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Order of adjectives + exercise
Order of adjectives
opinions or attitudes (e.g. amazing) usually come first, before more neutral, factual ones (e.g. red):
She was wearing an amazing red coat.
Not: … red amazing coat
If we don’t want to emphasise any one of the adjectives, the most usual sequence of adjectives is:
order
relating to
examples
1
opinion
unusual, lovely, beautiful
2
size
big, small, tall
3
physical quality
thin, rough, untidy
4
shape
round, square, rectangular
5
age
young, old, youthful
6
colour
blue, red, pink
7
origin
Dutch, Japanese, Turkish
8
material
metal, wood, plastic
9
type
general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped
10
purpose
cleaning, hammering, cooking
Put these in the correct order:
1. black/old/bag/leather/shopping
2. French/young/girl/helpful
3. law/large/faculty/international
4. former/president/intelligent/American
5. robust/woman/middle-aged/grumpy/ Scottish
6. table/wooden/small/coffee
Published on: February 19 2020
