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Order of Adjectives: Part 1
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When more than one adjective comes before a noun, the adjectives are normally in a particular order.
Adjectives which describe opinions or attitudes (E.g. amazing) usually come first, before more neutral, factual ones (E.g. red):
E.g. She was wearing an amazing red coat.
Adjectives which describe opinions or attitudes (E.g. amazing) usually come first, before more neutral, factual ones (E.g. red):
E.g. She was wearing an amazing red coat.
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There are certain rules regarding the placement of different kinds of adjectives in a sentence. The general order followed is:
i) Determiners – These are the various articles (the, a, an), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), possessives (my, mine, your, yours, –‘s), quantifiers (all, many etc.), numerals (one, twenty, thirty–seven etc.) and distributives (each, every, neither, either). Determiners usually come first in the order of adjectives.
ii) Observations/Quantity and Opinion – After determiners, come the adjectives that give a quantity and subjective opinion to the noun, telling ‘how much’ and ‘how was’ the noun. (Few, Most, One, Three/ Beautiful, Ugly, Difficult etc.)
iii) Size – The position after 'observations' is for the adjectives that tell about the size of the noun. (Huge, Little, Bulky, Thin, Vast, Tiny, Lean etc)
iv) Condition – tells us the general condition or state of something. E.g. (broken, cold, hot, wet, hungry, rich, easy, difficult, dirty).
i) Determiners – These are the various articles (the, a, an), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), possessives (my, mine, your, yours, –‘s), quantifiers (all, many etc.), numerals (one, twenty, thirty–seven etc.) and distributives (each, every, neither, either). Determiners usually come first in the order of adjectives.
ii) Observations/Quantity and Opinion – After determiners, come the adjectives that give a quantity and subjective opinion to the noun, telling ‘how much’ and ‘how was’ the noun. (Few, Most, One, Three/ Beautiful, Ugly, Difficult etc.)
iii) Size – The position after 'observations' is for the adjectives that tell about the size of the noun. (Huge, Little, Bulky, Thin, Vast, Tiny, Lean etc)
iv) Condition – tells us the general condition or state of something. E.g. (broken, cold, hot, wet, hungry, rich, easy, difficult, dirty).
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So: i) Determiners, ii) Observations/Opinions, iii) Size and iv) Condition
v) Age – After condition, it is the turn of the adjectives that tell about the age of a noun either by itself or in relation to another noun. (Young, Old, Teenage, Mature, Recent, Bygone etc.)
vi) Shape – Next are the adjectives that tell about the shape or appearance of the noun. (circular, crooked, triangular, oval, wavy, straights etc.)
vii) Color – Next are the adjectives that tell the shade and hue of a noun. (pastel, red, blue, metallic, colorless, translucent etc.)
viii) Pattern – The pattern or design of something. (striped, spotted, checked, flowery
ix) Origin – adjectives that show the different geographical locations (Southern, Northern, Lunar, Mexican, French etc.)
x) Material – adjectives that talk about the raw material or texture of the objects or the behaviour of the living nouns. (wooden, plastic, steely, metallic, cottony etc)
xi) Qualifier – The qualifier or the grammatical modifier is used as an additional word or phrase to change the meaning of the noun in a sentence. (E.g. A fairly good idea. Fairly as a grammatical modifier indicates an almost large or reasonable degree of a quality (fairly accurate, fairly well-off etc.)
xii) Purpose – A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with '–ing'. E.g. sleeping (as in 'sleeping bag'), roasting (as in 'roasting tin')
v) Age – After condition, it is the turn of the adjectives that tell about the age of a noun either by itself or in relation to another noun. (Young, Old, Teenage, Mature, Recent, Bygone etc.)
vi) Shape – Next are the adjectives that tell about the shape or appearance of the noun. (circular, crooked, triangular, oval, wavy, straights etc.)
vii) Color – Next are the adjectives that tell the shade and hue of a noun. (pastel, red, blue, metallic, colorless, translucent etc.)
viii) Pattern – The pattern or design of something. (striped, spotted, checked, flowery
ix) Origin – adjectives that show the different geographical locations (Southern, Northern, Lunar, Mexican, French etc.)
x) Material – adjectives that talk about the raw material or texture of the objects or the behaviour of the living nouns. (wooden, plastic, steely, metallic, cottony etc)
xi) Qualifier – The qualifier or the grammatical modifier is used as an additional word or phrase to change the meaning of the noun in a sentence. (E.g. A fairly good idea. Fairly as a grammatical modifier indicates an almost large or reasonable degree of a quality (fairly accurate, fairly well-off etc.)
xii) Purpose – A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with '–ing'. E.g. sleeping (as in 'sleeping bag'), roasting (as in 'roasting tin')
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Pick the correct order
He was wearing a ______
dirty, old, striped, flannel |
flannel, old, dirty, striped |
old, dirty, flannel, striped |
Pick the correct order
I used to drive ______
an old, blue, German |
a blue, old, German |
an old, German, blue |
Pick the correct order
He sat behind a ______
big, wooden, brown |
big, brown, wooden |
wooden, big, brown |
Pick the correct order:
I ate a ______
delicious, ripe, green |
ripe, green, delicious |
Pick the correct order
I went to the neighborhood bookstore and bought an ______
interesting, small, Spanish |
small, interesting, Spanish |
Pick the correct order
What an ______
ugly, old, rectangular |
old, rectangular, ugly |
rectangular, old, ugly |
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A pretty, Chinese, silk scarf is worn by that girl.
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A pretty, silk, Chinese scarf is worn by that girl
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He invited that beautiful young lady to dinner.
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He invited that young beautiful lady to dinner.
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Mary's husband gave her a ______
French porcelain |
porcelain French |
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There are two ______
red beautiful |
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A dirty old black cat is wandering the streets.
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A black old dirty cat is wandering the streets.
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I was offered ______
a gold unusual |
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My daughter has ______
long beautiful black |
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Last week, I visited ______
an old lovely little |
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I came into a ______
old picturesque |
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It started to rain so I opened ______
an enormous red and yellow |
a red and yellow enormous |
Pick the correct option:
The gallery exhibited mainly ______
strange old French |
old strange French |
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We use some adjectives only after a link verb: afraid, alive, alone, asleep, content, glad, ill, ready, sure, unable, well
E.g. She is ill ('is' is a linking verb).
But, we cannot say: The hospital is full of ill people. (We say: The hospital is full of sick people) =
But, we cannot say: The hospital is full of ill people. (We say: The hospital is full of sick people) =
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A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun. E.g. northern, southern, eastern, western, countless, lone, outdoor, occasional.
E.g. There were countless problems with the new computer. (Not: The problems with the new computer were countless. .
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SUMMARY
1) Determiners – a, an, the, my, your, several, etc.
2) Observations – lovely, boring, stimulating, etc.
3) Size – tiny, small, huge, etc.
4) Condition – broken, wet, etc.
5) Age – old, new, ancient, etc.
6) Shape – round, square, rectangular, etc.
7) Color – red, blue, green, etc.
8) Pattern – striped, spotted, etc.
9) Origin – British, American, Mexican, etc.
10) Material – gold, copper, silk, etc.
11) Qualifier – limiters for compound nouns.
12) Purpose – 'sleeping – bag', 'roasting tin', 'baking dish', etc.
1) Determiners – a, an, the, my, your, several, etc.
2) Observations – lovely, boring, stimulating, etc.
3) Size – tiny, small, huge, etc.
4) Condition – broken, wet, etc.
5) Age – old, new, ancient, etc.
6) Shape – round, square, rectangular, etc.
7) Color – red, blue, green, etc.
8) Pattern – striped, spotted, etc.
9) Origin – British, American, Mexican, etc.
10) Material – gold, copper, silk, etc.
11) Qualifier – limiters for compound nouns.
12) Purpose – 'sleeping – bag', 'roasting tin', 'baking dish', etc.
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