Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Adjectives Order

The basic types of adjectives

Opinion An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples:
silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult

Size A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples:
large, tiny, enormous, little

Age An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples:
ancient, new, young, old

Shape A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples:
square, round, flat, rectangular

Colour A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples:
blue, pink, reddish, grey

Origin An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples:
French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

Material A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples:
wooden, metal, cotton, paper

Purpose A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples:
sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")


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Some examples of adjective order
a silly young English man
a huge round metal bowl
a small red sleeping bag

EXERCISE
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm

Taken from:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm

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