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Here Are Some Examples:: by Thomas Williams, Teacher at EC

The document discusses the correct order of adjectives when modifying nouns in English. It provides the general rule that determiners come first, followed by opinion adjectives, size adjectives, shape adjectives, age adjectives, color adjectives, origin adjectives, and material adjectives. It also includes examples of adjective word order in noun phrases and a short quiz testing the rules.

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Here Are Some Examples:: by Thomas Williams, Teacher at EC

The document discusses the correct order of adjectives when modifying nouns in English. It provides the general rule that determiners come first, followed by opinion adjectives, size adjectives, shape adjectives, age adjectives, color adjectives, origin adjectives, and material adjectives. It also includes examples of adjective word order in noun phrases and a short quiz testing the rules.

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ADJECTIVE WORD ORDER

Determiners – a, an, the, my, your, several, etc.

1. Observations – lovely, boring, stimulating, etc.

2. Size – tiny, small, huge, etc.

3. Shape – round, square, rectangular, etc.

4. Age – old, new, ancient, etc.

5. Color – red, blue, green, etc.

6. Origin – British, American, Mexican, etc.

7. Material – gold, copper, silk, etc.

8. Qualifier – limiters for compound nouns.

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."

By Thomas Williams, teacher at EC San Diego English school

Noun and Adjective Endings

Now choose the correct sentence:

 1:
Correct!

A green, ugly tie.

An ugly, green tie.

A green, tie ugly.


 2:
Correct!

A book, interesting old.

An interesting, old book.

An old, interesting book.

 3:
Correct!

A big, white, wooden table.

A wooden, big, white table.

A white, big, wooden table.

 4:
Correct!

A bent, tiny, old, blue, Swiss pen.

A tiny, bent, old, blue, Swiss pen.

An old, blue, tiny, bent, Swiss pen.

 5:
Correct!

My middle-aged, tall, Italian, funny, husband.

My funny, tall, middle-aged, Italian husband.

My tall, funny, middle-aged, Italian husband.

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