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Adjective Order Guide

The document provides information about the proper order of adjectives in English. It lists the standard order as: determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, and noun. Examples are given to illustrate each category of adjective and their typical order when used together before a noun. The document concludes with additional examples of adjective ordering and an extra task proposing students work in pairs to describe celebrities without naming them directly.

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Adjective Order Guide

The document provides information about the proper order of adjectives in English. It lists the standard order as: determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, and noun. Examples are given to illustrate each category of adjective and their typical order when used together before a noun. The document concludes with additional examples of adjective ordering and an extra task proposing students work in pairs to describe celebrities without naming them directly.

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GRAMMAR:

ADJECTIVE ORDER
All you need to know about THE ADJECTIVE ORDER

The determiner: to inform if the adjective is singular or plural, definite or indefinite, next or far.
Determiner Examples: a car, an apple, the book, the flowers, this man, that woman, these computers, those teachers.

An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with
Opinion you). Examples:
silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples:
Size large, tiny, enormous, little
An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples:
Age ancient, new, young, old
A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples:
Shape square, round, flat, rectangular
A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples:
Colour blue, pink, reddish, grey
An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples:
Origin French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek
A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples:
Material wooden, metal, cotton, paper
A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing".
Purpose Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag")

NOUN The noun: The word that is receiving the adjectives.


O
OPINION

Beautiful
Handsome
Disgusting
Cute
S
SIZE

Short
Tall
A
AGE

Old
Young
Middle- aged
30 year-old
S
Shape

Fat
Slim
Stout
Plump
C
COLOR

White
Black
Brunette
Blond
Tanned
O
Origin

Mexican
American
British
Indian
Peruvian
ONLY
THINGS
M
MATERIAL

Stone
Leather
Fabric
Wool
Silk
EXAMPLES
OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN

That healthy big young stout redhead guy

The short middle- thin Mexican lady


aged

A lovely short black wool skirt

A cute little newborn fat black American baby

A beautiful new grey Colombian synthetic bag

Those noisy young black kids

A pretty tall plump brunette Canadian girl

My favourite long red leather boots

Some old blue jeans


More examples of adjective order

Determiner Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN

a handsome young Brazilian man

a huge round metal bowl

a small yellow sleeping bag

EXTRA TASK:
Work in pairs and describe some celebrities without
mentioning their names.
e.g. He's a fantastic young Scottish tennis player (Andy
Murray)
AIM: to guess the name of the person you are describing.

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