Describing People and Objects Adjective Order
What do you do when you have more than one adjective ? When you want to describe people or objects , you have to use ADJECTIVES . e.g. 1- He is tall . 2- The car is expensive . But What do you do when you have more than one adjective ?
Example
How do you describe this bird ? It is a black , beautiful bird . or a beautiful , black bird !!!
Follow this list 1- Opinion : good , fantastic . 2- Size : heavy , tall . 3- Age : old , new . 4- Shape : fat , round . 5- Colour : red , white . 6- Origin : Saudi , German . 7- Material : silk , cotton .
Opinion , size , age , shape , colour , nationality , material Examples Opinion , size , age , shape , colour , nationality , material 1- It is an interesting , Yemeni coffee . 2- It is a small , white car .
Exercises
- It is a plastic , round , old ball . Opinion , size , age , shape , colour , nationality , material 1 - It is a plastic , round , old ball . - It is an old , round , plastic ball .
Opinion , size , age , shape , colour , nationality , material 2 - He is wearing a cotton , Italian , long , expensive , brown jacket . - He is wearing an expensive , long , brown , Italian , cotton jacket .
Open your notebook
Adjective Order - When you want to use more than one adjective to describe people or something , you usually follow the order in the list : 1- Opinion : good , fantastic . 2- Size : heavy , tall . 3- Age : old , new . 4- Shape : fat , round . 5- Colour : red , white . 6- Nationality : Saudi , German . 7- Material : silk , cotton . Examples : 1- It is an old , round , plastic ball . 2- He is wearing an expensive , long , brown , Italian , cotton jacket .
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