Faculta de Ciencias de la Educación Humanas y tecnologías Escuela de Idiomas Names: Patricia Vinueza Susana Novillo Ronald Marroquin

 The use of adjectives is essential when trying to describe a noun or pronoun. Good writers and speakers are able to use adjectives to create clear, mental images for the reader or listener.

 Adjectives can be used to describe lots of things, from physical size, age, shape, colour, material, to more abstract things like opinion, origin and purpose.

 Adjectives that express opinions usually come before all others, but it can sometimes depend on what exactly you want to emphasize.  For example: That's a nice, big, blue bag." (You like the bag.) That's a nice blue." (You like the colour.)

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 You might swap adjectives that express an opinion and an adjective based on fact depending on what you wish to emphasize:  For example:  "She had a long, ugly nose." emphasizing the length of her nose.  "He was a silly, little man." emphasizing that the man was silly.

 For example:  "She had a big, ugly, old, baggy, blue, stripy, cotton, British, knitting bag."

 Here are some examples:  The interesting, small, rectangular, blue car is parked in my space."  I bought a beautiful, long, red, Italian, silk tie."  My father lives in a lovely, gigantic, ancient, brick house."  I have an annoying, small, circular, American, tin, alarm clock that wakes me up."  Let’s order a delicious, huge, rectangular, pepperoni pizza."  We all love our smart, petite, British teacher."  They all received several dazzling, small, ancient, gold coins."  She owns a stunning, large, old, brown dog named Boris."

1) I bought a pair of _____ shoes. a) black leather b) leather black 2) It was a ____ car. a) red fast b) fast red 3) It's a ____ building. a) big round b) round big 4) I bought ____ knife. a) a Swiss army b) an army Swiss 5) It's ____ film. a) a beautiful old b) an old beautiful 6) He's ____ man. a) an unfriendly rich b) a rich unfriendly 7) It's ____ phone. a) a mobile expensive b) an expensive mobile. I bought ____ knife. a b a a a a b