1. Order and position of adjectives

2. Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together:
Tom lives in a big new house.

3. Very often, we put adjectives in this order:
= size
e.g. big
long
small
= age
e.g. young
old
Very often, we put adjectives in this order:
= colour
e.g. red
black
blue
e.g. bag
ball
man
= material
e.g. cotton
plastic 1
how
big? 2
how
old? 3
what
colour? 4
where
from?
= origin
e.g. Chinese
Japanese
French 5
what is it
made of?
NOUN

4. 1 how big? 2 how old? 3 what colour? 4 where from? 5 what is it
made of?
a tall young man
1  2
a large wooden desk
1  5
an old English song
2  4
big black eyes
1  3

5. Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.
E.g. a beautiful table (wooden)
a beautiful wooden table
1. an American film (old)
____________________
2. a nose (red, large)

6. 3. an ugly dress (orange)
____________________
4. a red car (old, little)
5. a cat (fat, black, big)
6. a small box (black, metal)

7. Answer E.g. a beautiful table (wooden) a beautiful wooden table
1. an American film (old)
an old American film
2. a nose (red, large)
a large red nose

8. 3. an ugly dress (orange)
an ugly orange dress
4. a red car (old, little)
a little old red car
5. a cat (fat, black, big)
a fat big black cat
6. a small box (black, metal)
a small black metal box

9. Make sentences from the information given in the table.

10. 1. I bought a French, leather
school bag.
2. I found _________________
_______________________
3. The old man has __________
4. The young girl has ________

11. 1. I bought a French, leather
school bag.
2. I found a small, red plastic
ball.
3. The old man has a black,
Chinese stick.
4. The young girl has a huge, yellow hat.

12. Do you
understand?
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