
Origin Greek,Korean,Chinese,Italian
wooden, metal, cotton, paper, iron,gold
Material • 1.a beautiful table (wooden/round) • A beautiful round wooden table. • 2. an unusual ring (gold) • An unusual gold ring • 3. a new jacket (nice) • A nice new jacket • 4. an old house (beautiful) • A beautiful old house • 5. black gloves(leather) • Black leather gloves • 6. an American film(old) • 7. a long face (thin) • 8. big clouds (black) • 9. a sunny day (lovely) • 10. a wide avenue (long) • 11.a metal box (black/small) • 12.a big cat (fat/black) • 13.a little village (old/ lovely) • 14. long hair (black/beautiful) • 15. an old painting (interesting/French) • 16. an enormous umbrella (red/yellow) • 18.city/a/Spanish/beautiful/old • 19.arts/nice/teacher/French/our • 20.green-eyed/gorgeous/black-haired/ a girl • 1.Andrea had………………………..a in her hair yesterday. • a)nice yellow bow • b)yellow nice bow • c)bow nice yellow • 2.The clown was wearing a …………… hat. • a)Big green yellow • b)Big green and yellow • c)Yellow and green big • 3.I bought ……………… oranges. • a)Great some big • b)Big great some • c)Some great big • 4.We met ……………… people at the conference. • a)very smart two • b) two very smart • c) very two smart • 5.My uncle wore a ……………… to the wedding. • a)Silk blue tie • b)Tie blue silk • c)Blue silk tie • • 6.Have you met that ……………….. next door? • a)Cute boy new • b)Cute new boy • c)New cute boy German / old / yellow / car